"Alles wird gut" (''All will be well'') is a song by

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. It's the first single and the second track from the album '' Auf dem Kreuzzug ins Glück''. The cover of the single is based on a detail from the painting "The Crucifixion" by

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. The song is about going to the new

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depicting it intimidating, but promising, with irony though. The fact, that pieces of

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(torn down in 1989) became popular

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s is referenced in the line "Mit einem Stein in der Hand als Souvenir von der Mauer in Berlin/Klopfen wir an die Hintertür vom neuen Paradies" (''With a stone in the hand as a souvenir from the wall in

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/We're knocking on the backdoor of the new

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''). There is also an

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version of the song on '' Love, Peace & Money'', titled "Year 2000".

Music video

The video was directed by Walter Knofel and is officially unreleased. The band performs in a rocky place, wearing

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-fashion clothes.

Track listing

# "Alles wird gut" (von Holst/Frege) − 3:36 # "Fernsehen" (''

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'') (Frege/

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) – 3:47 # "Traumfrau" (''Dream woman'') (Meurer/Frege) – 2:21 # "

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" (Breitkopf/Frege) – 1:47

Charts

References

{{Reflist 1990 singles Songs written by Andreas von Holst Die Toten Hosen songs Songs written by Campino (singer) 1990 songs Virgin Records singles