Winter's Cityside

Happy Friday the 13th to ya! Today's band enjoyed a resurgence a few years ago with a song featured in the film "Napoleon Dynamite." Recently, rapper Jay Z featured the chorus on one of his songs. Of course the song and video for "Forever Young" were posted here back in 2008. But today, we bring you the other minor hit for the German synthpop band known as Alphaville. Here is "Big in Japan"...




Lyrics | Alphaville lyrics - Big In Japan lyrics

"Big in Japan"
Single by Alphaville
from the album Forever Young
B-side "Seeds"
Released January 1984
Format 7" single, 12" maxi
Recorded 1984
Genre Synthpop
Length 3:52 (single edit)
4:43 (album version)
Label WEA
Writer(s) Bernhard Lloyd
Marian Gold
Frank Mertens
Producer Orlando

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 peak: #66
U.S. Hot Dance Club peak: #1

I Want To Be Forever Young

This song enjoyed a modest resurgence a few years back thanks to an instant cult classic movie known as "Napoleon Dynamite"... it's the German band, Alphaville and the video from 1984 - "Forever Young"... by the way, I like your sleeves...




Lyrics | Forever Young lyrics

“Forever Young”

Single by Alphaville
from the album Forever Young
B-side "Welcome to the Sun "
Released September 1984
Format 7" single
12" maxi
Genre Synthpop
Length 3:50
Label WEA
Writer(s) Bernhard Lloyd
Marian Gold
Frank Mertens
Producer Colin Pearson
Wolfgang Loos
Andreas Budde

Chart positions
Chart (1984-1985)[1] Peak position
Austrian Singles Chart 17
French Singles Chart 13
Norwegian Singles Chart 3
Swedish Singles Chart 1
Swiss Singles Chart 3