"Verdammt, ich lieb' dich" is a 1990 song by German singer-songwriter Matthias Reim

Matthias Reim

Matthias Reim is a German singer-songwriter. His 1990 single "Verdammt, ich lieb' dich" was a hit in several European countries, and spent sixteen consecutive weeks at the No.1 spot in the German charts.-Early life:Reim was born on 26 November 1957 in Korbach, Hesse. He grew up in Homberg...

, from his debut album Reim. The song was Reim's first single, and remains his biggest hit, reaching the number-one spot in Germany

Germany

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, Switzerland

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, Austria

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 and the Netherlands

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. In Germany it spent 16 consecutive weeks at the top of the charts, equalling the record set by Boney M.'s "Rivers of Babylon

Rivers of Babylon

"Rivers of Babylon" is a rastafarian song written and recorded by Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton of the Jamaican reggae group The Melodians in 1970. The Melodians' original versions of the song appeared in the sound track to the 1972 movie The Harder They Come and the 1999 Nicolas Cage movie...

". It is certified Platinum in Germany The song's title means "Damn, I love you".

Chart performance

Chart (1990)	Peak position
Austrian Singles Chart	1
Dutch GfK GfK The GfK Group, established in 1934 as Gesellschaft für Konsumforschung is Germany's largest market research institute, and the fourth largest market research organisation in the world, after Nielsen Company, Kantar Group, and IMS Health...  chart	1
Dutch Top 40 Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...	1
German Singles Chart	1
Swiss Singles Chart	1

Cover versions

• In 1991 German punkband Planlos recorded an version of the song
• A cover version with English lyrics was made in 2000 by Baracuda
  Baracuda (band)
  Baracuda is a German dance project founded by Axel Konrad and Ole Wierk of Suprime Records in the Winter of 2002. Baracuda consists of Tobias Lammer, otherwise known as DJ Toby Sky and vocalist Suny.- History :...
  
  , with the title "Damn! (Remember the Time)".
• In 2005, bilingual German singer Dennie Christian released a Dutch version called "Dit is liefde" ( This is love )
• The song was covered by Sha
  Sha (singer)
  Grazia di Fresco, better known by her stage name Sha, is a German singer of Italian descent who rose to fame in the summer of 2006 with her debut single "JaJa".-Formation:Sha grew up in Schwieberdingen near Stuttgart...
  
  in 2007.