As of: February 24, 2024, 3:02 p.m
By: Maximilian Kurz
Comments
Press
Split
Roland Kaiser and Maite Kelly celebrated an exceptional hit together exactly ten years ago.
What was previously unknown was the fact that Kaiser's wife Silvia played a crucial role in the song's mega success.
Offenburg – The Schlager Kaiser is celebrating his 50th stage anniversary with a big stadium tour.
Four open-air concerts on the banks of the Elbe in Dresden have already been completely sold out.
In his upcoming ZDF anniversary show, Roland Kaiser (71) and Maite Kelly (44) explained how their joint mega hit “Why didn’t you say no” came about.
Roland Kaiser's wife: "You can blame each other in the song"
One song catapulted Roland Kaiser finally into the Olympus of pop stars: “Why didn’t you say no?”
Released in September 2014, the accompanying music video has now reached over 160 million views on YouTube.
The duet with Maite Kelly became one of the best-selling songs in German-language hits (over 765,000 units).
The surprising revelation: The idea for the duet with Maite Kelly came from Roland Kaiser's wife Silvia.
In the TV recording of his anniversary show, which was produced in 2023, Kaiser explained, according to
bunte.de
, that his wife had the idea of interpreting the song Kelly had written for him together.
But why?
“To blame each other in the song,” said the pop star.
Maite Kelly about Roland Kaiser: “The muse of my life”
Although Roland Kaiser has been able to sing his way into the hearts of numerous fans over the last few decades, very few people know about his enormous importance for Maite Kelly.
“The emperor took a chance on me.
He is the greatest muse of my life,” said the singer, who, as the second youngest child of the well-known Kelly family, has been on stage since she was a child.
Roland Kaiser not only has Maite Kelly to thank for his best-selling hit, but also his wife.
© Christian Schroedter/Imago
Kaiser's influence on Kelly's solo hit "I stand by it" is also interesting.
Originally intended for Roland Kaiser, he advised Kelly to reinterpret the song from a female perspective.
The result was their big hit in 2021. The anniversary show mentioned will be broadcast on February 24th - ZDF now explained why the special edition with Roland Kaiser was recorded in December.
Sources used:
bunte.de