Nessaja

"Nessaja"
Single by Scooter
from the album Encore: Live and Direct
B-side"Shortbread"
Released8 April 2002 (2002-04-08)
Length3:30
LabelSheffield Tunes
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Scooter
Scooter singles chronology
"Ramp! (The Logical Song)"
(2001)
"Nessaja"
(2002)
"Weekend!"
(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, Encore: Live and Direct, 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.