Her song "Du hast den Farbfilm vergessen" (1974, lit. engl.: "You forgot the color film") was one of the biggest hits in the German Democratic Republic.
Her song "Schön ist die Welt," a cover of Zarah Leander's "Der Wind hat mir
ein Lied erzählt," became the official song of Expo 2000 in
Hanover.
Her album "Nina Hagen in Ekstasy" featured a hardcore punk version of
Frank Sinatra's "My Way".