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"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.

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".

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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