Wind of Change is a power ballad written by Klaus Meine, vocalist of German rock band Scorpions. It appeared on their 1990 album Crazy World, but did not become a worldwide hit single until 1991 — just after the failed coup that collapsed the Soviet Communist party — when it topped the charts in Germany and across Europe and hit No. 4 in the United States and No. 2 in the United Kingdom. It later appeared on the bands 1995 live album Live Bites, their 2000 album with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Moment of Glory, and on their 2001 unplugged album Acoustica. Worldwide, the single has sold millions of copies, making it one of the best selling singles of all time; a common number given is 14 million copies sold. It holds the record for the best-selling single by a German artist and band over songs like Sun of Jamaica and is probably slightly behind Yes Sir, I Can Boogie in the race for best selling modern song composed by Germans.[citation needed] The band also recorded a Russian-language version of the song, under the title Ветер перемен (Veter Peremen) and a Spanish version called Vientos de Cambio. The band presented a gold record of the single to Mikhail Gorbachev in 1991.
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