Egoist (Falco song)

"Egoist"
Single by Falco
from the album Out of the Dark (Into the Light)
Released	1998 (1998)
Label	EMI Electrola GmbH
Songwriter(s)	Falco Peter Ehrlich Steve Van Velvet
Producer(s)	Torsten Börger
Falco singles chronology
"Out of the Dark" (1998) "Egoist" (1998) "Push! Push!" (1999)

"Egoist" is a song by Falco from his eighth studio album Out of the Dark (Into the Light). The song was also released as a single. (Both the album and the single were released posthumously in 1998.)

Background and writing

The song was written by Falco, Patrick Alexander Ehrlich, and Steve Van Velvet. The recording was produced by Torsten Börger.^[1]

Commercial performance

The song reached number 4 in Germany, number 6 in Austria and number 19 in Switzerland.^[1]

Track listing

CD maxi single – EMI Electrola 8 85985 2 (EMI) (1998, Netherlands)

1. "Egoist" (remix) – 3:40
2. "Egoist" (original version) – 3:26
3. "Out of the Dark" (remix) – 3:26^[1]

Charts

Chart (1998)	Peak position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[2]	6
Germany (GfK)[3]	4
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[4]	19

Year-end charts

Chart (1998)	Position
Germany (Official German Charts)[5]	34

References

1. "Falco - Egoist - austriancharts.at". Retrieved 2017-11-01.
2. "Falco – Egoist" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
3. "Falco – Egoist" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
4. "Falco – Egoist". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
5. "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved August 7, 2015.

External links

• "Egoist" at Discogs