Laura Brannigan (1985)Appears on the album Hold Me.
Please note that this page is very much a work in progress... more entries will appear as I find them! Also: many of the cover versions of "Forever Young" are actually "DJ remixes" of the original Alphaville song, but they've been heavily modified and produced without any input from Alphaville, so I count them as separate releases. (Some of them have been released multiple times with minor variations, but they only get one mention here. Life is too short to go tracking them all down!)
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Laura Brannigan (1985)
Appears on the album Hold Me.
Tracy Huang (1986)
Covered by the Taiwanese singer on her album Paradise in My Heart.
Die Goldenen Zitronen (1987)
Recorded as "Forever Punk" with vocals by Marian Gold.
Wayne Wonder (1991)
A reggae version (with some major lyrical alterations), released as a single in 1991.
A truncated or possibly remixed version appears on Alphaville's History
compilation (1993), uncredited as the cover artist had not been identified at the time.
Also appears on Wayne Wonder's 2005 compilation album Inna Bashment Style (subtitled "The Roots
of an Urban Warrior").
Axel Rudi Pell (1993)
Some lyric changes from the original. Also appears on the 1993
compilation album The Ballads.
DJ Space'C (1993)
Release by an Italian group, with some alterations to the lyrics,
such as "The sun is down it's dance for a while."
Interactive (1994)
Dance remake by a German dance group, also released in 1995, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2013 & 2023.
Emil Chau (1996)
Temperance (1996)
Also appears on their 1995 album Virtues of Life.
Titanikk (2005)
The 12" single's label incorrectly credits the song "Take Me Higher" to Alphaville.
Dune (1998)
Appears on the German band's album Forever and Ever, recorded
with the London Session Orchestra. (See also: Re-Style, below)
Karel Gott (1999)
Released as single in German, "Fü Immer Jung", also on the 2000 album of the same title.
B-Charme (1999)
Appeared on her album This is my world.
Paul Michiels (2000)
Released as a single "from the soundtrack Team Spirit".
Also appeared on Michiels' 2001 compilation album Forever Young.
DJ Miko (2001)
DJ Skyrker (2001)
A very heavily-edited remix of Alphaville's recording.
Sheeva (2003)
Skam (2005)
Tune Up! (2005)
Ella (2006)
Youth Group (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.
Stefano Prada (2007)
Blogbusters (2008)
Jay-Z ft. Mr Hudson (2008)
Cover version released as "Young Forever" as a double-A single with "On to the Next One"
Bad Influence (2009)
Paul Elstak (2010)
Released initally on-line, later on a sampler album Hardcore.
Pathfinder (2010)
Appears as a bonus track on the Japanese release of the 2010 album Beyond the Space, Beyond the Time.
Chaka Demus & Pliers (2014)
Special D (2015)
Anne Curtis (2017)
Re-Style (2018)
Collaboration with Dune (see above).
Garbie Project (2019)
Massive Disorder & Nfaze (2019)
Ma.Bra. (2020)
Ryan Ganar feat. Topkat (2021)
Masif DJs (2023)
Missing Heart (2023)
Talla 2XLC & Gid Sedgwick (2023)
Laback (2024)
DJ Panda (date unknown)
An instrumental version, very little known about this one.
DJ Siro (date unknown)
Any info on this would be appreciated!
Note: Many other songs artists have released songs called "Forever Young", such as... Jo-Ann Campbell (1957), Ron Murphy (1960), Bob Dylan (1974), Bernadette Peters (1976) Sparks (1977), The Deutschmarks (1981), The Change (1984), The Runaround (1984), The Comsat Angels (1985), Rod Stewart (1988), Icon (1989), Tyketto (1991), Domino (1992), The Monochrome Set (1993), The Flashback Five (1994), Sunset Regime (1995), Antisocial (1997), Frankie Patella (1997), Charlie Chaplin & Josey Wales (1998), Hixxy & Sunset (1998), Fire & Ice (2000), Elisabeth Troy (2002), George Skaroulis (2005), Sex in Dallas & Biladoll (2006), Omega Red (2007), Jessica B (2008), Madness (2010), Joakim (2011), Yann Dulché (2012), Allen & Envy Feat. Ridgewalkers (2013), Antonio Del Prete & Alex Magno (2013), Mark With a K (2013), The Pitcher & Slim Shore Ft. Sam LeMay (2013), Tiger! Shit! Tiger! Tiger! (2013), White Fields (2013), Brink* & JaiL (2015), Sam O Neall (2015), Afternova (2016), James Cottle (2018) Ken Laszlo (2018), Feenixpawl & Marcus Santoro (2019), Have a Nice Day! (2019), TNT feat. Jay Fella (2019), Jack Wins Feat. Amy Grace (2019), Valerie Star (2021), Bananarama (2022), Irradiate & Hardstyle Pianist (2022), KYANU & DJ Gollum (2022), Yotam Ben Horin (2022), Jes Brieden (2023), Energyzed & Idax (2023), Deniece Pearson (2023), Subjects (2023), Alan Walker (2025).
And it's worth mentioning that Bob Dylan's song has also been covered by a huge number of artists, including The Alter Egos, Joan Baez, Banks Brothers, Harry Belafonte, Bergstaden Old Stars Rock'n Roll Band, Jahméne Douglas, Dylan's Dream, Rhiannon Giddens and Iron & Wine, George Hamilton IV, Les Humphries Singers, Marc Hunter, Louisa Johnson, Kenny Lovelace, Meat Loaf, Nana Mouskouri, Pete Murray, Peter, Paul and Mary, Connie Scott, Eleanor Shanley, Bruce Springsteen, Starry Eyed and Laughing, Roger Waters and Kitty Wells. (Probably lots more: I've given up counting.)
Additionally, there are dozens of albums, E.P.s and compilations called Forever Young many of which don't actually feature any tracks of that title.
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The Cover Band (1984)
Released an EP also containing instrumental and vocal covers of "Big in Japan",
plus "Relax" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, "Somebody's Watching Me" by Rockwell, and
"It's My Life" by Talk Talk.
More or Less (1984)
Released a medley/mash-up of Howard Jones' "What is Love?" and "Big in Japan",
Sandra (1984)
Sandra's first single, released only a month after the original, is performed in
German, with lyrics translated by Michael Kunze.
Miroslav Dudáček (1985)
Released as "Výtečný Plán" (Czech for "Excellent Plan")
Varga Miklós (1985)
Appeared on the compilation album Super Hits - Living on Video.
Kim Ono (1995)
5" CD (WEA017CD 0630-12199-2)
Tokia (1996)
Demimonde (1998)
Featured on the album Equalterms.
Guano Apes (2000)
Released as a single, also on their album Don't Give me Names.
Embraced (1998)
Fearured on the Japanese edition of the album Within (2000) and the Russian edition of the albums Amorous Anathema (2003).
DJ Rufo feat. Tribal Corporation (2003)
Ane Brun (2008)
Released as a single, also on her albums Live at Stockholm Concert Hall (2009) and Songs Tour 2013 (2013).
Groovin' Heart (2008)
Featured on their album Mystic Gate.
Doktor Kosmos (2009)
Gaetano & Schorr (2011)
Club Joy (2013)
Neja (2013)
Featured on the album Neja Vu.
Jim Noizer (2014)
Charli K (2018)
Mynoorey (2019)
Kid Moxie (2020)
Released as a limited edition single, also appears on
the movie soundtrack album Not to Be Unpleasant, But We Need to Have a Serious Talk.
Skye Holland, Hiras, Dino Grand (2023)
Note: As with "Forever Young", other artists have released songs with the title "Big in Japan", such as... Big in Japan band (1977), Green (1986), Robert Patton (1998), Tom Waits (1999), Chan (2001), Loose Cannons (2006), Shane Nicholson (2007), SBS Project (2008), Dirt Nasty (2010), Abject Failures (2011), Jay Baron (2011), Dragonette & Martin Solveig Feat. Idoling! (2012), My First Band (2014), D-Kore (2019), Rodde x K. Sluggah (2025). The title also appears on several E.P.s, compilations, and recordings of live shows performed in Japan, most notably Klaus Schulze's 2011 album Big in Japan (Live in Tokyo 2010): although Schulze produced The Breathtaking Blue, the album itself has nothing to do with Alphaville.
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Randy Bush (1995)
Released on her self-titled album, also as a single:
5" CD (ZYX 7505-8, ZXY Music)
Track 3 written by Wilko, track 5 written by M. Oldfield
Lichtenfels (2003)
Single release:
A Life Divided (2003)
Featured on the albums Virtualised (2003) and Passenger (2011) and on the single Heart on Fire (2010)
Sam Alex (2004)
Featured on the album Pieces (2004)
Razorfade (2010)
Featured on the expanded 2-CD version of the album This Clear Shining (2010)
Sounds Like a Melody is also the title of an album by DNA (2001), and tracks by Nostrum (2001) and Penny Century (2007).
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Marshall & Alexander (2000)
Featured on their album Welcome.
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I Satellite (2003)
Appears on the EP Auto, a limited edition of 100 copies.
I Satellite also covered "Into the Dark" on We Heard the Call (see below)
Tomcat (2006)
Instrumental cover, appeared on the album Studiotapes.
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We Heard the Call (2000)
Released in Sweden, 2000, this is a two-CD collection of
Alphaville songs interpreted by fans.
Disc 1:
Disc 2:
We Heard the Call vol. 2 (2013)
A second compilation of Alphaville songs recorded by fans. The final track,
"The Mysterious Coloured Elevator" is an instrumental mash-up of a variety of
Alphaville songs.
Disc 1:
Disc 2:
Disc 3:
"On Islands" by New Musik
First published: Album From A to B, 1980
Written by Tony Mansfield
Covered by Albert & The Heart of Gold on History as "Islands"
"The Shape of Things to Come" by The Headboys
First published: Album The Headboys, 1979
Written by George Boyter,
Lou Lewis,
Calum Malcolm and
Davy Ross
Covered by Marian Gold on So Long Celeste and by Alphaville on Dreamscapes
"One Step Behind You" by Furniture
First published: Album Food, Sex & Paranoia, 1989
Written by Tim Whelan
Covered by Marian Gold on So Long Celeste and on the single of the same title,
and on the Moonoffice Compilation Video
"Peace on Earth" by The Boom Operators
First published: Album Hu-Man, 1991
Written by Eric Sooter,
Hanns Joachim Mennicken and
Voov
Covered by Marian Gold on So Long Celeste and by Alphaville on Dreamscapes
Roll Away the Stone" by Mott the Hoople
First published: Album The Hoople, 1974
Written by Ian Hunter
Covered by Marian Gold on So Long Celeste and by Alphaville on Dreamscapes
"Say it Ain't So, Joe" by Murray Head
First published: Album Say it Ain't So, 1975
Written by Murray Head
Covered by Marian Gold on United
"Five Years" by David Bowie
First published: Album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars, 1973
Written by David Bowie
Covered by Marian Gold on United
"Highschool Confidential" by Rough Trade
First published: Album Avoid Freud, 1980
Written by Carole Pope and
Kevan Staples
Covered by Alphaville on Dreamscapes
"Mercury Girl" by The Cleaners from Venus
First published: Album Going to England, 1987
Written by Martin Newell
Covered by Alphaville on Dreamscapes
"Do the Strand" by Roxy Music
First published: Album For Your Pleasure, 1973
Written by Bryan Ferry
Covered by Alphaville on CrazyShow
"Something" by The Beatles
First published: Album Abbey Road, 1969
Written by George Harrison
Covered by Alphaville on CrazyShow
"Diamonds are Forever" by Shirley Bassey
First published: Movie Soundtrack Diamonds are Forever, 1971
Written Don Black and John Barry
Covered by Alphaville on CrazyShow, Eternally Yours, A Night at the Philharmonie Berlin
"When I'm Sixty-Four" by The Beatles
First published: Album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, 1967
Written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon-McCartney)
Covered by Alphaville on Live at the Whisky a Go Go
"Summer Wind" by Wayne Newton
First published: Album Summer Wind, circa 1965
Written by Heinz Meier and Hans Bradtke, English lyrics by
Johnny Mercer
Covered by Alphaville on-line, 26 September 2020
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" by Judy Garland
First published: Movie Soundtrack Meet Me in St. Louis, 1944
Written by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane
Covered by Alphaville on-line, 21 December 2020