"Liebe ist" ( en, "Love Is") is a song by German recording artist

Nena Gabriele Susanne Kerner (born 24 March 1960), better known as Nena, is a German singer and songwriter who rose to international fame in 1983 as the lead vocalist of the band Nena with the Neue Deutsche Welle song "99 Luftballons". In the same ye ...

. It was co-written and produced along by

Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen Jörn-Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen (born 10 March 1960) is a German keyboard player, producer and composer. He was the keyboardist of the band Nena and co-wrote their world famous hit "99 Luftballons" as well as another great hit entitled "Irgendwie, ...

for her 13th studio album, ''

Willst du mit mir gehn ''Willst du mit mir gehn'' ("Do You Want to Go with Me") is a studio album by German pop singer Nena, released in 2005. It's a two-CD set, with the first CD recorded in studio and the second in jam sessions on Majorca. The album reached in Germa ...

'' (2005). Selected as the album's lead single, it served as the

theme song Theme music is a musical composition that is often written specifically for radio programming, television shows, video games, or films and is usually played during the title sequence, opening credits, closing credits, and in some instances at so ...

for the

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Verliebt in Berlin ''Verliebt in Berlin'' (German pun for ''In Love in/with Berlin''; abbreviation: ViB) is a Golden Rose-winning German telenovela, starring Alexandra Neldel, along with Mathis Künzler, Tim Sander, and Laura Osswald. It premiered on 28 February 2 ...

''. Upon its release in February 2005, "Liebe ist" topped the

German Singles Chart The GfK Entertainment charts are the official music charts in Germany and are gathered and published by GfK Entertainment (formerly Media Control and Media Control GfK International), a subsidiary of GfK, on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindust ...

for two weeks, becoming Nena's second number-one hit, after 1983's "

99 Luftballons "99 Luftballons" (german: link=no, Neunundneunzig Luftballons, "99 balloons") is a song by the German band Nena from their 1983 self-titled album. An English-language version titled "99 Red Balloons", with lyrics by Kevin McAlea, was also relea ...

", and her first chart-topper as a solo artist. The

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(BVMI) awarded the song a gold

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for shipping 150,000 units in Germany alone. A remix of "Liebe ist" for American audiences was considered but never surfaced.

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External links

"Liebe ist"
at the official Nena website * {{Authority control 2005 singles 2005 songs Nena songs Number-one singles in Germany Songs written by Jörn-Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen Warner Records singles