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This list of songs about Berlin is an addition to the main article Music in Berlin and contains any songs about or involving the city of Berlin, the capital of Germany. Sorting is after the year of publication (in brackets). [1] [2] [3]
Hasselhoff performed this song before throngs of pro-German reunification activists at the Berlin Wall on New Year's Eve 1989, mere weeks after the wall had begun to be taken down. Wearing a piano-keyboard scarf and a leather jacket covered in motion lights, Hasselhoff stood in a bucket crane and performed the song along with the crowd.
The song, originally titled "In Shades of Grey", addresses the great hopes following the fall of the Berlin Wall and the disappointment that followed. David Gilmour stated: There was a wonderful moment of optimism when the Wall came down – the release of Eastern Europe from the non-democratic side of the socialist system.
The song became associated with the Revolutions of 1989 and the Fall of the Berlin Wall also in 1989 and was performed by the Scorpions at the Brandenburg Gate on 9 November 1999, during the 10th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. [18] [19] In 2005, viewers of the German television network ZDF chose this song as the song of the century ...
The song tells of the sadness of lovers separated by the Berlin Wall which divided West Berlin from surrounding East Germany, including East Berlin at the time, and expresses the hope that the wall will soon fall. The Berlin Wall had been constructed in 1961, and in fact did not fall until 1989. Fisher's earlier 1961 single for the Signet ...
Remembering Roger Waters’ 1990 Concert at the Berlin Wall . Berlin in 1987. (L-R) Rob Brill, Terri Nunn and John Crawford. ... It won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for Best Original Song ...
"Over de muur " (1984), a song by the Dutch pop band Klein Orkest , about the differences between East and West Berlin during the period of the Berlin Wall. [ 171 ] "Chippin' Away" (1990), [ 172 ] a song by Tom Fedora, performed by Crosby, Stills & Nash on the Berlin Wall, which appeared on Graham Nash 's solo album Innocent Eyes (1986).
"Right Here, Right Now" is a song by British alternative rock band Jesus Jones from their second studio album, Doubt (1991). It was released as the album's second single on 24 September 1990. It was released as the album's second single on 24 September 1990.