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Alphaville – Forever Young (3:46)

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On the surface, this is a hopeful song celebrating the virtues of youth, but a closer listen reveals a fear of aging and death. The song was written during the Cold War, where the singer is “hoping for the best, but expecting the worst; are you gonna drop the bomb or not?”

Alphaville was a German Synthpop/Rock music group. The song was not a big hit when it was released, but has become well known as a result of its use in movies and TV shows. Among its uses:
The TV show Passions, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (episode 103: “Underage Drinking: A National Concern”)

Queer As Folk (season 1, episode 18)
One Tree Hill (season 4, episode 16).
The movie Listen To Me
Napoleon Dynamite in the school dance scene.
commercials for Saturn ION automobiles. (thanks, Ben - Philadelphia, PA)

A year after this was released, Laura Branigan covered it for her album Hold Me and began performing it as an encore at her concerts. The Canadian dance group Temperance recorded the song in 1996.

In 2005 the Australian band Youth Group recorded this for an episode of the TV show The O.C… Their release was a hit in Australia. (thanks, Donovan Berry - El Dorado, AR, for above 2)

This song was covered in a Punk version by So They Say on the album Punk Goes ’80s. (thanks, Ricky - Memphis, TN)

Was also remade by Jay-Z featuring Mr Hudson.
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  • Forever Young
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  • First Harvest 1984-92
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  • First Harvest 1984-1992
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  • The Singles Collection
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  • CassyXYZ

    Forever Young - for good and forever

    Thursday morning

  • Sound-Of-Nature

    Absolute Masterpiece!!

    last week

  • Joseph-Bezzina

    most annoying song ever

    last week

  • imwithbowie

    truly my number 1 favorite song.

    13 days ago

  • otzek

    Gruss nach Münster.....

    20 days ago

  • leaddove

    The prom theme of every high school in my generation...

    last month

  • jacoo90

    pretty random lyrics but the song in general is one of my all time favs

    last month

  • ken23z

    in our minds aren't we all forever young? i know i am. great song

    last month

  • altkleider

    super titel

    last month

  • djskellington

    They had the coolest sweaters...

    March 2012

  • AmyMarch

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGDkDITJY1c QAF forever!

    March 2012

  • riraru

    this song is forever young

    March 2012

  • musikfiend69

    AAAAAhhhhhh! Love this song.

    March 2012

  • BEATLES77709

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Forever >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> K f K

    March 2012

  • BEATLES77709

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> M g D >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> K f K

    March 2012

  • MyLittlePhoney

    Hast du etwas sieit f¨r mich...

    March 2012

  • AnIslandGurl

    "Do you really want to be forever young?" This song express so much... [2]

    February 2012

  • feuermone

    zum Träumen schön

    February 2012

  • schokosternchen

    "Do you really want to be forever young?" This song express so much...

    February 2012

  • ST3RST1K4R

    two generations ago.....and still forever young :)

    February 2012
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