Steppenwolf (Peter Maffay album)

Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf
Studio album by Peter Maffay
Released	1979
Recorded	January–March 1979
Studio	Hansa Tonstudio, West Berlin
Genre	Pop rock
Length	48:22
Label	Telefunken
Producer	Peter Maffay; Peter Wagner;
Peter Maffay chronology
Singles from Steppenwolf
	"So bist du"; Released: March 1979; "Du hattest keine Tränen mehr"; Released: September 1979;

Steppenwolf is an album of rock music produced and played by Peter Maffay, which was recorded in Germany and went on sale in 1979. It contains parts of his early work, and some of the music he recorded and played with peace activists / singers such as Donovan. The album topped the charts in Germany, staying there for 9 weeks and continued charting for over a year.^[1] The single, "So bist du", also hit No. 1, doing so for three weeks.^[2]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"So nicht"	Bernd Meinunger	3:34
2.	"Steppenwolf"	Oliver Spiecker	3:33
3.	"Auf dem Weg zu mir"	Meinunger	4:23
4.	"Jane"	Meinunger	3:57
5.	"Mach's gut, mein Freund"	Volker Lechtenbrink	3:25
6.	"Du hattest keine Tränen mehr"	Lechtenbrink	5:13
Total length:			24:05

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"So bist du"	Meinunger	5:07
2.	"Spuren einer Nacht"	Meinunger	5:02
3.	"Roadie"	Meinunger	4:06
4.	"Das ist mein Traum"	Lechtenbrink	3:14
5.	"Liebling, wach auf"	Lechtenbrink	3:38
6.	"Wahrheit"	Lechtenbrink	3:10
Total length:			24:17

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1979)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[3]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1979)	Position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[4]	6
Chart (1980)	Position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[5]	20

Certifications and sales


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI)^[6]	Platinum	500,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ "Official German charts archive–Steppenwolf". BVMI. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
^ "Official German charts archive–"So bist du"". BVMI. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Peter Maffay – Steppenwolf" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. 1979. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. 1980. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Peter Maffay; 'Steppenwolf')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 3 April 2022.

External links

Steppenwolf at Discogs (list of releases)

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[1] "Official German charts archive–Steppenwolf". BVMI. Retrieved 2020-01-25.

[2] "Official German charts archive–"So bist du"". BVMI. Retrieved 2020-01-25.

[ac_Germany4_Peter_Maffay-3] "Offiziellecharts.de – Peter Maffay – Steppenwolf" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 2 April 2022.

[4] "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. 1979. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2022.

[5] "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. 1980. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2022.

[GermanyPeter_MaffaySteppenwolfalbumCertRef-6] "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Peter Maffay; 'Steppenwolf')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 3 April 2022.

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