Covers of Alphaville songs:

Forever Young

  • Appears on Laura Brannigan's 1985 album Hold Me. Alphaville are not mentioned on the album, but the song is credited to "M. Gold - F. Mertens - B. Lloyd". (Coincidentally, "Hold Me" is also the name of the only single by Lonely Boys, the band formed by Frank Mertens after he left Alphaville.)

  • A reggae cover appears on the History album recorded by an unknown Jamaican band. They have slightly changed some of the lyrics. For example, "are you going to drop the bomb or not?" becomes "are you going to drop the bomb on us?" See: cover version lyrics. *

  • "Forever Punk" was recorded by Die Goldenen Zitronen in March 1987. Marian Gold agreed to sing with the group on what is essentially a parody of "Forever Young".

  • Covered by Taiwanese singer Tracy Huang on Chariots of Fire, an album of cover versions of many famous English songs. (Released by UFO Group, Taiwan, in 1991). *

  • A dance remake was released by German dance group Interactive:

    • Cat no.: CSR CD5 0063, Intercord Germany

  • Forever Young (Radio Mix)
  • Forever Young (Extended Version)
  • Mobile
  • Forever Young (Perplexer Remix)
  • Forever Young (Cream & Candy Second Impression Remix)
  • Forever Young (Chill 'n' Force Remix)
  • The Only Way

    • 5" CD (RRCDM42, Remixed Records)

  • Forever Young (Radio Edit, 3:40)
  • Forever Young (Perplexer Remix, 5:05)
  • Forever Young (Extended Version, 5:59)
  • Mobile (5:04)
  • Waves of Balah (5:44)

    • Track 4 written by Ramon Zenker & Jens Lissat, track 5 written by Ramon Zenker & Andreas Schneder


  • Covered by Italian group DJ Space C. Some of the lyrics have been seriously altered, with lines such as "The sun is down it's dance for a while." *

  • Covered by Temperance:

  • Forever Young (Radio Edit, 3:48)
  • Forever Young (Tempered Club Mix, 5:12)
  • Forever Young (Alphergenic Remix, 6:17)
  • Forever Young (U.K. Trip Mix, 7:51)
  • Forever Young (D.J.'s Rule Remedy Dub, 7:27)

  • Covered (with quite a few lyric changes) by Axel Rudi Pell:

    • 5" CD (SPV 055-76663)

  • Forever Young (4:09)
  • Your Life (Not Close Enough to Paradise) (5:05)


  • "Forever Young" is covered on the album Forever and Ever by the German band Dune, recorded with the London Session Orchestra.

  • Covered by Karel Gott in 1999, released as a CD Single (Polydor 561 465-2 1)
  • Für immer jung (Forever Young)
  • Die Welt war schon (The World We Knew)
  • Mara Mara (Balkan Melody)


  • Covered by Taiwanese singer Emil Chau in 1996.

  • Covered by B-Charme on her CD This is my world. The song was also released as a single.

  • Covered by Paul Michiels (lead singer of the Flemish band Soulsister) in 2000.

  • Covered by Wayne Wonder. Original release info unknown at present, but appears on his July 2005 compilation Inna Bashment Style (subtitled "The Roots of an Urban Warrior"). *

  • Covered by DJ Panda; an instrumental version about which not much is known, at present! *

  • Covered by Youth Group in 2006. After being featured on the TV show The OC, the song debuted at #2 on the Australian charts, then moved up to the top position.

  • Note: There are many other songs called "Forever Young" that have nothing to do with Alphaville, notably by Bob Dylan, Ella Fitzgerald, Tyketto, Sparks and Rod Stewart.

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    Big in Japan

  • "Big in Japan" was covered in 1995 by Kim Ono:

    • 5" CD (WEA017CD 0630-12199-2)

  • Big in Japan (4:05)
  • Big in Japan (Mark 'Oh Remix, 4:48)
  • Big in Japan (Electroset's Manga Dub, 7:02)
  • Big in Japan (Electroset's Manga Mix, 7:10)
  • Big in Japan (Extended Mix, 4:51)


  • Covered by Sandra.

  • Also covered in 1985 by Hungarian Miklos Varga. *

  • Covered by Demimonde on Equalterms. An MP3 version of the song can be downloaded from Demimonde's official site.

  • Covered by Guano Apes, released as a single (which did very well) and appears on their album Don't Give me Names.

  • Note: Tom Waits' album Mule Variations features a song called "Big in Japan", but unfortunately it's not Alphaville's song. Also, Mariah Carey released a double CD entitled Big in Japan, but again it's nothing to do with AV.

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    Sounds Like a Melody

  • Covered by Randy Bush:

    • 5" CD (ZYX 7505-8, ZXY Music)

  • Sounds Like a Melody (Radio Edit, 3:54)
  • Sounds Like a Melody (Album Version, 4:39)
  • Leaving (5:38)*
  • Sounds Like a Melody (Clubmix, 4:30)
  • Foreign Affair (3:56)**

    • Track 3 written by Wilko, track 5 written by M. Oldfield


     

    The Impossible Dream

  • Covered by Marshall and Alexander


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    Songs covered by Alphaville:

  • The History album features Alphaville performing "Islands", a live cover version of "On Islands" by the group New Musik, written by Tony Mansfield.

  • Marian Gold's first solo album, So Long Celeste, features four songs originally recorded by other artists: "The Shape of Things to Come" (by The Headboys, from the album of the same name), "One Step Behind You" (by Furniture), "Peace on Earth" (by Boom Operators) and "Roll Away the Stone" (by Mott the Hoople).

  • Marian's second solo album, United, features two cover versions: "Say it Ain't So, Joe" (by Murray Head) and "Five Years" (by David Bowie).

  • Dreamscapes features cover versions of "Highschool Confidential" (by Rough Trade, from the album Avoid Freud) and "Mercury Girl" (by The Cleaners from Venus, from the album Going to England).

  • CrazyShow features cover versions of "Do the Strand" (by Roxy Music, from the album For Your Pleasure), "Something" (by The Beatles) and "Diamonds are Forever" (by Don Black and John Barry).

    • Live at the Whisky a Go Go features a cover of "When I'm Sixty-Four by The Beatles.

    On 21 December 2020 Alphaville released a cover of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" which first appeared in the 1944 MGM musical Meet Me in St. Louis where it was performed by Judy Garland.

    * Any further information on these songs would be greatly appreciated, as would cover images and, well, anything else...