Viva Colonia

Viva Colonia is a carnival song, which was recorded and released in 2003 by the Hoehner. The song was written by Hannes Beautiful, Peter Werner Jates, Henning Krautmacher, Ralf Rudnik and Janus Fröhlich. It was produced by Thomas Brück. It is one of the most successful songs of the group, the single was sold about 150,000 copies, making Viva Colonia is one of the best-selling German pop since 1975.

The song has a catchy chorus, which contributed to the success of the song and was changed by the Höhnern several times:

According to a survey by the WDR is the most popular carnival song in North Rhine -Westphalia.

The song was often sung gecovert and in slightly modified versions. The sung by Wolter Kroes Viva Hollandia cover version reached number one on the Dutch charts, where it held 16 weeks. Other versions were translated writes the lyrics to the Oktoberfest ( Viva Bavaria ) or the carnival Hanover ( Viva Hannovera ).