“Just the Music” is full of sassy optimism! In the lyrics, songwriter Joris is grateful for the music in his head that keeps him from feeling down about life.

“Zarathustra’s Roundelay” is a poem that appears twice in Nietzsche’s Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zarathustra). Here, singer Caroline Tudyka transforms the lines of the poem into lyrics, which she then imbues with profound sorrow.

With Licht, pop icon Nena has released a song about courage and change — just in time for her sixtieth birthday. Full of light and radiance, and simply beautiful!

With its cheerful and positive message, pop star Lotte’s "More of It" celebrates the small and wonderful moments and joys of everyday life.

Egon, the winner of The Voice Kids 2021, sings “Flügel aus Beton” (Wings of Concrete) by Max Prosa. The lyrics describe a desire to rise up to a better life, full of feeling.

Eleven-year-old Amy is a big fan of musicals. Here on The Voice Kids, she belts out “Erinnerung,” the German version of “Memory” from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s famous musical Cats.

Soul singer Cassandra Steen, one half of pop duo Parallel, present “One Language”: a song that embraces the similarities among us all.

"Da Da Da, ich lieb dich nicht, du liebst mich nicht" (short "Da Da Da") by Trio was one of the biggest hits of the New German Wave and also enjoyed massive success beyond the German-speaking world: It was released in roughly 30 countries in total. The minimalist lyrics in sprechgesang and the toy keyboard are the characteristic of this 1982 hit.

With her debut single "Gänsehaut" ("Goosebumps"), Sonia Liebing lays the foundation for a successful career as a singer of the style of German pop music known as "Schlager."

"Ohne dich" ("Without You") is the most famous song from the cult band Selig from Hamburg. The inspiration for this song came to singer Jan Plewka when he was out on a winter walk with his wife.

Boomer punk rock band Die Toten Hosen sings an angsty ode to a friendship that began in youth, survived everything, and continues today.

In this classic song from the German group Fantastische Vier, Smudo and Thomas D both rap about a woman they met over the weekend. As they recount their experiences, they reach a startling conclusion...

"Was du Liebe nennst" ("What You Call Love") is a song by the German rapper Bausa. This popular single is about how Bausa likes the definition of love given to him by the woman at his side.

Many of the verses of the song "MfG - Mit freundlichen Grüßen" by the hip-hop group Die Fantastischen Vier consist solely of acronyms! The song comments on the development of the German language with its long words and titles that make such abbreviations and acronyms necessary, and what this means for German culture.

In his song "Mary," the rapper Bausa makes it clear that he would run across the city to get to his girlfriend, but there are some things that he won't give up.