Jeanny - Other Trilogy Versions

Other Trilogy Versions

Although the Jeanny theme was planned as a trilogy only "Jeanny" (Part 1) and "Coming Home" (Part 2) have been officially included in the series by Falco.

In 1990 the album "Data de Groove" was published that contains a song "Bar Minor 7/11 (Jeanny Dry)". The song uses the setting of a bar with Falco talking to a bar tender but one can only hear Falco's verses not the response from her. A background singer repeats "Give it up!" and the song ends with the text "Tell me, who told you your name was Jeanny? ... That, well, that must have been the boss of my record company then." Except for chart positions in Austria the album was unsuccessful and the Jeanny-themed song was not noticed widely.

Posthumously an internet company offered a song named "Where Are You Now? (Jeanny Part III)" for download in 2000. The company officials said that the tape with the song was sent to them anonymously and as it was unauthorized the download page had to be taken offline shortly later. The music is taken from a period in 1988 when Falco returned to work with Bolland & Bolland. Soon the theory sprang up that it was a demo tape mixed by Bolland from other studio material with a text from them proposed to Falco however the song idea was dismissed for inclusion on the next album. This explanation was proposed early by Falco's fellow musicians Richard Pettauer and Thomas Rabitsch and it was later confirmed by Bolland and Bolland in a TV show on 5. February 2007.

Given the three possible successors to Part 1 and Part 2 the timeline can be given in different dimensions:

• enumeration by recording year
  • 1. Jeanny (1985) 2. Coming Home (1986) 3. Where Are You Now (1985/1986) 4. The Spirit Never Dies (1987) 5. Bar Minor 7/11 (1990)
• enumeration by production year
  • 1. Jeanny (1985) 2. Coming Home (1986) 3. The Spirit Never Dies (1987+2009) 4. Where Are You Now (1988) 5. Bar Minor 7/11 (1990)
• enumeration by publication
  • 1. Jeanny (1985) 2. Coming Home (1986) 3. Bar Minor 7/11 (1990) 4. Where Are You Now (2000+2007) 5. The Spirit Never Dies (2009)

Depending on the enumeration each version may be pointed out as the third part in the series of five songs related to the "Jeanny trilogy".