Andrea Berg (born 28 January 1966) is a German singer in the Schlager genre… Read Full Bio ↴Andrea Berg (born 28 January 1966) is a German singer in the Schlager genre.
Berg was born in Krefeld. As a child she would experiment with performing short sketches at carnivals and other celebrations. She later played with a band, and also worked backstage on stage set-up and drove the band's van. During this time she supported herself working as a nurse in the intensive care and oncology departments of a hospital.
Berg's musical career began in 1992 when the producer Eugen Römer obtained a cassette of her performing. He was enthused by her voice, and within a week the first tracks had been recorded for her debut album Du bist frei ("You Are Free"), which contained the singles "Kilimandscharo" and "Schau mir noch mal ins Gesicht". Römer also produced her second album, Gefühle ("Feelings"), which proved her commercial breakthrough. The singles from the album, "Wenn du mich willst, dann küß mich doch" and "Einmal nur mit dir alleine sein", were hits. The album also featured one of her most popular songs, "Die Gefühle haben Schweigepflicht".
In 1997 she released her third album, Träume lügen nicht ("Dreams Don't Lie"), which reached #71 on the German album charts. The first single, "Warum nur träumen", was a #1 hit on some radio playlists and stayed in the charts for 15 weeks.
In summer 1998 the birth of her daughter Lena-Maria was followed by the release of the album Zwischen tausend Gefühlen ("Between a Thousand Feelings"), with twelve songs. The singles from this album were "Diese Nacht soll nie enden", "Insel der Nacht" and "Jenseits der Zärtlichkeit" (1999).
The next album was Weil ich verliebt bin ("Because I'm in Love") in 1999, with the single "Vielleicht ein Traum zu viel". This reached #3 in the ZDF-Hitparade in November 1999. Berg also reached #3 in "Hits of the Year" in January 2000 and was #1 for several weeks in the German airplay charts.
In October 2001 a best-of was released, featuring twelve of her most popular songs. The album went five-times platinum and has been in the German top 100 album chart for a record-breaking stay of over 300 weeks. Two million copies have been sold.
She has at times had as many as four releases in the German charts simultaneously.
She won the ECHO award in the German-language Schlager category in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2007. From 2002 to 2007 she won Germany's prestigious Goldene Stimmgabel six times consecutively, as well as the Amadeus Austrian Music Award for best Schlager album in 2004 and 2005. Her CD Nah am Feuer went gold.
The 2006 album Splitternackt ("Stark Naked") went straight to #1 in Germany and remained there for several weeks.
The hit "Du hast mich tausendmal belogen" reached #2 in the GEMA chart of collected international sales.
Berg is known not only for her music but also increasingly for her stage outfits. She favours short miniskirts, suspenders, and knee-highs reminiscent of Pretty Woman. She has been quoted (in the Neuen Post) as saying "When you reach 40 you do have to make an effort to keep the men looking in your direction". ("Wenn man auf die 40 zugeht, muss man sich eben anstrengen, damit die Männer einem noch hinterherschauen.")
From 2002 to 2004 Berg was married to the Schlager singer Olaf Henning. In 2007 she married the football manager and hotelier Ulrich Ferber. They currently live together with her daughter in Aspach, Baden-Württemberg.

Ich sterbe nicht noch mal
Andrea Berg Lyrics

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Irgendwann, da war es Liebe
Vielleicht sogar ein bisschen mehr
Ich hab' gelebt nur für dich
Warst Mittelpunkt der Welt für mich
Doch wer du bist, ich sah's nicht

Glaub mir, ich sterbe nicht nochmal
Du, ich brauch dich nicht

Wohin du gehst ist mir egal
Ich schaff's auch ohne dich
Hab' meine Seele aufgeräumt
Tränen sind genug geweint
Glaub mir, ich sterbe nicht nochmal wegen dir

Wahnsinn, dich so zu lieben
Du warst mein Mond in jeder Nacht
Ich ließ mich führen wie ein Kind
War voll Vertrauen und viel zu blind
Aber mein Traum wird leben

Glaub mir, ich sterbe nicht nochmal
Du, ich brauch dich nicht
Wohin du gehst ist mir egal
Ich schaff's auch ohne dich
Hab' meine Seele aufgeräumt
Tränen sind genug geweint
Glaub mir, ich sterbe nicht nochmal wegen dir

Ich lachte, weinte, träumte mit dir
Nie war die Nacht so hell wie bei dir
Ganz tief in mir bleibt Sehnsucht

Glaub mir, ich sterbe nicht nochmal
Du, ich brauch dich nicht
Wohin du gehst ist mir egal
Ich schaff's auch ohne dich
Hab meine Seele aufgeräumt
Tränen sind genug geweint
Glaub mir, ich sterbe nicht nochmal wegen dir

Glaub mir, ich sterbe nicht nochmal
Du, ich brauch dich nicht
Wohin du gehst ist mir egal
Ich schaff's auch ohne dich

Hab meine Seele aufgeräumt
Tränen sind genug geweint

Overall Meaning

The song "Ich Sterbe Nicht Nochmal" by Andrea Berg is about a love that has ended and the singer coming to terms with the fact that she doesn't need that person in her life anymore. The first verse talks about how she once loved this person so deeply that they were the center of her world. However, now she realizes that she never even really knew who they were as a person. Despite this, the singer still remembers the relationship fondly and acknowledges that at one point in time, it was something very special.

The second verse is a reflection on how overwhelming the love for this person was. She compares them to the moon in the night and how she was naïve and too trusting. Even though the relationship has ended, the singer knows that her dream will still live on. The chorus repeats the sentiment that the singer will not die again because of this person. She no longer needs them, doesn't care where they go, and has moved on with her life. The ending suggests that while there may still be a sense of longing for what once was, the singer has found closure and healing, shedding the weight of her tears and cleaning up her soul.

Line by Line Meaning

Irgendwann, da war es Liebe
At some point, there was love

Vielleicht sogar ein bisschen mehr
Perhaps even a bit more

Ich hab' gelebt nur für dich
I lived only for you

Warst Mittelpunkt der Welt für mich
You were the center of the world for me

Doch wer du bist, ich sah's nicht
But I didn't see who you really are

Wahnsinn, dich so zu lieben
Crazy to love you like this

Du warst mein Mond in jeder Nacht
You were my moon in every night

Ich ließ mich führen wie ein Kind
I let myself be led like a child

War voll Vertrauen und viel zu blind
Was full of trust and far too blind

Aber mein Traum wird leben
But my dream will live on

Ich lachte, weinte, träumte mit dir
I laughed, cried, dreamed with you