Alles wird gut
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"Alles wird gut" is a song by Die Toten Hosen
Die Toten Hosen
Die Toten Hosen is a German punk band from Düsseldorf. They have enjoyed decades-long mass appeal in Germany.The band's name literally means "The Dead Pants" in English, although the phrase "tote Hose" is a German expression meaning "nothing going on" or "boring"...

. 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 Peter Paul Rubens.

The song is about going to the new millennium
Millennium
A millennium is a period of time equal to one thousand years —from the Latin phrase , thousand, and , year—often but not necessarily related numerically to a particular dating system....

 depicting it intimidating, but promising, with irony though. The fact, that pieces of Berlin Wall
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic starting on 13 August 1961, that completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin...

 (torn down in 1989) became popular souvenir
Souvenir
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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 Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

/We're knocking on the backdoor of the new paradise
Paradise
Paradise is a place in which existence is positive, harmonious and timeless. It is conceptually a counter-image of the miseries of human civilization, and in paradise there is only peace, prosperity, and happiness. Paradise is a place of contentment, but it is not necessarily a land of luxury and...

).

There is also an English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 version of the song on Love, Peace & Money
Love, Peace & Money
Love, Peace & Money is the first English language album by the German punk band Die Toten Hosen , not counting the cover album Learning English, Lesson One. It was intended for the Japanese market...

, titled "Year 2000".

Music video

The video was directed by Walter Knofel and is officially unreleased. The band performs in a rocky place, wearing Middle Age
Middle age
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-fashion clothes.

Track listing

  1. "Alles wird gut" (von Holst/Frege) − 3:36
  2. "Fernsehen" (Television
    Television
    Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...

    ) (Frege/Hanns Christian Müller) – 3:47
  3. "Traumfrau" (Dream woman) (Meurer/Frege) – 2:21
  4. "Abitur
    Abitur
    Abitur is a designation used in Germany, Finland and Estonia for final exams that pupils take at the end of their secondary education, usually after 12 or 13 years of schooling, see also for Germany Abitur after twelve years.The Zeugnis der Allgemeinen Hochschulreife, often referred to as...

    " (Breitkopf/Frege) – 1:47
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