"Nessaja" is a song by Peter Maffay

Peter Maffay

Peter Alexander Makkay better known as Peter Maffay is a German musician.- Biography :Born in Brasov, Romania, the son of a German , he was 14 when his family relocated to his parents' Germany in 1963. In the same year, he started his first band, The Dukes...

 and Rolf Zuckowski from the musical Tabaluga

Tabaluga

The little green Dragon Tabaluga is a cartoon character, who lives in the fictional place of Greenland. He is around 7 dragon-years old . He is the creation of the German Rock musician Peter Maffay, children's song writer Rolf Zuckowski and the author Gregor Rottschalk...

released in 1983 on the album Tabaluga oder die Reise zur Vernunft. The German

Germany

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 band Scooter

Scooter (band)

Scooter are a German hard dance band founded in Hamburg, who have sold over 25 million records and earned over 80 gold and platinum awards. Scooter are considered the most successful single-record German act with 23 top ten hits. The band is currently composed of members H.P. Baxxter, Rick J....

 released a techno version as single

Single (music)

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 on 8 April 2002. It features as a bonus track

Bonus track

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 on the group's first live album

Live album

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 Encore: Live And Direct, and was the first Scooter single to feature newest member at that time Jay Frog. "Nessaja" is one of Scooter's most known singles, reaching number one in Germany and number four in the UK

United Kingdom

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Track listing

CD Single

1. "Nessaja" (3:28)
2. "Nessaja" [Extended] (5:18)
3. "Nessaja" [The Ultimate Clubmix] (7:09)
4. "Shortbread" (3:55)

12" Single

1. "Nessaja" [Extended] (5:18)
2. "Nessaja" [Ultimate Club Mix] (7:09)
3. "Nessaja" [Topmodelz Mix] (5:40)

UK CD Single

1. "Nessaja" [Radio Edit] (3:28)
2. "Nessaja" [Clubstar UK Remix] (7:28)
3. "Nessaja" [Flip & Fill Remix] (6:16)
   • "Nessaja" Video - UK Edit (3:26)

Certifications

Country	Certification	Date	Sales certified
Germany	Gold	2002	250,000 +

Samples

"Nessaja" samples Peter Maffay

Peter Maffay

Peter Alexander Makkay better known as Peter Maffay is a German musician.- Biography :Born in Brasov, Romania, the son of a German , he was 14 when his family relocated to his parents' Germany in 1963. In the same year, he started his first band, The Dukes...

's song "Nessaja" taken from his 1983 children's cartoon

Cartoon

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, Tabaluga

Tabaluga

The little green Dragon Tabaluga is a cartoon character, who lives in the fictional place of Greenland. He is around 7 dragon-years old . He is the creation of the German Rock musician Peter Maffay, children's song writer Rolf Zuckowski and the author Gregor Rottschalk...

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In popular culture

Scooter's version of "Nessaja" featured in the opening credits

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 of the 2009

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 film Brüno

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