The song „Wind of Change“ was first released 35 years ago. It remains the most successful German rock single worldwide. Starting October 3rd, you can get a preview of „Wind of Change“ from the upcoming album „Coming Home Live“.
If ever a song became an icon of a historical event, it is the anthem composition celebrating the fall of the Iron Curtain, the end of the Cold War, and the reunification of Germany – „Wind of Change“. The song has now been viewed more than a billion times worldwide on Vevo and just as many times on YouTube; no other German single has sold more copies, and the song has served as the soundtrack for half a dozen Hollywood films.
To mark the 35th anniversary of German reunification and exactly 35 anniversary of German reunification and exactly 35 years after “Wind of Change” first appeared on the album “Crazy World,” the SCORPIONS’ label is releasing a truly extraordinary live recording of the song: as an appetizer for the album “COMING HOME – LIVE,” which will be released in December. It’s a recording of the SCORPIONS’ magnificent anniversary concert in Hanover’s stadium in July 2025. A moment of pure goosebumps: when 50,000 fans in the stadium sing in unison with the band and Klaus Meine, the performer, composer, and lyricist… “Now listen to my heart/it still believes in Love/waiting for the wind to change.”
Essentially, this is the second change to the lyrics of “Wind of Change.” After Klaus Meine symbolized the worldwide longing for peace and freedom using Moscow as an example in the original 35 years ago, “I didn’t think it was appropriate, in view of the terrible war in Ukraine, to romanticize Russia with lines like ‘Follow the Moskva / Down to Gorky Park.’ I wanted to make a statement in support of Ukraine. So the song began with ‘Now listen to my heart / It says Ukraina, waiting for the wind to change.'” Meanwhile, conflicts around the world have escalated further. “That’s why we changed the lyrics again on the current tour. ‘Now listen to my heart / it still believes in love / waiting for the wind to change.’ Whether it happens in Ukraine, Gaza, Israel, or anywhere else on our planet, we don’t want to lose faith in a peaceful future.”
SCORPIONS will release “COMING HOME LIVE” the iconic concert at the Hanover stadium, featuring all of the rockers’ biggest hits and many musical surprises, as a live album on vinyl and CD for fans on the 05th of december. Pre-orders are now available.
