Westbam & Nena - Oldschool Baby (2002)

Maximilian Lenz, a.k.a. Westbam, was born 1965 in Münster, Germany. His synonym is a homage to Afrika Bambaataa, thus "Westphalia Bambaataa". He started his career as a DJ in 1983 in his birth city Münster. In 1984 he moved to Berlin where he released his first record called '17 - This Is Not a Boris Becker Song'. Westbam played at the first Love Parade in 1989 at Ku'damm Berlin. Around that time, the DJ culture made a breakthrough in Germany. After several records he released his first album named The Cabinet. In 1991, he organised the first Mayday rave in Berlin. With over 5000 people, it was the biggest techno party in Germany at the time. Since then, Mayday has been vital to the German techno scene. Westbam is still an organiser of the party, and he is also a part of Members of Mayday, the producer of the Mayday-Anthems.
In 1993, he played a number of rave events in the United Kingdom including Obsession Passion at the Sanctuary in Milton Keynes.

Gabriele Susanne Kerner, a.k.a. Nena, was born in 1960 in Hagen, Germany. Nena's stagename is derived from her family nickname, based on the Spanish word 'nena' slang for 'niña', or 'little girl', at the age of three, while on a vacation to Spain with her parents. Her musical career began in the summer of 1979 when guitarist Rainer Kitzmann offered her a position as the lead singer in his band, The Stripes. The group had a minor hit with the song 'Ecstasy', but never achieved mainstream success, and soon disbanded.
In 1981 Nena and her then-boyfriend Rolf Brendel moved to (West)Berlin, where they met Carlo Karges, Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen and Jürgen Dehmel. Together they formed the band Nena. In 1982 they released their first single, 'Nur geträumt' (Only dreamt), which became an instant hit in Germany.
Nena rose to international fame in 1983 with the New German Wave song '99 Luftballons', re-recorded in English as '99 Red Balloons'.
With the re-recording and subsequent release of some of her old songs, her career re-emerged in 2002. In 2007, she co-founded the school 'Neue Schule Hamburg'.

Talking of school: in 2002 at the time of the re-launch of her career, Nena met Westbam, whom was by now the most influential DJ in the German metropolis. Together they recorded Oldschool Baby.

Westbam & Nena - Oldschool Baby (2002)
DE#21


Westbam & Nena: "Old School, Baby" by Petidragon

Lyrics:

We are the oldschool
That’s the new
We stay right here
As we come through

We are the high
That’s the low
We keep it clear
At every show

Oldschool, baby

We are the future
That’s the past
We are the moment
Here to last

We are the old
That’s the down
We were the newschool
Ancient crown

Oldschool, baby

Wir sind die Zukunft
Der Vergangenheit
Wir sind der Augenblick
Der immer bleibt

Wir sind ganz anders
Aber nicht so
Wir keepen’s echt
Bei jeder Show

Oldschool, baby

Wir sind die Oldschool
That’s ganz neu
Wir kommen von Wegenweit
Linien treu

Wir bleiben hier
Und gehn zu dir
Wir sind die neue
Oldschool, baby

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Blue (2000 - 2005 & 2009 - present)

Simon Webbe, Lee Ryan, Duncan James and Antony Costa are: Blue. The boys found in 2001 and rose to fame pretty much pronto with All Rise. Late in 2004, Elton John, with whom they were working together from 2004, suggested to split and focus on their respective solo careers.



Blue - All Rise (2001)
NZ#1, BE#2, SWE#3, NOR#3, AUS#3, UK#4, DK#4, FR#14, IRL#15, AT#15, DE#19, CH#22, NL#70



Blue - Too Close (2001)
NZ1#, UK#1, AUS#5, BE#6, IRL#17, NOR#19, SWE#41, DE#66, AT#72



Blue -If You Come Back (2001)
UK#1, NZ#5, BE#9, IRL#13, SWE#13, AUS#19, DE#48, AT#49, CH#71



Blue - Fly By II (2002)
UK#6, NZ#9, IRL#16, BE#23, AUS#26, SWE#33, DE#45, NL#58, AT#65, CH#65



Blue - One Love (2002)
UK#3, IRL#4, NZ#5, DK#7, IT#9, SWE#21, BE#24, AUS#36, FR#36, NL#39, CH#44, AT#53, DE#54,



Blue & Elton John - Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word (2002)
UK#1, NL#1, SWE#2, NOR#2, BE#3, IRL#3, CH#3, DE#4, AT#4, IT#4, DK#5, NZ#5,FR#6, AUS#43



Blue - U Make Me Wanna (2003)
UK#4, IRL#5, DE#6, CH#9, AT#10, IT#19, NZ#20, NL#28



Blue - Guilty (2003)
DK#1, UK#2, IRL#4, IT#6, NZ#14, SWE#16, NL#17, DE#19, BE#19, AT#20, CH#22, AUS#29, FR#37



Blue - Breathe Easy (2004)
IT#1, UK#4, IRL#4, DE#7, AT#7, CH#8, NL#13, FR#15, NZ#29



Blue - Bubblin (2004)
IT#3, CH#8, UK#9, FR#13, IRL#21, NL#21, AT#27, DE#34

Stromae - Alors On Danse (2009)

Stromae - Alors On Danse (2009)
FR#1, AT#1, BE#1, BUL#1, CH#1, CZK#1, DE#1, DK#1, EuroHot100#1, IT#1, NL#1, ROM#1, RUS#1, SVK#1, SWE#2, ISR#4, FIN#3, POL#3, LAT#6, ES#9, NOR#12, IRL#22, UK#25, HUN#29, CAN#46, AUS(Remix feat. Kanye West)#79


Live Version


Lyrics:

Qui dit étude dit travail,
Qui dit taf te dit les thunes,
Qui dit argent dit dépenses,
Qui dit crédit dit créance,
Qui dit dette te dit huissier,
Oui dit assis dans la merde.
Qui dit Amour dit les gosses,
Dit toujours et dit divorce.
Qui dit proches te dis deuils car les problèmes ne viennent pas seul.
Qui dit crise te dis monde dit famine dit tiers- monde.
Qui dit fatigue dit réveille encore sourd de la veille,
Alors on sort pour oublier tous les problèmes.

Alors on danse…

Et la tu t'dis que c'est fini car pire que ça ce serait la mort.
Qu'en tu crois enfin que tu t'en sors quand y en a plus et ben y en a encore!
Ecstasy dis problème les problèmes ou bien la musique.
Ca t'prends les trips ca te prends la tête et puis tu prie pour que ça s'arrête.
Mais c'est ton corps c'est pas le ciel alors tu t'bouche plus les oreilles.
Et là tu cries encore plus fort et ca persiste...

Alors on chante
Lalalalalala, Lalalalalala,

Alors on chante
Lalalalalala, Lalalalalala

Alors on chante
Et puis seulement quand c'est fini, alors on danse

Alors on danse
Et ben y en a encore

English Translation:

When we say study, it means work,
When we say work, it means money,
When we say money, it means spending
When we say credit, it means debt,
When we say debt, it means bailiff,
We agree to being in deep shit
When we say love, it means kids,
When we say forever, it means divorce.
When we say family, we say grief, because misfortune never comes alone.
When we say crisis, we talk about the wold, famine and then third world.
When we say tiredness, we talk about waking up still deaf from sleepless night
So we just go out to forget all our problems.

So we just dance…

And you say it’s worse than that because eventually it will be death.
What do you think finally you do it when there are more, well there is more!
did you say these problems are the problems or is it the music.
It grabs you by the guts, it takes hold of your head and then you pray for it to end.
But your body is no heaven so you block your ears even more.
And then you yell even louder and it goes on…

So we just sing
Lalalalalala, Lalalalalala,

So we just sing
Lalalalalala, Lalalalalala,

So we just sing
So we just sing
And then only when it’s over, then we dance.
So we just dance
And well, there’s still more