Nena feat. Nena

Throughout her solo career, Nena had experimented with various styles, culminating in the 2001 technopop Chokmah album which immediately preceded Nena feat. Nena. These had not matched the commercial success of the Nena band albums. Perhaps less imaginatively, Nena therefore chose to mark the 20th anniversary of the band's debut by recording the Nena feat. Nena album which, as its title implies, comprises updated versions of tracks from Nena's back catalogue with no new material.

12 of the 14 songs on the initial "red cover" version of the album were originally written and released in the 1980s and, with the other two coming from the 2001 Chokmah, Nena's four solo albums in the 1990s are completely unrepresented. The modifications for Nena feat Nena range from applying different tunes (e.g. the versions of "99 Luftballons" and "Nur geträumt") to those with different arrangements, often performed jointly with guest vocalists (such as "Wunder gescheh'n" and "Jetzt bist du weg"). The lyrics are also significantly reworked in some songs, for example "Leuchtturm" and the combination of the English lyrics with German lyrics for Kim Wilde's parts in "Anyplace, Anywhere, Anytime".

While Nena remained active and popular after the demise of the band in 1987, releasing several albums for adults and children, she was unable to recapture the chart success she enjoyed in the early 1980s. Nena feat. Nena changed that. It was wildly successful in her native Germany, peaking at {{nobr|No.{{space|thin}}2}} to become her first top-ten album there since Feuer und Flamme in 1985. It also reached {{nobr|No.{{space|hair}}1}} in Austria and {{nobr|No.{{space|thin}}5}} in Switzerland, and remained in the charts for over a year in all three countries. Nena feat. Nena has sold more than 1.5 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums by a German artist in the new millennium. It reestablished Nena as a national icon and international star.

The album's lead single, the new version of "99 Luftballons", was released three weeks before the album. Peaking at {{nobr|No.{{space|thin}}28}} in Germany,{{cite web|title=99 Luftballons (Note: The new version's chart performance is erroneously attributed to the original)|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-922|website=Officialcharts.de|publisher=GfK Entertainment|accessdate=1 October 2019}} it failed to replicate the success of the original which was a {{nobr|No.{{space|hair}}1}} hit, although it did give Nena her first Top 40 hit since 1989. It was not until the release of the second single, the new version of "Leuchtturm", that Nena could repeat the success she had in the 1980s. The only unsuccessful single from the album was "Nur geträumt", which only peaked at {{nobr|No.{{space|thin}}79}}.{{cite web|title=Nur geträumt (Note: The new version's chart performance is erroneously attributed to the original)|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-893|website=Officialcharts.de|publisher=GfK Entertainment|accessdate=1 October 2019}}

Having been absent from the German Top 40 singles charts for 13 years, three of the tracks from this album made the Top 10. The album itself peaked at {{nobr|No.{{space|thin}}2}}, was in the charts for over a year (55 weeks) and remains Nena's biggest selling album ever, achieving triple platinum status in Germany.{{cite web|title=Official German charts|url=http://www.officialcharts.de/suche.asp?search=Nena&country=de&x=4&y=8|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028211849/http://www.officialcharts.de/suche.asp?search=Nena&country=de&x=4&y=8|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 October 2014|website=Officialcharts.de|publisher=GfK Entertainment|accessdate=28 October 2014}} (See {{section link|:de:Nena/Diskografie|Studioalben}}).

Although Nena feat. Nena resurrected its creator's career, it remained the case that all Nena's best-selling material had been originally written in the 1980s, virtually all of it by 1986, prior to Nena going solo. It was not until the follow-up studio album in 2005, Willst du mit mir gehn, that Nena finally broke the 1980s' monopoly of her greatest hits and concert favourites. By 2010 Nena's live performances of tracks from the album had all reverted to their original versions, with the exception of "Leuchtturm" (which is a special case, since it is performed as a combination of the original version and the 2002 version, the 2002 version being played after the second chorus).See concert footage from "Made in Germany Live" DVD 2010

{{Track listing

| headline = Standard edition

| extra_column = Original version album

| title1 = 99 Luftballons

| extra1 = Nena (1983)

| length1 = 5:05

| title2 = Anyplace, Anywhere, Anytime

| note2 = feat. Kim Wilde

| extra2 = It's All in the Game (1985)

| length2 = 4:03

| title3 = Nur geträumt

| extra3 = Nena (1983)

| length3 = 2:54

| title4 = Leuchtturm

| extra4 = Nena (1983)

| length4 = 4:14

| title5 = ? (Fragezeichen)

| extra5 = ? (Fragezeichen) (1984)

| length5 = 4:08

| title6 = Wunder geschehen

| note6 = feat. Joachim Witt

| extra6 = Wunder gescheh'n (1989)

| length6 = 3:50

| title7 = Jetzt bist du weg

| note7 = feat. Udo Lindenberg

| extra7 = Eisbrecher (1986)

| length7 = 4:47

| title8 = Lass mich dein Pirat sein

| extra8 = ? (1984)

| length8 = 3:29

| title9 = Es regnet

| extra9 = ? (1984)

| length9 = 4:42

| title10 = Lichtarbeiter

| extra10 = Chokmah (2001)

| length10 = 4:54

| title11 = Vollmond

| extra11 = Nena (1983)

| length11 = 2:42

| title12 = Irgendwie, irgendwo, irgendwann

| extra12 = Feuer und Flamme (1985)

| length12 = 4:02

| title13 = Ich häng immer noch an dir

| note13 = feat. TokTok

| extra13 = ? (1984)

| length13 = 3:41

| total_length = 52:50

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = 2002 Red cover edition bonus track

| extra_column = Original version album

| title14 = Carpe diem

| note14 = Söhne Mannheims Ragga Mix – Radio Edit

| extra14 = Chokmah (2001)

| length14 = 3:33

| total_length = 56:23

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = 2003 Blue cover edition bonus track

| extra_column = Original version album

| title14 = Wunder geschehen 2003

| note14 = feat. Nena & Friends – Red Nose Version

| extra14 = Wunder gescheh'n (1989)

| length14 = 4:40

| total_length = 57:30

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Limited edition bonus Live-CD

| extra_column = Original version album

| title1 = Haus der drei Sonnen

| extra1 = Feuer und Flamme (1985)

| length1 = 4:29

| title2 = Tanz auf dem Vulkan

| extra2 = Nena (1983)

| length2 = 3:37

| title3 = Dafür ist das Leben zu kurz

| extra3 = Chokmah (2001)

| length3 = 5:49

| title4 = Du kennst die Liebe nicht

| extra4 = Feuer und Flamme (1985)

| length4 = 5:48

| title5 = 99 Luftballons

| note5 = Old Live Version

| extra5 = Nena (1983)

| length5 = 4:57

| title6 = Carpe diem

| extra6 = Chokmah (2001)

| length6 = 7:26

}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Nena feat. Nena Live

| type = live

| artist = Nena

| cover = NFN_DVD_front.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Cover of a DVD-Audio release

| released = {{start date|2003|03|24|df=yes}} {{small|(DVD video)}}
26 May 2003 {{small|(DVD-Audio)}}

| recorded = 11 October 2002

| venue = Jahrhunderthalle, Frankfurt

| studio = Galaxy Studios

| genre =

| length =

| language = German, English

| label = Warner Music Vision

| producer = Philipp Palm

| chronology = Nena live

| prev_title = Nena Live

| prev_year = 1998

| next_title = Nena Live Nena

| next_year = 2004

}}

A double DVD called Nena feat. Nena Live was released on 24 March 2003.{{cite web|title=Nena feat. Nena Live (2DVD video)|url=http://www.nena.de/de/discografie/nena-feat-nena-live-0|website=Nena.de|date=11 May 2013|accessdate=4 December 2016}} It contains Nena's twentieth anniversary show recorded on 11 October 2002 at Frankfurt am Main. The show ran for nearly three hours, during which Nena invited many friends and fellow musicians to sing along with her: Joachim Witt, Udo Lindenberg, Kim Wilde, Westbam, Markus Mörl, Hartmut Engler, Rosenstolz, Mike Tait, Howard Jones, and TokTok, as well as the surviving members of Nena band: Rolf Brendel, Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen and Jürgen Dehmel. The second DVD contains footage of Nena and her band on tour, interviews, and music videos for the new versions of the songs.

On 26 May 2003, an abridged audio-only version of the same concert was released as one DVD-Audio disc.{{cite web|title=Nena feat. Nena Live (DVD-Audio)|url=http://www.nena.de/de/discografie/nena-feat-nena-live|website=Nena.de|date=17 June 2013|accessdate=4 December 2016}}

DVD 1

1. Haus der drei Sonnen
2. Satellitenstadt
3. Tanz auf dem Vulkan
4. Oldschool Baby (featuring Westbam)
5. Carpe Diem
6. Wunder gescheh'n 2002 (featuring Joachim Witt)
7. Kleine Taschenlampe brenn (featuring Markus)
8. Lichtarbeiter 2002
9. Silbermond
10. Es regnet 2002
11. Lass mich dein Pirat sein 2002 (featuring Hartmut Engler)
12. Jetzt bist du weg 2002 (featuring Udo Lindenberg)
13. Dafür ist das Leben zu kurz
14. ? (Fragezeichen) 2002
15. Du kennst die Liebe nicht (featuring Rosenstolz)
16. What Is Love? (featuring Howard Jones)
17. Anyplace, Anywhere, Anytime (featuring Kim Wilde)
18. Leuchtturm (Old Version) (featuring Rolf Brendel, Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen and Jürgen Dehmel)
19. Rette Mich
20. Ganz Oben
21. Nur Geträumt 2002

DVD 2

1. 99 Luftballons 2002
2. 99 Luftballons
3. Irgendwie, irgendwo, irgendwann
4. Vollmond 2002
5. Manchmal ist ein Tag ein ganzes Leben
6. Ich umarm die ganze Welt
7. Ruby Tuesday (featuring Mike Tait)
8. No Expectations
9. Zusammen
10. Der Anfang vom Ende
11. Bang Bang (featuring TokTok)
12. ? (Fragezeichen) 2002
13. Credits and Outro

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• {{Discogs master|374772|Nena feat. Nena (2002 Red cover version)|type=album}}
• {{Discogs master|144632|Nena feat. Nena (2003 Blue cover version)|type=album}}
• {{Discogs master|906196|Nena feat. Nena Live (2DVD video)|type=album}}
• {{Discogs release|7963850|Nena feat. Nena Live (DVD-Audio)|type=album}}

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