Signature
key confidence medium · relative E minor · tempo confidence medium · half-time 75.9 · low end 31% · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-13 · how accurate
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Lineage
- CoveredBoppin’ Bsource
- CoveredDie Ärztesource
- CoveredIllusionsource
- CoveredJosé Carrerassource
- Written byKlaus Meinesource
- CoveredMetalachisource
- CoveredPanzerballettsource
- CoveredReunionsource
- CoveredRoyal Philharmonic Orchestrasource
- CoveredSabatonsource
- CoveredSingtonicsource
- CoveredVienna Symphonic Orchestra Projectsource
- CoveredVienna Symphonic Orchestrasource
Why it is here
- Klaus Meine wrote the song's lyrics after being inspired by playing the Moscow Music Peace Festival in August 1989 at Lenin Stadium in front of about 300,000 fans, giving the song a firsthand link to the end of the Cold War. source
- With estimated sales of 14 million copies worldwide, it is cited as one of the best-selling singles of all time and holds the record for the best-selling single by a German artist. source
- The band presented a gold record and $70,000 in royalties to Mikhail Gorbachev in 1991, with Soviet news reporting the money would go to children's hospitals. source
The full ledger entry: every chart it has been on, where it is live now.