On the German Singles Chart, the U96 version of "Das Boot" spent 13 weeks at number one in early 1992.

It also became a number-one hit in Austria, Israel, Norway and Switzerland and entered the top 10 in Denmark, Finland, France, the Netherlands and Sweden.

"[1] Pan-European magazine Music & Media remarked, "With no significant airplay, this techno version of the theme to the movie Das Boot is number one for the second consecutive week in Germany.

"[3] James Hamilton from Music Week's RM Dance Update wrote, "This Hamburg based DJ's vocoder produced and Asdic pinged techno treatment of Klaus Doldinger's original theme is in basic chugging 0-122.9bpm Techno (with beat losing edits midway), far fiercer smoothly thrumming electro 0-127.1bpm Strings 127, Accordian, Echo Mix, 127 BPM and — fiercest of all — 0-130.9bpm 131 BPM versions.

The single also entered the top 10 in Belgium (7), Denmark (3), Finland (9), France (9), the Netherlands (3) and Sweden (5), as well as on the Eurochart Hot 100, where it reached number three in May 1992, after 17 weeks within the chart.