1st Step to Heaven


1st Step to Heaven is a 1986 album by Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft, released on Dean Records via Ariola in Europe.
It is their only album in English rather than German. Singer Gabi Delgado-López later noted: "So we wanted to break our own rules and said: OK, so now we sing in English, now we don’t wear black. With purpose. Because we wanted to break our own rules."
The album charted for one week on the Swedish album charts at no. 46. The first single from the album, "Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir", reached No. 47 on the German singles chart and no. 17 on the Belgian singles chart. Another single, "Brothers", reached no. 23 on the Belgian singles chart.
The band reunited to make the album but split again soon after its release.
A variant track listing was released in the US as Hitz Blitz in 1989.

Track listing

  1. "Voulez-vous coucher avec moi - Part I"
  2. "Pure Joy"
  3. "Blond Hair Dark Brown Hair"
  4. "Sex Up"
  5. "Absolute Bodycontrol"
  6. "Voulez-vous coucher avec moi - Part II"
  7. "Crazy Crazy"
  8. "Opium" - Mix
  9. "Brother/Brother"
  10. "1st Step to Heaven" - Mix
  1. "The Gun" 8:22
  2. "Voulez-vous coucher avec moi Part 2" 5:28
  3. "Pure Joy" 4:47
  4. "Brothers" 3:37
  5. "Absolute Bodycontrol" 5:18
  6. "Sex Up" 3:15
  7. "Voulez-vous coucher avec moi Part 1" 2:25
  8. "1st Step to Heaven Medley" 8:07
  9. "Opium Mix" 2:10
  10. "Crazy Crazy" 3:08
  11. "Blond Hair Dark Brown Hair" 3:10
  12. "1st Step to Heaven Mix" 5:46
  13. "The Gun" 6:23