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Background: The title of the song is a kind of joke/proverb. For instance, many rock bands that are well past their prime continue to be "Big in Japan" long after they cannot draw a large audience in the UK or US. However, this song is mostly about a couple, who tries to get off a heroin addiction. The lead signer Marian Gold explains this this way: "I must admit the only ones who understood the meaning of the song correctly were Bernhard (Lloyd) and our then publisher Andy Budde. Bernhard recognized the quality of the song and Andy the ability of its marketing. '… read more
Background: The title of the song is a kind of joke/proverb. For instance, many rock bands that are well past their prime continue to be "Big in… read more
Background: The title of the song is a kind of joke/proverb. For instance, many rock bands that are well past their prime continue to be "Big in Japan" long after they cannot d… read more

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Alphaville is a German / group which gained popularity in the . The founding members were Marian Gold (real name Hartwig Schierbaum, born May 26, 1954 in Herford), Bernhard Lloyd (real name Bernhard Gößling, born June 6th, 1960 in Enger, Bielefeld) and Frank Mertens (real name Frank Sorgatz, born October 26, 1961 in Enger, Bielefeld). The band was at first named Forever Young. The band is best known for its two biggest hits, "Big in Japan" and "Forever Young", which was the theme for many high school proms in the 1980s. In 1984 the re-named Alp… read more
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