Ekstasy by Nina Hagen contains cover songs by Norman Greenbaum and which other Italian artist who popularized the song "My Way?"
Nina Hagen in Ekstasy Nina Hagen in Ekstasy is the third studio album by German singer Nina Hagen. It was released on January 10, 1985, by CBS Records. The German version of the album Nina Hagen in Ekstase was released simultaneously. It was Hagen's last album released on the CBS label, before her recording contract expired in 1986. The album is mainly produced by Adam Kidron and was recorded in Ibiza and Paris. Hagen worked with Karl Rucker and Billy Liesegang and wrote most of the songs on the album. Unlike her previous disco-influenced album "Fearless" (1983), "Nina Hagen in Ekstasy" is musically more punk rock with elements of dance music. It contains cover versions of Frank Sinatra's "My Way" and Norman Greenbaum's "Spirit in the Sky".
Autostop (Patty Pravo song) "Autostop" is a 1979 Italian-language song performed by Patty Pravo, written by her husband Paul Jeffery, Maurizio Monti and Pravo herself under her birth name Nicoletta Strambelli. It was released as the only single from Pravo's LP "Munich Album" in 1979, with an English-language song "New York" as the B-side. The single was a success for the singer and reached #13 on the Italian charts. The song has featured on the concert album "Patty Live 99" and on the compilation "Super Best" (2012). It is included as a bonus track in the reissue of the album "Mai una signora" (1974) in the "Gli album originali" box set which otherwise does not include the "Munich Album".