Controversial hit "Layla": Producer Ikke Hipgold is happy about the discourse

After the city of Würzburg, a Düsseldorf fair organizer is now speaking out against the Ballermann hit "Layla".

Controversial hit "Layla": Producer Ikke Hipgold is happy about the discourse

After the city of Würzburg, a Düsseldorf fair organizer is now speaking out against the Ballermann hit "Layla". It won't be heard on any ride there, although it has long been number one in the charts. The makers behind it - above all label owner Ikke Hipgold - are happy.

Featuring "Layla" by DJ Robin

After the city of Würzburg decided not to offer the number a stage at its Kiliani folk festival and prohibited the popular number from being played, a traditional fair organizer from Düsseldorf is now following suit. Much to the annoyance of many fans. The creators of the number, on the other hand, are happy, because rarely has one of their productions received so much attention.

If even Germany's Minister of Justice deals with "Layla", the musicians are sure to make headlines. Producer and label owner Matthias Distel, himself well-known as Ikke Hipgold at Ballermann, can only laugh about the ban on playing at folk festivals and fairs. In a statement for RTL, he thanked the "city fathers and mothers of the city of Würzburg" for the good chart placement. "Layla" is already a "piece of cultural heritage". Then he draws comparisons to another song on the same subject that caused a sensation, horror and boycott 40 years ago: "Scandal in the restricted area" by the Spider Murphy Gang. He also finished first in 1981.

Würzburg is doing everything right, hip gold continues on RTL: "A huge promotion, we're in all the headlines right now." In an interview with t-online, the 45-year-old also explained: "The song itself is not a bad song at all. The only question is: how do you interpret it? Every second Ballermann song text somehow has breasts, tight asses or 20 centimeters hidden by little Peter. But that's a kind of satire. That's a humorous way of dealing with sexuality." And here women and men agree, since they celebrate the song equally. "Otherwise you wouldn't do it. We're not idiots either. Of course we don't want to promote rape or sexual abuse. We flirt with body parts, freedom of movement and the beautiful life under the sun. That's how the Ballermann is to that become what he is today."

The current decision of the Düsseldorf fair organizer should also play into his hands. In the end, she's another reason "Layla" stayed at the top of the charts for many weeks.