Vinyl Nostalgia 
When the Iron Curtain fell, this song became the unofficial anthem of German reunification. The official music video reinforces this interpretation by featuring footage of the fall of the Berlin Wall (November 9, 1989), even though the band had written the song a little earlier, during a visit to Moscow that same year.
– Everyone was there: the Red Army, journalists, musicians from Germany, America, Russia—the whole world on one ship. It was like a vision; everyone spoke the same language. It was a very positive atmosphere. That night was the main inspiration for “Wind of Change,” said lead singer Klaus Meine, recounting the concert that inspired the song.
In 2005, viewers of the German public broadcaster ZDF voted “Wind Of Change” the song of the 20th century. In the 23rd edition of Polish Radio Trójka’s All-Time Top 100 chart, the song ranked 80th (2018).