The Berlin Wall fell on November 9, 1989, as you probably remember. Unfortunately, the ninth day of the eleventh month also happens to be the date of several rather less savoury historical events, notably including both the Beer Hall Putsch and Kristallnacht, which made celebrating German reunification that day less than appealing. So der Tag der Deutschen Einheit (Germany Unity Day) is celebrated instead on October 3, to commemorate the day in 1990 when reunification of East and West Germany into a single German state was made official. Thanks to Wolfgang for suggesting this complicated set of holidays as a topic for a song.

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You’re giving me that look
That look that you give me
When I’ve forgotten something important
Like the dry-cleaning or our anniversary
But baby don’t be crazy
Of course I remember
The day we got back together

But today is the day
Not the 3rd of October
No I haven’t been drinking,
Look at me, I’m sober
I thought we agreed
It’s the 9th of November
The day that we got back together

The day that we got back together
After so many long years apart
The day that we got back together
It’s written in the calendar of my heart

That magical night
When I saw you there
For the first time in so long
Wind of Change was in the air
I mean the Scorpions song
I wasn’t referring to the weather
On the day we got back together

The wall tumbled down
And Hasselhof sang
And it’s true that was the evening
When we began again with a bang
But too many bad things
Also happened on the 9th of November
We can’t call it the day we got back together

The day that we got back together
Was historically not so nice, and I’m shocked
That you’d want to commemorate our reunion
On the same date as Kristallnacht

But October the 3rd
Holds no sparkle, not for nobody
It’s just the day that we signed the papers in triplicate photocopies
Well November 9th was also the Beer Hall Putsch, and look,
I’d rather not be reminded of the Nazis

You were the east
And you were the west
But now we’re together
And there’s nothing better than togetherness
We can keep fighting
But really, whatever
I know the day we got back together
I know the day we got back together