Sonne (Rammstein song)

February 12, 2001

Sun is a song by German - New German Hardness music group Rammstein. The song was written by and produced by Jacob Hellner Rammstein together with the band. It is the first single from her album mother and was published on 12 February 2001. The song reached number 2 in the German, Austrian and # 5 in the number 18 in the Swiss charts.

Background

Lindemann said the song was originally written as " fighters song" for the Klitschko brothers. " Klitschko " was also the working title of the song. So in the lyrics tucking the opponents and the counting of the ring to judge is elected Co paraphrased:

Music Video

After the song was not used as accompaniment of a boxing match is the music video a frequently encountered Rammstein recontextualization of the text is by the verses are projected onto a different narrative context: The music video shows the band members as dwarfs Snow White in a mine have to dig for gold. Snow White is portrayed as a tyrant and a drug addict and not die by a poisoned apple, but an overdose. When an apple falls to the coffin, she wakes up again and the gnomes have to keep working. Even more videos of the band such as Rosenrot have a similar fairytale theme. Snow White was played by the Russian soap actress Julia Stepanova.

Cover versions

Especially the cover version of Elton John on the album Sincerely (2013 ) became known. Another cover version of the year 2011 comes from the German metalcore band Caliban. It was released on their EP Cover Field and as a single. Another cover version in the style of Sirtaki music was published by The drachmas.

Title List of Single

• Also appeared as a 2- track CD with "sun" and "Adios ".

Trivia

The female voice in the song is a keyboard sample from the Music Library, Symphony of Voices by Spectrasonics.