Wind of Change
- Key
- G major
- Camelot
- 9B
- BPM
- 151.8
Key confidence medium · relative E minor (9A) · BPM confidence medium · half-time 75.9 · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-13
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As of 2026-10-28, "Wind of Change" by Scorpions has charted in 37 markets across 4 platforms, peaking at #12 (KR) on the Rotation chart. Measured from the full recording, it reads G major (9B) at 151.8 BPM.
- Markets
- 37
- First seen
- 2026-07-20
- Latest chart date
- 2026-10-28
- Peak
- #12 kr
Started in 0 markets, now in 37.
Momentum
This song has not appeared on a Rotation chart, so it has no score and no receipts. The rank history below is the ledger; a score is only published once the momentum run puts it on a chart.
Why it's 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. [1] 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. [2] 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. [3]
In culture
Every place this record has lived. A solid chip states a fact and carries the citation that earns it; a dashed one is a connection somebody drew, and carries their name instead.
- Written by Klaus Meinesource
- Covered Singtonicsource
- Covered Die Ärztesource
- Covered Sabatonsource
- Covered Vienna Symphonic Orchestra Projectsource
- Covered Illusionsource
- Covered José Carrerassource
- Covered Boppin’ Bsource
- Covered Royal Philharmonic Orchestrasource
- Covered Panzerballettsource
- Covered Reunionsource
- Covered Vienna Symphonic Orchestrasource
- Covered Metalachisource
Across markets · earliest pickup first
Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly. One recording, one history: this table also counts the rows sources published under 1 other handle of this record (remasters, official videos).
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- Thailandth · deezer#30#30#30
- Lebanonlb · deezer#99#99—
- Polandpl · shazam#195#152#195
- Costa Ricacr · deezer shazam#191#39#191
- Uruguayuy · shazam#194#51#194
- Romaniaro · deezer#62#42#62
- Jamaicajm · deezer#93#93—
- Portugalpt · deezer#99#99—
Worldwide feeds · not markets
A source's own worldwide chart. These are feeds, not places, so they are kept out of the market count above.
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- World feedworld · shazam#33#27#33
- Global feedglobal · youtube#363#313#363
City pickups
City charts record their parent country as the market, so these do not add to the market count above. One line per country: how many of its rooms picked the song up, and the best of them.
- au 1 city · best #46 adelaide
- gb 1 city · best #32 newcastle upon tyne
- no 1 city · best #40 oslo
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Editions
No published edition carries this song yet. Every edition it appears in will be listed here and stay listed: an edition is immutable, so a citation to one never rots.
Identity
- ISRC
- USPG19090037
- Slug
- scorpions__wind-of-change
- Sources
- applemusic, deezer, shazam, youtube
The cross-platform join key, via Deezer.
Crude v0 identity: slug(artist)__slug(title).
Every source whose chart has ever carried this song.
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