"Skandal im Sperrbezirk" is a song by the German rock band Spider Murphy Gang, released in September 1981 as a single from their album Dolce Vita.
The band's keyboard player, Michael Busse, was influenced by The Who's song Won't Get Fooled Again, particularly its staccato melody played on an electronic organ.
[4][5] Under Peter Gauweiler, who had been who served as Kreisverwaltungsreferent (district management official) in Munich, the ordinance was more strictly enforced, and prostitutes were moved to the outskirts of the city.
The chorus line Und draußen vor der großen Stadt stehn die Nutten sich die Füße platt ("And outside the big city, the prostitutes stand around till their feet hurt") references these street prostitution areas formed due to the Sperrbezirksverordnung.
[citation needed] Due to the use of the word Nutte (German for "whore"), the song was boycotted by radio stations in Bavaria.
[12] In 2012, the German hip-hop group Blumentopf and Günther Sigl wrote a sequel to Skandal im Sperrbezirk, in which "Rosi" is portrayed as a homeless, impoverished older woman who has lost her charms.
[14] Despite being boycotted in Bavaria, the song reached number one on the German single charts at the beginning of 1982, selling over 750,000 copies.