Once having solidified his position as an actor, he attempted to cross over into the music industry and made his debut with the 1985 album Night Rocker while still working on the show. After two moderately successful albums, he recorded "Looking for Freedom" in the summer of 1989 and released just as the Berlin Wall came down.
In Germany, his song became an anthem of sorts at the time, and the album went gold and triple platinum, topping the charts for three months whilst the single managed a mere eight weeks. He was later announced as the best selling artist of 1989 in Germany even prompting the newspaper headline "Hasselhoff: not since the Beatles". Since then another six of his albums have gone platinum in Europe.
Norm MacDonald,
Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update newscaster, had a popular running joke that always ended with "Which once again proves my theory - the Germans love David Hasselhoff".
Looking for the Best
has become an exceptionally highly rated CD on Amazon.com, receiving an incredible number of 5-star ratings. This was the culmination of a spontaneous internet joke that has been going on for several years, in which Amazon customers review the album. Almost all give it 5 stars and pen sarcastic reviews which include egregious misspellings of Hasselhoff's name and usually end with the phrase, The song "Hot Shot City" is particularly good!
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In early 2005, it was reported that Hasselhoff had teamed with rapper Ice-T and was planning to record a rap album under the handle of Hassel the Hoff. As of the end of 2005, the recording had not been released. In fact, Ice-T went on Late Night with Conan O'Brien
to confirm that he was not involved in any such project.
Albums released include:
(2004-2005) David Hasselhoff Sings America Gold Edition - Germany #27, Austria #11
David Hasselhoff Sings America
David Hasselhoff Sings America
David Hasselhoff - Sings America
(2004) The Night Before Christmas
David Hasselhoff - Night Before Christmas
David Hasselhoff - Night Before Christmas
(2000) Magic Collection
Magic Collection: David Hasselhoff
(1997) Hooked on a Feeling
- Switzerland #41
David Hasselhoff - Hooked on a Feeling
(1995) David Hasselhoff
- USA Billboard New Artists #2
(1995) Looking for the Best of David Hasselhoff
Looking For - Best of David Hasselhoff
Looking for-Best of David Hasselhoff
(1994) Du
- Germany #43, #41 Switzerland
(1993) You are Everything
- Germany #20, Switzerland #27
David Hasselhoff - You Are Everything
(1992) Everybody Sunshine
- Germany #21, Switzerland #17
(1991) David
- Germany #12, Switzerland #7
(1990) Crazy for You
- Switzerland #1
(1989) Looking for Freedom - Germany #1, Switzerland #3
David Hasselhoff - Looking for Freedom
(1989) Knight Lover
- Switzerland #17
(1987) Lovin' Feelings
(1985) Night Rocker
Very Best of David Hasselhoff
Very Best of David Hasselhoff
Watch Out for David Hasselhoff
Watch Out for David Hasselhoff
David Hasselhoff - Give a Little Love: Volume 1
David Hasselhoff - Give a Little Love: Volume 1
David Hasselhoff
David Hasselhoff - Baywatch
David Hasselhoff - Jump in My Car
David Hasselhoff - Jump in My Car Pt.2
David Hasselhoff - Jump in My Car Pt.3
David Hasselhoff - Always Outnumbered Always Outgunned
David Hasselhoff - Out of the Sandpit and Onto the Drive
David Hasselhoff - Looking for Freedom
Very Best of David Hasselhoff
David Hasselhoff - Miracle of Love
The Hasselhoff Experiment
Singles released include -
- (2005) Do the Limbo Dance
(Remix by DJ Ostkurve) - Germany #2
- (1993) Wir zwei allein
(Duet with Gwen) - Germany #9, Switzerland #10
- (1992) Everybody Sunshine
- Switzerland #27
- (1991) Do the Limbo Dance
- Germany #12, Switzerland #19
- (1990) Crazy for You
- Germany #18, Switzerland #21
- (1989) Is Everybody Happy?
- Germany #14, #8 Switzerland
David Hasselhoff - Is Everybody Happy
David Hasselhoff - Is Everybody Happy
- (1989) Our First Night Together
- Switzerland #14
- (1989) Looking for Freedom
- Germany #1, #1 Switzerland, #22 Netherlands
