Made in Germany is a studio album by German pop singer Nena, released by Laugh and Peas on 2 October 2009 in German-speaking Europe.
She became a grandmother, turned 50 and her two eldest surviving children began to appear as her backing singers on this album, the first to be released by her own record label, Laugh and Peas.
[2] Its accompanying promotional video attracted attention for showing a room of people including Nena wearing the clothes and practising the meditation techniques of Osho Bhagwan Shree Rashneesh.
[8] The song includes homelies such as, “I don’t want to be poor and money doesn’t make me rich,” and ends with the assertion, “I’m in love with life and am staying here a while longer with you.”[8] One reviewer concludes, “everything about this is gorgeous…it's 27 years and a million miles away from 99 Red Balloons.
[2] Another unexpected dimension to the song's success is that its extensive use of the perfect tense means that it is used for German lessons both in English schools and on language learning websites.