Wunder gescheh'n
Wunder gescheh'n (German for “Miracles Happen”) is the sixth studio album of German pop singer Nena and her first as a solo artist, released two years after the demise of the band Nena in 1987. The title track, “Du bist überall” and “Im Rausch der Liebe” were released as singles and had moderate success.[2]
Theme
The album was written (several tracks by Nena herself) and recorded at a time when she was pregnant with twins and shortly after the death of her first child at the age of 11 months.[3] Many of the songs focus on Nena's feelings towards her lost son and her hopes and fears concerning her unborn children.[4] One of them, “Weisses Schiff”, is often introduced by Nena at her live concerts as one of her favourite songs.[5] The song describes the thoughts of a person watching a ship of young and old souls sailing into the distance, expressing the hope that when her time comes, she’ll be welcomed aboard.[6]
Title track
Release of the album happened to be just a few days before the fall of the Berlin Wall (9 November 1989), and Nena, still pregnant at the time, performed the album's title track at the hastily convened “Konzert für Berlin” (12 November 1989) marking this historic event.[3] Ever since, the song and its meaning are associated with that context.
Since then Nena has constantly re-worked the song, starting with a “country” version being performed during her 1993 Bongo Girl tour.[7] Most significantly, two different versions (one “with friends” becoming a top 10 hit in Germany)[8] appeared on the 2002 Nena feat. Nena triple platinum album which rekindled her career in the German speaking countries. Another (heavier) version of the track appeared in the DVD Made in Germany Live in 2010 and a further live version appeared on "De luxe bonus edition" of her 2012 album Du bist gut. In January 2016 Nena and her son Sakias accompanied the “Musical Voices S.I.E.G” choir to perform a choral arrangement of the song in a church in Sankt Augustin.[9]
The song is a permanent feature and highlight of Nena’s concerts, the audience usually being required to sing the 3rd rendition of the chorus unaccompanied.
Track listing
| 1. |
"Wunder gescheh'n" (Miracles Happen) |
3:41 |
| 2. |
"Du bist überall" (You Are Everywhere) |
5:13 |
| 3. |
"Hero" |
4:18 |
| 4. |
"Schlaflied" (Lullaby) |
1:37 |
| 5. |
"Weisses Schiff" (White Ship) |
4:27 |
| 6. |
"Im Rausch der Liebe" (In the Frenzy of Love) |
3:47 |
| 7. |
"La Vie c'est la Chance" (Life Is a Chance) |
3:43 |
| 8. |
"Keine Langeweile" (No Boredom) |
3:30 |
| 9. |
"Steht auf" (Stand Up) |
4:02 |
| 10. |
"Abschied" (Farewell) |
3:37 |
References
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| | Studio albums (Nena, the group) | |
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| | Studio albums (Nena as solo artist) | |
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| | Singles | |
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