Expert: Bong Santos - 11/7/2008

Question
Dear Bong,
        I would just want to ask you if you can help me with this song. It was all over the radio specially WKC around the latter part of 1989, it goes something like this

(CHORUS)
I won't go to USA
On my mountain I would stay,
I don't care what people say,
I won't go to USA.

in the song when he pronounce USA as OOOHHHHH.S.A

I'm totally lost with this song can you help me out
Thank You In Advance and Mabuhay!

Answer
Dear Eric,

That would be I DON'T GO TO U.S.A. by STEPHAN REMMLER. STEPHAN REMMLER used to be with the group TRIO who had a hit called Da Da Da I Don't Love You You Don't Love Me Aha Aha Aha back in 1983. I DON'T GO TO U.S.A. is from 1987, originally in German titled Keine Sterne in Athen and released in 1986. Here's its lyrics:

I DON'T GO TO U.S.A. / STEPHAN REMMLER

Ach everybody on vacation
everybody everywhere
my girl-friend Gretel left the nation
I guess right now she's in the air

She said she wants to go to Dallas
Honolulu and L.A.
so we both went to the airport
but I didn't go away

'Cause I don't go to U.S.A.
on my mountain I will stay
I don't care what people say
I don't go to U.S.A.

He won't go to U.S.A.
on his mountain he will stay
he doesn't care what people say
he won't go to U.S.A.

Maybe she's in Chattanooga
maybe she's in New Orleans
acting as if she was born there
running round in her blue jeans

Too many cars too many people
this is not the plane for me
I want my sundown on a mountain
and after that I watch TV

I'm happy here in Sankt Kathrein
give me my Schnaps and I feel fine
I don't mind to be alone
but I want to be at home


Maraming salamat po!!

BONG M. SANTOS
Manila, Philippines