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Nessaja

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B-side
  
"Shortbread"

Producer(s)
  
Scooter

Length
  
3:30

"Nessaja" (2002)
  
"Weekend!" (2003)

Released
  
8 April 2002 (Germany) 9 September 2002 (UK)

Writer(s)
  
Peter Maffay, Rolf Zuckowski, H.P. Baxxter, Rick J. Jordan, Jay Frog, Jens Thele

"Nessaja" is a song written by Peter Maffay and Rolf Zuckowski from the musical Tabaluga released in 1983 on the album Tabaluga oder die Reise zur Vernunft. The German band Scooter released a techno version as single on 8 April 2002. It features as a bonus track on the group's first live album 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 best-known singles, reaching number one in Germany and number four in the UK.

Contents

Music video

The music video for Nessaja opens with a limousine pulling up outside a large white mansion. Women in dresses and men in suits get out of the car and go inside the house. There are lots of people waiting for a 'show' to start behind a red curtain. When the music starts, H.P. Baxxter comes out from behind the curtain and starts rapping. The people start dancing and then there are some shots of women dressed in underwear and rabbit ears in the same room (although it is empty). The video comes back to Scooter for a while, then cuts back to the two women, who are now topless. The women are later seen in bathtubs, again naked. The rest of the video shows H.P. Baxxter rapping and people dancing and partying. At the end of the video there is confetti on the floor and everyone is asleep (apart from Scooter), Scooter then leave in a limousine.

Track listing

CD Single
  1. "Nessaja" [Radio Edit] (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)

    • Samples

    "Nessaja" samples the melody from Peter Maffay's song "Nessaja" taken from his 1983 children's rock album, Tabaluga, as well as an interpretation of "Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty. The vocals are written by Scooter. There is also a tune used from KLF's Last Train to Trancentral.

    Scooter's version of "Nessaja" featured in the opening credits of the 2009 film Brüno.

    References

    Nessaja Wikipedia
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