1234 (song)

1234
Song by Emigrate from the album A Million Degrees
GEMA database ID:	21845749-001
ISWC:	T-804.038.329-8
Composer(s):	Richard Kruspe
Lyricist(s):	Richard Kruspe, Terrence Matlin
Released:	30 November 2018
Video:	19 October 2018
Length:	03:22
Tempo:	95
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A Million Degrees tracklist
War 1234 A Million Degrees Lead You On You Are So Beautiful Hide and Seek We Are Together Let's Go I'm Not Afraid Spitfire Eyes Fade Away

1234 is the second song on the album A Million Degrees by Emigrate.

Background

• The song features Benjamin Kowalewicz from Billy Talent.
• Zwo is a German dialect of Zwei (two).
• The song already existed in 2015, according to Margaux Bossieux.
• In a track-by-track interview with Kerrang!, Richard said the following about the song:

There’s a rockabilly feel to 1234, it has that ​’50s/’60s rock’n’roll vibe to it. All of the guitar solos you hear came out of the demos. Those first takes always sounded better, even if I would try spending more time on them. I didn’t really have Billy Talent in mind for this song, it was actually my manager who asked me how I felt about doing the collaboration. I wasn’t so sure about it, but when I heard Ben singing over it, there was this punky fire that the song actually needed. That fire is actually why we ended up recording it as a live performance.

Versions

Studio

Title	Release	Length	Released	Notes
1234	A Million Degrees	03:23	30 Nov 2018

Music videos

Name	Director	Released	Notes
1234	Bill Yukich	19 Oct 2018

Lyrics

Album version

Hey! Love and delusion It's a low kind of show But the crowd means it sold Tonight (Tonight) Kiss or contusion Take a hit, better stick To the script I direct With a fist tonight Eins, zwo, drei, vier Everybody down Kill the lights now and Get up off the ground Fall in line Fall in line Nights out and crashin' We come up from the coat Paint our faces in gold Tonight (Tonight) Beat that old bash in Leadership take the tip Better shoot from the hip Don't resist tonight Eins, zwo, drei, vier Everybody down Kill the lights now and get up off the ground Rip those bitches from that dirty sound Dance in time Let's swing and own the town Love and delusion It's a low kind of show But the crowd means it sold tonight Eins, zwo, drei, vier Everybody down Kill the lights now and get up off the ground Rip those bitches from that dirty sound Dance in time Let's swing and own the town Fall in line Eins, zwo, drei, vier Everybody down Kill the lights now and get up off the ground Rip those bitches from that dirty sound Dance in time Let's swing and own the town Fall in line

Merchandise

1/2/3/4
Type:	Men's T-Shirt
Origin:	Emigrate-Shop