Rheinita

Klaus Dinger wrote and produced it, recording in 1977 and 1978. The single came out in 1979 with "Viva" on the B-side: the 7-inch and CD run 4:22 against 2:52 for "Viva", and the 12-inch maxi runs 7:40. The title joins the Rhine with a woman's name, Anita, per Wikipedia. It is instrumental on the album and single, while "Viva" has lyrics in English, German, French and Italian. Dinger plays guitar, keyboard, percussion, synthesizer and vocals, Thomas Dinger percussion and vocals, and Lampe drums and percussion. The single reached 3 in Germany, German radio stations named it track of the year, and it stayed number 1 on some unofficial charts for over a year. EMI offered 1 million marks to break the Teldec contract after the 1979 maxi, and Dinger refused.

A live video, Rheinita 1979, was released in 2004, and FOND/SOUND posted it in 2014. Bureau B reissued the CD in 2008. We found no covers or samples, and the upload pairs "Rheinita" with "Viva" like the single's sides, so we do not know which mix it is.