"Ich weiß, es wird einmal ein Wunder gescheh’n" ("I Know Some Day a Miracle Will Happen") is a song composed by

Bruno Balz Bruno Balz (6 October 1902 – 14 March 1988) was a German songwriter and schlager writer. From the time he wrote the music for the first German sound film until his retirement in the 1960s, Balz was responsible for the lyrics to over a thousand ...

and Michael Jary, which was originally recorded by Swedish actress and singer

Zarah Leander Zarah Leander (; 15 March 1907 – 23 June 1981) was a Sweden, Swedish singer and actress whose greatest success was in Germany between 1936 and 1943, when she was contracted to work for the state-owned UFA GmbH, Universum Film AG (UFA). Althou ...

. It first appeared in the 1942 film '' Die große Liebe''.

Nina Hagen cover

German recording artist

Nina Hagen Catharina "Nina" Hagen (; born 11 March 1955) is a German singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known for her theatrical vocals and rise to prominence during the punk and Neue Deutsche Welle movements in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She is ...

covered the song and titled it as "Zarah" or "Zarah (Ich weiß, es wird einmal ein Wunder geschehn)" for her album ''

Angstlos ''Angstlos'' is the second solo (and fourth overall) studio album by German singer Nina Hagen. It was released on August 19th 1983 by CBS Records. The English version of the album entitled ''Fearless'' was released in November 1983. Produced by ...

''. It was released as the album's second single in 1983. The song was later included on Hagen's compilation albums '' 14 Friendly Abductions'', '' Prima Nina in Ekstasy'' and '' The Very Best of Nina Hagen''.

Track listing

# "Zarah (Ich weiß, es wird einmal ein Wunder geschehn)" - 5:02 # "Frühling In Paris" - 3:35

Charts

References

{{authority control 1942 songs 1983 singles Nina Hagen songs Song recordings produced by Giorgio Moroder