A Bar in Amsterdam

A Bar in Amsterdam

Katzenjammer

“A Bar in Amsterdam” is the second track on Katzenjammer’s first studio album, Le Pop. With catchy melodies and energetic vocals, it is definitely one of their most popular songs to date and a standout track from the album. It was also released as a single in 2007. There are two official music videos for the song.


Instruments/vocals in live performance:
Solveig Heilo—trumpet, lead vocals
Anne Marit Bergheim—acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Turid Jørgensen—contrabass balalaika, backing vocals
Marianne Sveen—drums, percussion

Additional instruments in the studio version:
banjo, accordion


The song is composed in the key of G minor, and the vocals span a range of 1 ¼ of an octave, from G3 in the verse up to B♭4 in the chorus (or D5, if we also consider the backing vocals).