Edelweiss was an Austrian electronica/dance band consisting of remixers Martin Gletschermayer, Matthias Schweger and Walter Werzowa. The group is best known for their 1988 worldwide hit "Bring Me Edelweiss", and their European hit "Starship Edelweiss".
Edelweiss reached the number one position with their hit "Bring Me Edelweiss" in many European countries, supposedly by following the instructions given in The KLF's book The Manual. Borrowing large parts of its melody from ABBA's "SOS" and Indeep's "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life", the song humorously targeted Austrian ski resorts and yodeling and sold five million copies worldwide. Bill Drummond, one of the authors of The Manual, mentioned the group in the epilogue of the German release of the book, which was originally published in 1989 (in English).
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| Year | Title | Chart positions | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AT | UK[1] | US dance club |
US dance sales |
US mod. |
DE | CH | NL | SE | ||
| 1988 / 89 | "Bring Me Edelweiss" | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1989 | "I Can't Get No... Edelweiss" | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| 1992 | "Raumschiff Edelweiss" / "Starship Edelweiss" | 1 | − | − | − | − | 7 | 8 | 19 | 25 |
| 1992 / 93 | "Planet Edelweiss" | 14 | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| 1993 | "Beam Me Up" | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| 1993 | "Ski Instructor" | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| 1997 | "Edeltaler Hochzeitsmarsch (Kein Sex vor der Ehe)" | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| 2001 | "Bring Me Edelweiss" (Remix) | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Year | Title | Chart positions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AT | UK | US | DE | CH | NL | SE | ||
| 1992 / 93 | The Wonderful World of Edelweiss | 11 | − | − | 91 | − | − | − |