They named their band at first "Forever Young" and changed it to "Alphaville". Together the three wrote Forever Young and recorded their first demo of the name “Forever Young”. On the surface, this is a hopeful song celebrating the virtues of youth, but a closer listen reveals a fear of aging and death. The song was written during the Cold War, where the singer is "hoping for the best, but expecting the worst; are you gonna drop the bomb or not?"