Controversial due to its lyrics, the song nonetheless topped the charts in numerous European countries.

German TV and radio personality Thomas Gottschalk made various negative remarks and called the song "rubbish".

An outcry in German-language markets caused the song to be banned by some radio broadcasters or played with a preceding warning by others.

In the popular music show Formel Eins [de] cutscenes were aired, but only whilst the song was at the top of the charts.

[25] The song was released as the album's single, reaching number one in Germany and the top five in Austria, Norway and Switzerland.

The title track, "The Spirit Never Dies (Jeanny Final)", was also released as a single and it scored in the top ten in Austria.

The track was found by chance after a water-pipe burst in the archives of the recording studio Mörfelden-Walldorf that was used by Falco's producer Gunther Mende in 1987.

[33] After digital remastering of the tape, and inclusion of New Zealand vocalist Rietta Austin, the song was edited and published under the claim that it was the official third part of the Jeanny Trilogy by the album's producers Gunther Mende and Alexander C. De Rouge.

In 1990, the album Data de Groove was published and it contains the song "Bar Minor 7/11 (Jeanny Dry)".

In "Part I", the Jeanny character is portrayed by 15-year-old Theresa Guggenberger, a student from the dance school associated with the Theater an der Wien.

The "F" on Falco's trenchcoat in the video refers to the 1931 German film M by Fritz Lang in which a blind man marks the murderer with a chalk sign in the same way.