Der blaue Planet is a 1982 hit by the East German band Karat

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Karat is a German rock band, founded in 1975 in East Berlin, then part of the German Democratic Republic. Karat also gained a strong following in West Germany when its 1982 album Der blaue Planet was one of the year's top sellers in both East and West Germany, making Karat one of the more...

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History

The song was on the album with the same name and 2003 the band released an overworked version of his song.

Chart performance

Chart (1981)	Peak position
East German Singles Chart	2

Melotron version

In 1999 the synthpop

Synthpop

Synthpop is a genre of popular music that first became prominent in the 1980s, in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic art rock, disco and particularly the "Kraut rock" of...

 band Melotron

Melotron

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 covered the song and released him on an EP

Extended play

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Track listing

1. "Der blaue Planet (Radio Version)"
2. "Der blaue Planet (Lange Version)"
3. "Auf der Suche"
4. "Der blaue Planet (Antiimperialistischer Schutzmix)"
5. "Neubrandenburg"

Covers

The song was covered as House music

House music

House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...

 track from DJ Westbam

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 and was released on the Compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 Power from the Eastside

Power from the Eastside

-Credits:*Tracks 1, 3, 5, 10 published by Harth Musikverlag*Track 12 published by Harth Musikverlag / Echo Musikverlag*Track 7 published by PlatinSong Musikverlag*Track 8 published by Lied der Zeit Musikverlag...

, which was released in September 2003.