ScorpionsWind Of Change (5:12)

On 143 albums see all

Buy at Amazon MP3 ($0.99) | Send ‘Wind Of Change’ Ringtone to Cell
More options
Save

Shouts: 858 shouts

Share this track:

About This Track

“Wind of Change” is a 1990 power ballad written by Klaus Meine, lead vocalist of the German hard rock/metal band Scorpions. It appeared on their 1990 album Crazy World, but did not become a worldwide hit single until 1991, when it topped the charts in Germany and across Europe, and hit #4 in the United States and #2 in the United Kingdom.

Live renditions of the song later appeared on the 1995 live album Live Bites, on their 2000 album Moment of Glory, with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, and on their 2001 unplugged album Acoustica.

Meine was reportedly inspired to write the song on a visit to Moscow in 1989, and the opening lines refer to the city’s landmarks. The Moskva is the name of the river that runs through Moscow (both the city and the river are named identically in Russian), and Gorky Park is the name of an amusement park in Moscow.

In 2005 the viewers of the German television network ZDF chose this song as the song of the century. It is the highest ever selling song in Germany, reputedly selling over 6 million copies in that country alone.

The band also recorded a Russian-language version of the song, under the title Ветер Перемен (Veter Peremen) and a Spanish version called Vientos de Cambio.
Read more… Edit
Send ‘Wind Of Change’ Ringtone to Cell

Albums featuring this track

See all 143 albums

Shouts

Leave a comment. Log in to Last.fm or sign up (it’s free).
See all 858 shouts

Track Stats

2,444,326 Scrobbles 420,578 Listeners

Recent Listening Trend

Listening Now

Top Listeners

See more

Recent Activity

Related Journals

See more