Berlin

Berlin is an american synthpop band whose bandmembers included John Crawford, Terri Nunn, David Diamond, Ric Olsen, Matt Reid and Rod Learned. The band first gained commercial success in the mid 1980s with singles including "The Metro", "Sex (I'm A...)", "No More Words" and the chart-topping single "Take My Breath Away" from the 1986 film Top Gun.

The band's first single, "A Matter of Time," was released in 1979. This was followed by the album Information. In 1982, the controversial synth-driven "Sex (I'm A...)" was released and was banned by some radio stations due to its graphic lyrics. The accompanying EP album, Pleasure Victim also included the smash hit, "The Metro".

Two years later, the band released their next album, Love Life, and the single "No More Words," whose subsequent video saw Terri Nunn and bandmates re-enact a Bonnie and Clyde-style car chase and shoot-out, became their first top-20 hit. "Take My Breath Away" became their best-selling single in 1986 and a huge international hit, but also their last hit.

Berlin officially disbanded in 1987, partly due to the lack of success of their album Count Three & Pray. After the release of the 1991 solo album Moment of Truth, Nunn retained the legal rights to usage of the band's name after legal wranglings with the founding member of the group, John Crawford. Nunn recreated Berlin, with a new lineup of musicians, in 1998. I

In 2000–2001, Berlin contributed to several artist tribute albums. The only track to make it on to a full Berlin release is a cover of Marilyn Manson's "The Dope Show", which is included on Berlin's 4play album as well as the Marilyn Manson tribute album Anonymous Messiah.

The classic version of Berlin was featured on the VH1 show, Bands Reunited where members agreed to not only reunite as friends but as a band. The band toured with INXS during the summer of 2011, and as of early July 2012, they were working on a new album.