"Für Immer" ("Forever") is a song composed by the German heavy metal band

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, from their 1987 album ''

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''. It was the band's sixth single and it was published by

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Review

The song was published for the second time in a live version as b-side of the

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's single "Hard Times" in 1989. It was later published again in the compilation '' Rare Diamonds'', released in March 1991 by PolyGram under the name

& Doro. The video produced for this song and shot by

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is contained in the

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video compilation with the same name. In 1998 the track was part of Doro's compilation '' The Ballads''. In 2003

released a live version of the song as single, published by

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. In 2004 the song had a "classic" treatment, with strings and acoustic guitars, on

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's album ''

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'' . In 2020

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, Henning Wehland from the

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and

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from

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released a new version of the song in view of the corona crisis.

Track listing

# "Für Immer" - 4:12 # "Metal Tango" - 4:24

Doro — Für Immer

# "Für Immer" (live radio edit) - 3:30 # "Für Immer" (live version) - 6:10

Cover

The Swedish band

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released a cover of Für Immer on their 2006 album ''

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''.Sabaton
Sabaton - Für immer (Doro Cover Song)
viewed on 1. January 2021

References

External links

Original video from Warlock 1987

Review at Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives

Fan-Video for Classic Diamonds Version
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