The single peaked at number 2 on the German music charts and made La Düsseldorf famous.

Unusually for a high-charting single, "Silver Cloud" is entirely instrumental (although the B-side "La Düsseldorf" is not).

disbanded, and Klaus Dinger began writing music for a La Düsseldorf album.

Nevertheless, Klaus initially had difficulty composing material for the new album, finally entering Conny Plank's studio in September 1975.

After sessions were completed in December of that year, "Silver Cloud" was selected as the album's lead single.