Made in Germany is the fifteenth studio album of German pop singer Nena, released by Laugh and Peas on 2 October 2009 in German-speaking Europe. It reached No. 3 on the German charts, and the first single, "Wir sind wahr", was well received. The album was certified gold on 24 April 2010. It combines alternative rock with electropop on songs like "SchönSchönSchön", "Dreh dich" and "Geheimnis", while songs like "Es gibt keine Sicherheit", "Wir sind wahr" and "Made in Germany" are in the more familiar Nena style of pop rock. In April 2010, Nena embarked on an international Made in Germany Tour to support the album.

Made in Germany coincided with several landmarks in Nena’s life and career. She became a grandmother, turned 50 and her two eldest surviving children began to appear as her backing singers on this album, the first to be released by her own record label, Laugh and Peas. Four tracks were released as singles from the album, the ones having the most impact being “Wir sind wahr” and “In meinem Leben”.

The first single from Made in Germany, “Wir sind wahr” (We are true) was co-written by Nena herself and is a straightforward celebration of a happy relationship, one of a long line of Nena songs invoking flying to symbolise wellbeing. It reached #17 in the German charts. Its accompanying promotional video attracted attention for showing a room of people including Nena wearing the clothes and practising the meditation techniques of Osho Bhagwan Shree Rashneesh. In a 2012 interview Nena said that she was not a follower of Osho but that he was one of a number of people who had inspired her.

The third single from Made in Germany, the Nena-penned ballad “In meinem Leben” (In my life) was released two days after Nena’s 50th birthday and is, according to Allmusic, “a touching glimpse of autobiographical thoughts on Nena's life so far.” The promotional video features Nena singing the song against a backdrop of footage and photos from her entire career and with both the fathers of her five children, together with some of those children, benignly looking on. Sometimes likened to a German My Way, however Nena admits to a variety of excesses and indiscretions ranging from smoking, drugs and drinking to betrayal and undermining her strength. The overall thrust of the lyrics, however, is positive - the good things outweighing or dissipating the bad. The song includes homelies such as, “I don’t want to be poor and money doesn’t make me rich,” and ends with the assertion, “I’m in love with life and am staying here a while longer with you.” One reviewer concludes, “everything about this is gorgeous…it's 27 years and a million miles away from 99 Red Balloons."

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