De Höhner (Kölsch for "The Chickens", pronounced [də ˈhø²nɐ] ⓘ,[what does "²" mean?]

During their first year, the band wore chicken costumes, and threw real feathers into the audience.

Their most popular carnival songs are "Echte Fründe", "Pizza wunderbar", "Die Karawane zieht weiter" and "Viva Colonia".

[1] They performed it during the 2007 World Men's Handball Championship finals, held in Cologne.

Die Grössten Partyhits was on the German top 50 albums chart for 8 weeks in 2007, peaking at number 9.