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{{Short description|1986 single by Modern Talking}}
{{Infobot Single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Singles -->
{{Infobox song
|Name = Geronimo's Cadillac
|Cover = Modern Talking - Geronimo's Cadillac.jpg
| name = Geronimo's Cadillac
|Artist = [[Modern Talking]]
| cover = Modern Talking - Geronimo's Cadillac.jpg
|Album = [[In The Middle Of Nowhere]]
| alt =
|Released = 6 October 1986
| type = single
|Genre = [[Synthpop]], [[Rock]]
| artist = [[Modern Talking]]
|Format = 7" and 12" Single and Video
| album = [[In the Middle of Nowhere]]
|Year = 1986
| B-side = Keep Love Alive
|Style =
| released = 6 October 1986
|Length = 3:16
| recorded = June 1986
| studio =
|Label = [[BMG]]<br />[[Ariola]]
|Writer = [[Dieter Bohlen]]
| genre =
| length = 3:16
|Producer = [[Dieter Bohlen]]
| label = [[Hansa Records|Hansa]]
|Last single = "[[Brother Louie (Modern Talking song)|Brother Louie]]"<br>(1986)
| writer = [[Dieter Bohlen]]
|This single = Geronimo's Cadillac<br>(1986)
| producer =
|Next single = "[[Give Me Peace On Earth]]"<br>(1986)
* Dieter Bohlen
* [[Luis Rodríguez (producer)|Luis Rodríguez]]
| prev_title = [[Atlantis Is Calling (S.O.S. for Love)]]
| prev_year = 1986
| next_title = [[Give Me Peace on Earth]]
| next_year = 1986
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|A5C8AC6V2KQ|"Geronimo's Cadillac"|link=no}}}}
}}
}}
"'''Geronimo's Cadillac'''" is a song by German pop duo [[Modern Talking]] from their fourth studio album, ''[[In the Middle of Nowhere]]'' (1986). It was released as the album's lead single on 6 October 1986 in Germany and other European territories. It was their first single not to reach the top of the [[GfK Entertainment charts|German Single Chart]], peaking at number three on 3 November 1986, almost a month after its release.<ref name="ger"/> It spent five weeks within the top 10 and a total of 13 weeks on the top 100 in Germany.<ref name="ger"/> "Geronimo's Cadillac" also entered the top five in Austria and the top 10 in Switzerland, Sweden and Norway.<ref name="swi"/>
'''Geronimo's Cadillac''' is the first single released from the fourth album [[Modern Talking]] ''[[In The Middle Of Nowhere]]''. This single is also the first one not to reach #1 in German singles chart, peaking at #3.


== Track listings ==
==Singles==
'''7" Single Hansa 108620 1986'''
*'''7-inch single'''
1. Geronimo's Cadillac 3:12<br />
# "Geronimo's Cadillac" – 3:12
2. Geronimo's Cadillac (Instrumental) 3:12<br />
# "Geronimo's Cadillac" (Instrumental) – 3:12

'''12" Maxi Hansa 608 620 1986'''
*'''12-inch maxi single'''
1. Geronimo's Cadillac (Long Vocal Version) 5:02<br />
# "Geronimo's Cadillac" (Long Vocal Version) – 5:02
2. Keep Love Alive 3:25<br />
# "Keep Love Alive" – 3:25
3. Geronimo's Cadillac (Instrumental Version) 3:12
# "Geronimo's Cadillac" (Instrumental Version) – 3:12
# "Geronimo's Cadillac" (Extended Version) - 8:41

*'''Other versions'''
#"Geronimo's Cadillac" (1998 version) – 3:10
#:<small>Included on the album ''[[Back for Good (album)|Back for Good]]''</small>
#"Geronimo's Cadillac" (2017 version) – 3:22
#:<small>Included on the album ''Back for Gold: The New Versions''</small>


==Charts==
==Charts==
{{col-begin}}
{|class="wikitable sortable"
{{col-2}}
!Chart (1986)

!Peak<br />position
===Weekly charts===
!Year End <br>Position
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Weekly chart performance for "Geronimo's Cadillac"
! scope="col"| Chart (1986–1987)
! scope="col"| Peak<br>position
|-
|-
{{single chart|Austria|3|artist=Modern Talking|song=Geronimo's Cadillac|rowheader=true}}
|Germany
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|
|-
|-
{{single chart|Flanders|4|artist=Modern Talking|song=Geronimo's Cadillac|rowheader=true|access-date=5 August 2021}}
|Austria
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|64<br>72 (1987)
|-
|-
! scope="row"| Denmark ([[IFPI Danmark|IFPI]])<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Top 3 in Europe |magazine=[[Music & Media]] |volume=3 |issue=49 |date=13 December 1986 |page=18 |oclc=29800226}}</ref>
|Belgium
| 3
|align="center"|4
|align="center"|
|-
|-
! scope="row"| Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles]])<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1986/M&M-1986-12-06.pdf |title=European Hot 100 Singles |magazine=[[Music & Media]] |volume=3 |issue=48 |date=6 December 1986 |page=12 |oclc=29800226}}</ref>
|Denmark
| 17
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|
|-
|-
! scope="row"| Finland ([[Suomen virallinen lista]])<ref>{{cite book |last=Pennanen |first=Timo |section=Modern Talking |url=https://musiikkiarkisto.fi/oa/_tiedostot/julkaisut/sisaltaa-hitin.pdf |title=Sisältää hitin – Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 |language=fi |edition=2nd |location=Helsinki |publisher=[[Otava (publisher)|Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava]] |year=2021 |page=174 |isbn=978-952-7460-01-6}}</ref>
|Egypt
| 3
|align="center"|25
|align="center"|
|-
|-
{{single chart|France|43|artist=Modern Talking|song=Geronimo's Cadillac|rowheader=true}}
|Spain
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|
|-
|-
! scope="row"| Greece ([[IFPI Greece|IFPI]])<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Top 3 in Europe |magazine=Music & Media |volume=3 |issue=50 |date=20 December 1986 |page=22 |oclc=29800226}}</ref>
|Finland
| 1
|align="center"|8
|align="center"|
|-
|-
! scope="row"| Italy (''[[Musica e dischi]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php |title=Classifiche |magazine=[[Musica e dischi]] |language=it |access-date=4 August 2023}} ''Select "Singoli" in the "Tipo" field, type "Geronimo's cadillac" in the "Titolo" field and press "cerca".''</ref>
|France
| 23
|align="center"|43
|align="center"|
|-
|-
{{single chart|Dutch40|36|year=1986|week=48|rowheader=true|access-date=5 August 2021}}
|Greece
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|
|-
|-
{{single chart|Dutch100|24|artist=Modern Talking|song=Geronimo's Cadillac|rowheader=true}}
|Hong Kong
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|
|-
|-
{{single chart|Norway|7|artist=Modern Talking|song=Geronimo's Cadillac|rowheader=true}}
|Israel
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|
|-
|-
! scope="row"| South Africa ([[Springbok Radio]])<ref>{{cite web|title= South African Rock Lists Website SA Charts 1969 – 1989 Acts (M) |website= The South African Rock Encyclopedia |url= http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(M).html |access-date= 21 July 2013}}</ref>
|Norway
| 4
|align="center"|7
|align="center"|
|-
|-
! scope="row"| Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|AFYVE]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Salaverrie|first=Fernando|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002|language=es|edition=1st|location=Madrid|publisher=[[Sociedad General de Autores y Editores|Fundación Autor/SGAE]]|date=September 2005|isbn=84-8048-639-2}}</ref>
|Netherlands
| 1
|align="center"|36
|align="center"|287
|-
|-
{{single chart|Sweden|6|artist=Modern Talking|song=Geronimo's Cadillac|rowheader=true}}
|South Africa
|align="center"|4
|align="center"|
|-
|-
{{single chart|Switzerland|6|artist=Modern Talking|song=Geronimo's Cadillac|rowheader=true|refname="swi"}}
|Sweden
|align="center"|6
|align="center"|
|-
|-
{{single chart|West Germany|3|songid=1524|artist=Modern Talking|song=Geronimo's Cadillac|rowheader=true|refname="ger"}}
|Switzerland
|}
|align="center"|6
{{col-2}}
|align="center"|

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Year-end chart performance for "Geronimo's Cadillac"
! scope="col"| Chart (1986)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
|-
! scope="row"| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1986|title=Jaaroverzichten 1986 – Singles|language=nl|publisher=[[Ultratop]]|access-date=5 August 2021}}</ref>
|Turkey
| 46
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="center"|
! scope="row"| Greece (IFPI)<ref name="M&M-1988-03-12">{{cite magazine |title=Top Sellers 1987 |magazine=[[Music & Media]] |volume=5 |issue=11 |date=12 March 1988 |page=25 |oclc=29800226}}</ref>
| 10
|-
! scope="row"| Spain (AFYVE)<ref name="M&M-1988-03-12"/>
| 4
|}
|}
{{col-end}}


==External links==
== References ==
{{reflist}}
* [http://www.oocities.com/Hollywood/Heights/8073/charts_frame2.html Modern Talking charts]

== External links ==
* {{Discogs master|22178|Geronimo's Cadillac|type=single}}


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Latest revision as of 06:42, 25 June 2024

"Geronimo's Cadillac"
Single by Modern Talking
from the album In the Middle of Nowhere
B-side"Keep Love Alive"
Released6 October 1986
RecordedJune 1986
Length3:16
LabelHansa
Songwriter(s)Dieter Bohlen
Producer(s)
Modern Talking singles chronology
"Atlantis Is Calling (S.O.S. for Love)"
(1986) 		"Geronimo's Cadillac"
(1986) 		"Give Me Peace on Earth"
(1986)
Music video
"Geronimo's Cadillac" on YouTube

"Geronimo's Cadillac" is a song by German pop duo Modern Talking from their fourth studio album, In the Middle of Nowhere (1986). It was released as the album's lead single on 6 October 1986 in Germany and other European territories. It was their first single not to reach the top of the German Single Chart, peaking at number three on 3 November 1986, almost a month after its release.[1] It spent five weeks within the top 10 and a total of 13 weeks on the top 100 in Germany.[1] "Geronimo's Cadillac" also entered the top five in Austria and the top 10 in Switzerland, Sweden and Norway.[2]

Track listings

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  • 7-inch single
  1. "Geronimo's Cadillac" – 3:12
  2. "Geronimo's Cadillac" (Instrumental) – 3:12
  • 12-inch maxi single
  1. "Geronimo's Cadillac" (Long Vocal Version) – 5:02
  2. "Keep Love Alive" – 3:25
  3. "Geronimo's Cadillac" (Instrumental Version) – 3:12
  4. "Geronimo's Cadillac" (Extended Version) - 8:41
  • Other versions
  1. "Geronimo's Cadillac" (1998 version) – 3:10
    Included on the album Back for Good
  2. "Geronimo's Cadillac" (2017 version) – 3:22
    Included on the album Back for Gold: The New Versions

Charts

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Offiziellecharts.de – Modern Talking – Geronimo's Cadillac" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
  2. ^ a b "Modern Talking – Geronimo's Cadillac". Swiss Singles Chart.
  3. ^ "Modern Talking – Geronimo's Cadillac" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  4. ^ "Modern Talking – Geronimo's Cadillac" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Top 3 in Europe". Music & Media. Vol. 3, no. 49. 13 December 1986. p. 18. OCLC 29800226.
  6. ^ "European Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 3, no. 48. 6 December 1986. p. 12. OCLC 29800226.
  7. ^ Pennanen, Timo (2021). "Modern Talking". Sisältää hitin – Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 (PDF) (in Finnish) (2nd ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 174. ISBN 978-952-7460-01-6.
  8. ^ "Modern Talking – Geronimo's Cadillac" (in French). Les classement single.
  9. ^ "Top 3 in Europe". Music & Media. Vol. 3, no. 50. 20 December 1986. p. 22. OCLC 29800226.
  10. ^ "Classifiche". Musica e dischi (in Italian). Retrieved 4 August 2023. Select "Singoli" in the "Tipo" field, type "Geronimo's cadillac" in the "Titolo" field and press "cerca".
  11. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 48, 1986" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  12. ^ "Modern Talking – Geronimo's Cadillac" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  13. ^ "Modern Talking – Geronimo's Cadillac". VG-lista.
  14. ^ "South African Rock Lists Website SA Charts 1969 – 1989 Acts (M)". The South African Rock Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  15. ^ Salaverrie, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Madrid: Fundación Autor/SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  16. ^ "Modern Talking – Geronimo's Cadillac". Singles Top 100.
  17. ^ "Jaaroverzichten 1986 – Singles" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  18. ^ a b "Top Sellers 1987". Music & Media. Vol. 5, no. 11. 12 March 1988. p. 25. OCLC 29800226.
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