"Die Biene Maja" is the title song of the German version of the Japanese anime ''

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''. The song was composed by Czech composer Karel Svoboda with lyrics by Florian Cusano and recorded by Czech singer

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. Later, Gott recorded the song in Czech for the Czech dub of the series. In the second season of the German-language version, Gott's recording was used only for the first few episodes, and then replaced with a rendition by

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with female choir vocals.

Track listings

7" single (Polydor 2041 851, 1977) :A. "Die Biene Maja" (2:41) :B. "Bunter Schmetterling" (3:00)

Charts

Helene Fischer cover

For the 2012 German-French reboot of the animated series, ''

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'', the song was recorded by German schlager singer

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Track listing

Digital single (Polydor/UMG, 2013) :1. "Die Biene Maja"

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Biene Maja 1977 songs 1977 singles 2013 singles Karel Gott songs Helene Fischer songs Polydor Records singles Songs with music by Karel Svoboda (composer)