Fornika
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Fornika is the 2007 album
Album
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 by German hip hop
German hip hop
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 band Die Fantastischen Vier
Die Fantastischen Vier
Die Fantastischen Vier , also known as Fanta 4, is a German hip hop group from Stuttgart, Germany. The members are Michael Bernd Schmidt alias Smudo, Andreas Rieke alias And.Ypsilon, Thomas Dürr alias Hausmeister Thomas D and Michael 'Michi' Beck alias Dee Jot Hausmarke...

. The name does not refer to the term of fornication. It comes from a strange misspelling of a Pizza-Delivery-Service-Person that delivered Pizza to the Band's Studio. Though they totally misspelled the name on the doorbell ("Fornika" instead of "Wernicke" and street "Emnhof" instead of "Immenhofer Strasse"), the pizza was still delivered. The name "Fornika" is an inside-band-term for "strange things".

Disc One: Fornika

  1. "Mehr nehmen"
  2. "Ernten, was wir säen"
  3. "Einfach sein" feat. Herbert Grönemeyer
    Herbert Grönemeyer
    Herbert Grönemeyer is a German musician and actor, popular in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. He starred as war correspondent Lieutenant Werner in Wolfgang Petersen's movie Das Boot, but later concentrated on his musical career...

  4. "Yeah Yeah Yeah"
  5. "Nikki war nie weg"
  6. "Fornika"
  7. "Du mich auch"
  8. "Mission Ypsilon" (Instrumental)
  9. "Ichisichisichisich"
  10. "Einsam und zurückgezogen"
  11. "Flüchtig"
  12. "Du und sie und wir"
  13. "Was bleibt"

Disc Two (Only with Premium Edition)

  1. "Road To Fornika" [Video]
  2. "Ernten, was wir säen" [Music Video]


iTunes Exclusive

Customers of the iTunes Music Store, who pre-ordered the album, also got exclusive live recordings of the band. These include:
  1. "Spießer '94"
  2. "Old School Medley"
  3. "Locker bleiben"
  4. "Geboren"

Year-end

End of year chart (2007) Position
German Albums Chart 9

Singles

Year Title Chart positions
Germany
Media Control Charts
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Austria
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Switzerland
Switzerland
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2007
2007 in music
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"Ernten was wir säen" 12 35 25
2007
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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2007.-January:*January 1 - George Shearing is knighted for services to music in the Queen's New Year Honours List. Evelyn Glennie becomes a Dame...

"Einfach sein" 11 13 22
2007
2007 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2007.-January:*January 1 - George Shearing is knighted for services to music in the Queen's New Year Honours List. Evelyn Glennie becomes a Dame...

"Ichisichisichisich" 45 - -
2008
2008 in music
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"Yeah Yeah Yeah" 86 - -


Einfach sein was the 43rd best-selling single of 2007 in Germany.
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