I suddenly remember a day when i was 10. I was walking with my brother (who was 20 at that time) home from my school and we where both singing this song
we didn't care if someone was watching us (BTW, the song sounds better in german)
Kind of off-topic, but i agree with you. There where some german songs in the 80s that came over to the states and where butchered through translation, like Kraftwerks Model.