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Werner Thomas

Werner Thomas is credited on 926 releases across 260 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1973–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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926

Pressings credited

260

Albums

6

Decades active

9

In collections

Biography

Werner Thomas (born c. 1929) is a Swiss accordionist and composer born in Thurgau. Thomas is credited with composing the German language tune in 1957 known as "Der Ententanz" (literally "The Duck Dance") later known as the "Chicken Dance" or the "Birdie Song" while working as a restaurant musician during the 1950s, there has since been more than 400 different recorded versions. Despite being the most popular song that Switzerland has ever produced and exported to 40 countries, in 2000, the BBC crowned Thomas' song as "voted the most annoying song of all time", ahead of The Teletubbies' "Teletubbies say "Eh-oh!"" and Aqua's "Barbie Girl." Thomas now lives in a "luxury retirement home in Ticino".

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Credited work

926 releases · 260 albums · active 1973–2025

  • Performance · 942
  • Other credits · 58
  • Production · 1

Studios: MC Studio · Union Studios, Munich · Bach Studio · Arco Studios

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