Lili Marleen
Sign in to saveAlso known as Lili Marlen (Lied eines jungen Wachtpostens), Lied eines jungen Wachtpostens (Lili Marlen)
German song by Norbert Schultz (text by Hans Leip)
Key facts
- B side
- Symphonie
- Released
- 7 September 1945
- Genre
- Jazz Pop
- Length
- 4 : 45
- Label
- Decca (US) Brunswick (UK) MCA (re-issue)
- Songwriters
- Norbert Schultze Hans Leip English lyrics: Mack David
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Wikidata facts
- Genre
- schlager music
- Composer
- Norbert Schultze
- Lyrics by
- Hans Leip
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- publication date
- 1939-08-00
- language of work or name
- English language
- Commons category
- Lili Marlene
- form of creative work
- song
- title
- Lili Marleen
- first performance by
- Lale Andersen
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Encyclopedic overview
A "Lili Marleen" and Lale Andersen memorial in Langeoog, Germany
"Lili Marleen" (also spelled "Lili Marlen'", "Lilli Marlene", "Lily Marlene", "Lili Marlène" among others; German pronunciation: [ˈlɪliː maʁˈleːn(ə)]) is a German love song that became popular during World War II throughout Europe and the Mediterranean among both Axis and Allied troops. Written in 1915 as a poem, it was set to music in 1938 and was first recorded by Lale Andersen in 1939 as "Das Mädchen unter der Laterne" ("The Girl under the Lantern"). The song is also well known in a version performed by Marlene Dietrich.
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