Apr252024

Alphaville

Alphaville is a German synthpop/new wave group which gained popularity in the 80s. The founding members were Marian Gold (real name Hartwig Schierbaum, born May 26, 1954 in Herford), Bernhard Lloyd (real name Bernhard Gößling, born June 6th, 1960 in Enger, Bielefeld) and Frank Mertens (real name Frank Sorgatz, born October 26, 1961 in Enger, Bielefeld). The band was at first named Forever Young. The band is best known for its two biggest hits, "Big in Japan" and "Forever Young", which was the theme for many high school proms in the 1980s. Read more on Last.fm

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Most Played Tracks as Scrobbled to Last.fm

# Title Plays
1Forever Young
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2Big In Japan
2528969
3Sounds Like a Melody
1027091
4Forever Young - 2019 Remaster
499304
5Big in Japan - 2019 Remaster
488132
6A Victory of Love
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7Big in Japan - original
356851
8Dance With Me
284911
9Summer In Berlin
243365
10The Jet Set
200948

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