In 1981, a song created a stir in Germany and some parts of Europe: Dance little Bird, also known as Ententanz. The Dutch band Electronica's hit the European charts. In Germany, the song stayed in the charts for 51 weeks! Werner Thomas, a Swiss composer, had written the melody already in 1957, but it was not recorded before 1973. Since then it was covered in 370 versions and sold more than 40 million times in 42 countries.