Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Wednesday cover: "Pac-Man Fieber" by Gerald Mann (Germany)

This is the international cover version that classic video game fans in general have known about the longest, as photos of the front of the 45's picture sleeve showed up on the early Web.

You can see that, similar to the Finnish and Australian releases, Atari sponsored this version of the song to promote their Atari 2600 version of the game. Nikolaus Esche was hired to translate the lyrics. The B-side is a song Mann co-wrote. (Photos courtesy Discogs.com.)




But the best part is they made an official music video!

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