Cover Versions
- German singer Ulla Meinecke released a cover version of the song in 1991 on her album "Löwen": Da kommt ein Tag
- American singer Susannah Blinkoff released a cover version of the song in 2008 on her album Let's Pretend.
- Philadelphia hip-hop group Ground Up Sounds sampled the song in their song "Vienna 16" in 2010.
- American singer/Victorious actress Ariana Grande covered the song in 2011, initially sending the mp3 to her fans if they donated to her 2011 Japan earthquake appeal, and then later making it available to the public via her YouTube channel.
- American Idol contestant Elise Testone performed the song on the eleventh season of the show the week the contestants sang Billy Joel's songs, managing to break her previous trend of landing in the Bottom 3 the previous weeks, being declared safe for the first time.
- Christian Borle performed it in The Phenomenon, the fourteenth episode of the second season of Smash.
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