Editing Modern Talking (section)

{{Short description|German pop duo}}
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{{Infobox musical artist<!-- See WP:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name             = Modern Talking
| image            = Moderntalking.jpg
| landscape        = yes
| caption          = Modern Talking during their final concert in 2003
| origin           = [[West Berlin]], West Germany
| genre            = {{hlist|[[Europop]]<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Marcelo Fernandez |last= Bitar |title= Argentine Biz Worries That '98 Gains Will Deflate in '99 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=HQoEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22europop%22&pg=PA85 |magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date= 21 November 1998 |volume= 110 |issue= 47 |page= 85 |issn= 0006-2510}}</ref>|[[synth-pop]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Heather |last= Phares |title= Modern Talking – The Very Best of Modern Talking |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-very-best-of-modern-talking-mw0000537350 |website= [[AllMusic]] |access-date= 13 March 2013}}</ref>|[[dance-pop]]<ref name="AM">{{cite web|first= Jason |last= Ankeny |title= Modern Talking – Artist Biography |website= AllMusic |url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/modern-talking-mn0000567809/biography |access-date= 13 March 2013}}</ref>|[[Eurodisco]]<ref>{{cite book|editor-first= Eric |editor-last= Weisbard |editor-link= Eric Weisbard |year= 2007 |title= Listen Again: A Momentary History of Pop Music |page= [https://archive.org/details/listenagainmomen00weis/page/274 274] |publisher= [[Duke University Press]] |isbn= 978-0-8223-4022-5 |url= https://archive.org/details/listenagainmomen00weis |url-access= registration}}</ref>}}
| years_active     = {{hlist|1983–1987|1998–2003}}
| label            = {{hlist|[[Hansa Records|Hansa]]|[[Ariola Records|Ariola]]|[[RCA Records|RCA]]|[[Sony BMG]]}}
| website          = 
| past_members     = [[Dieter Bohlen]]<br/>[[Thomas Anders]]
}}

'''Modern Talking''' was a German [[pop music|pop]] duo consisting of arranger, songwriter and producer [[Dieter Bohlen]]<ref name="dw">{{cite web|title= Dieter Bohlen – Germany's Prince of Pop |url= http://www.dw.de/dieter-bohlen-germanys-prince-of-pop/a-776871-1 |publisher= [[Deutsche Welle]] |date= 12 February 2003 |access-date= 22 November 2023}}</ref> and singer [[Thomas Anders]]. They have been referred to as Germany's most successful pop duo,<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Dieter macht Schluss mit Thomas |trans-title= Dieter puts an end to Thomas |magazine= [[Stern (magazine)|Stern]] |url= http://www.stern.de/panorama/modern-talking-dieter-macht-schluss-mit-thomas-508918.html |date= 8 June 2003 |language= de}}</ref> and have had a number of hit singles, reaching the top five in many countries. Their most popular singles are "[[You're My Heart, You're My Soul]]", "[[You Can Win If You Want]]", "[[Cheri, Cheri Lady]]", "[[Brother Louie (Modern Talking song)|Brother Louie]]", "[[Atlantis Is Calling (S.O.S. for Love)]]" and "[[Geronimo's Cadillac (Modern Talking song)|Geronimo's Cadillac]]".

Modern Talking worked together from 1983 to 1987, when the band disbanded. They made a successful comeback, recording and releasing music from 1998 to 2003. The duo released singles (many of which involved American rapper [[Eric Singleton]]) which again entered the top ten in Germany and elsewhere, one of which was a re-recorded version of "You're My Heart, You're My Soul", to whose title "'98" was added. By the duo's final break-up in 2003, their combined global sales (singles and albums) had reached 120 million.<ref name="SZ"/>