| Nessaja | |
| Cover: | Nessaja.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Scooter |
| B-Side: | Shortbread |
| Length: | 3:30 |
| Label: | Sheffield Tunes |
| Producer: | Scooter |
| Prev Title: | Ramp! (The Logical Song) |
| Prev Year: | 2001 |
| Next Title: | Weekend! |
| Next Year: | 2003 |
"Nessaja" is a song written by Peter Maffay and Rolf Zuckowski from the musical Tabaluga released in 1983 on the album Tabaluga oder die Reise zur Vernunft. German band Scooter released a version as single on 8 April 2002. It features as a bonus track on the group's first live album, , and was the first Scooter single to feature newest member at that time Jay Frog. The pitch shifted female vocals are performed by Nicole Sukar. "Nessaja" became Scooter's first and only number-one single in Germany and reached number two in Austria, Norway, and Romania. In the United Kingdom, the song peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart.
The music video for "Nessaja" opens with a limousine pulling up outside a large white mansion. Women in dresses and men in suits get out of the car and go inside the house. Many people are waiting for a 'show' to start behind a red curtain. When the music starts, H.P. Baxxter comes out from behind the curtain and starts rapping. The people start dancing and then there are some shots of women dressed in underwear and rabbit ears in the same room (although it is empty). The video comes back to Scooter for a while, then cuts back to the two women, who are now topless. The women are later seen in bathtubs, now wearing bikinis. The rest of the video shows H.P. Baxxter rapping and people dancing and partying. At the end of the video there is confetti on the floor and everyone is asleep, apart from Scooter, who then leave in a limousine.
German CD single[1]
German limited-edition CD single[2]
European CD single[3]
European 12-inch single[4]
A1. "Nessaja" (extended) – 5:18
B1. "Nessaja" (Ultimate club mix) – 7:09
B2. "Nessaja" (Topmodelz mix) – 5:40UK CD single[5]
UK 12-inch single[6]
A1. "Nessaja" (Clubstar UK remix) – 7:23
B1. "Nessaja" (Flip & Fill remix) – 6:14
B2. "Nessaja" (extended mix) – 5:18
UK cassette single[7]
Australian CD single[8]
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| Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[9] | 4 |
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| Ireland Dance (IRMA)[10] | 1 |
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| Romania (Romanian Top 100)[11] | 2 |
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| Chart (2002) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[12] | 24 | |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[13] | 95 | |
| Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[14] | 44 | |
| Germany (Official German Charts)[15] | 18 | |
| Ireland (IRMA)[16] | 76 | |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100)[17] | 87 | |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[18] | 78 | |
| UK Singles (OCC)[19] | 119 |
| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 8 April 2002 | CD | Sheffield Tunes | ||
| United Kingdom | 9 September 2002 | [21] | |||
| Australia | 11 November 2002 | CD | Addiction | [22] |
Scooter's version of "Nessaja" featured in the opening credits of the 2009 film Brüno.[23] The song was also featured in a scene of Episode 6 "GNVQ" of the BBC sitcom "This Country" and in a scene in Season 1, Episode 13 "Pyramid Scheme" of the American remake Welcome to Flatch.