4630 Bochum

4630 Bochum was recorded between January and March 1984 in EMI studios in Cologne. It was his first album for EMI after the end of his contact with Intercord Tonträger GmbH (a record label owned by Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck).

The album spent 79 weeks in the German albums chart,[1] making it the most successful album of 1984 in Germany. With certified sales in excess of 2.5 million, it is currently the third-best-selling album in Germany, having been certified quintuple platinum.[2] In Switzerland and Austria, the album spent 13 and 24 weeks respectively in the charts.[3] The single release "Männer" in particular established Grönemeyer's fame in Germany.

The cover shows the title hand-written in the style of an address in white chalk on a black background:

Herbert

Grönemeyer

4630 Bochum

At the time, 4630 was the postal code for the city of Bochum where Grönemeyer grew up and had worked as a musician.

1. "Bochum" – 3:50
2. "Männer" – 4:00
3. "Flugzeuge im Bauch" – 3:54
4. "Alkohol" – 4:29
5. "Amerika" – 3:26
6. "Für Dich da" – 3:23
7. "Jetzt oder nie" – 4:57
8. "Fangfragen" – 4:17
9. "Erwischt" – 4:01
10. "Mambo" – 2:45

• Herbert Grönemeyer – vocals, choir, piano
• Detlef Kessler – drums
• Alfred Kritzer – piano, trumpet
• Norbert Hamm – bass
• Jakob Hansonis – guitars
• Gaggy Mrozeck – guitars
• Charlie Mariano – saxophone

• 1989 Männer a-cappella by Bläck Fööss
• 1995 Männer, titled Frauen by JBO
• 1998 Flugzeuge im Bauch by Oli.P and Xavier Naidoo (DE #1, AT #1, CH #1)
• 1999 Mambo, titled Mamboleo by Loona
• 2012 Flugzeuge im Bauch by Katja Friedenberg on The Voice of Germany (DE #41)

• Singt Grönemeyer wirklich 'tief im Westen'?(in German). Der Westen, 15 August 2008. A comparison of the song's lyrics with everyday life in Bochum