Background and Writing
The lyrics celebrate Glasnost in the USSR, the end of the Cold War, and the widespread fall of Communist-run governments among eastern bloc nations beginning in 1989.
The Scorpions were inspired to write the song on a visit to Moscow in 1989, and the opening lines refer to the city's landmarks:
- I follow the Moskva
- Down to Gorky Park
- Listening to the wind of change
The Moskva is the name of the river that runs through Moscow (both the city and the river are named identically in Russian), and Gorky Park is an amusement park in Moscow.
Read more about this topic: Wind Of Change (song)
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