It was released in Austria, Germany, the United States, Japan, Spain, Italy, Canada, Sweden and Finland.

The album achieved some success with its flagship single, "Der Kommissar", an innovative and influential German-language rap song.

In 1980 Falco, who played in the band Drahdiwaberl, signed a contract for three solo albums produced by Robert Ponger and managed by Markus Spiegel.

In early 1981 Falco and Ponger started to produce the album, and already had a melody for Der Kommissar.

To promote his album Falco also released "Maschine brennt", "Auf der Flucht" and "Zuviel Hitze".