Nessaja

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"Nessaja"
Nessaja.jpg
Single by Scooter
from the album Encore: Live and Direct
B-side "Shortbread"
Released8 April 2002 (2002-04-08)
Length3:30
Label Sheffield Tunes
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Scooter
Scooter singles chronology
"Ramp! (The Logical Song)"
(2001)		"Nessaja"
(2002)		"Weekend!"
(2003)

"Nessaja" is a song written by Peter Maffay and Rolf Zuckowski from the musical Tabaluga released in 1983 on the album Tabaluga oder die Reise zur Vernunft. German band Scooter released a version as a single on 8 April 2002. It features as a bonus track on the group's first live album, Encore: Live and Direct , and was the first Scooter single to feature newest member at that time Jay Frog. The pitch shifted female vocals are performed by Nicole Sukar. "Nessaja" became Scooter's first and only number-one single in Germany and reached number two in Austria, Norway, and Romania. In the United Kingdom, the song peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart.

Contents

Music video

The music video for "Nessaja" opens with a limousine pulling up outside a large white mansion. Women in dresses and men in suits get out of the car and go inside the house. Many people are waiting for a 'show' to start behind a red curtain. When the music starts, H.P. Baxxter comes out from behind the curtain and starts rapping. The people start dancing and then there are some shots of women dressed in underwear and rabbit ears in the same room (although it is empty). The video comes back to Scooter for a while, then cuts back to the two women, who are now topless. The women are later seen in bathtubs, now wearing bikinis. The rest of the video shows H.P. Baxxter rapping and people dancing and partying. At the end of the video there is confetti on the floor and everyone is asleep, apart from Scooter, who then leave in a limousine.

Track listings

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI) [39] Gold250,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway) [40] Gold 
United Kingdom (BPI) [41] Silver200,000‡

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
Germany8 April 2002CD Sheffield Tunes [42]
United Kingdom9 September 2002
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 [43]
Australia11 November 2002CDAddiction [44]

Scooter's version of "Nessaja" featured in the opening credits of the 2009 film Brüno . [45] The song was also featured in a scene of Episode 6 "GNVQ" of the BBC sitcom "This Country" and in a scene in Season 1, Episode 13 "Pyramid Scheme" of the American remake Welcome to Flatch.

References

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  2. ↑ Scooter (2002). Nessaja (German limited CD single liner notes). Sheffield Tunes. 0138955 STU.
  3. ↑ Scooter (2002). Nessaja (European CD single liner notes). Sheffield Tunes. 0138946STU.
  4. ↑ Scooter (2002). Nessaja (European 12-inch single vinyl disc). Sheffield Tunes. 0138940 STU.
  5. ↑ Scooter (2002). Nessaja (UK CD single liner notes). Sheffield Tunes. 0142165STU.
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  7. ↑ Scooter (2002). Nessaja (UK cassette single sleeve). Sheffield Tunes. 0142169STU.
  8. ↑ Scooter (2002). Nessaja (Australian CD single liner notes). Addiction Records. ADICT130CD.
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  10. ↑ "Issue 665" ARIA Top 50 Dance Singles. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
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  29. ↑ "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
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  44. ↑ "Scooter". Shock Records. Archived from the original on 24 June 2003. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  45. ↑ Brüno (2009) - Soundtracks IMDB.com
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