Sehnsucht | |
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Song by Rammstein from the album Sehnsucht | |
GEMA database: | 4017334-001 |
ISWC: | T-800.125.447-4 |
Working title: | Afrika Eisensucht[1] |
Composer: | Rammstein, Orgasm Death Gimmick |
Lyricist: | Rammstein |
Recorded: | 1996 Temple Studios, Malta ![]() |
Producer: | Jacob Hellner |
Mixed: | Ronald Prent |
Released: | 25 August 1997 |
Single: | 18 July 1997 |
Length: | 04:04 |
Time signature: | 4/4 |
Tempo: | 140 |
Key: | E minor |
Live debut: | 27 Nov 1995 (first known time) |
Last performed: | 8 Jun 2023 |
Live count: | 460 |
Stream / Buy: | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Sehnsucht tracklist | |
Sehnsucht is the first song on the album Sehnsucht by Rammstein.
Background
- The riff was originally used in the song Cyber by Richard's previous band Orgasm Death Gimmick.
- The song uses samples from the 1st, 49th and 95th tracks on the "Datafile One" sample library by Zero-G.
- The song had the alternate title Eisensucht added into the GEMA database sometime after 2013.
Versions
Studio
Title | Release | Length | Recorded | Released | Notes |
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Sehnsucht | Sehnsucht | 04:04 | 1996 | 25.08.1997 | Minor skip at 03:46. |
Sehnsucht | Engel | 04:04 | 1.04.1997 | Different master. | |
Sehnsucht | Engel (Mispress) | 04:04 | Different mix. Selective panning on synths in the verses and breaks. Break after the second verse includes percussion loop. | ||
Sehnsucht | Sehnsucht (Safety Copy) | 03:53 | 1997 | Shortened final chorus. | |
Sehnsucht (Edit) | Sehnsucht (Single) | 03:38 | 1997 | Missing the second verse. Minor skip at 03:19. | |
Sehnsucht (Album Version) | 04:03 | Minor skip at 03:46. | |||
Sehnsucht | Original Single Kollektion | 04:04 | 22.06.1998 | Different master. | |
Trial By Fire | 04:04 | 24.12.2000 | Minor skip at 03:46. | ||
Sehnsucht | Sehnsucht (Instrumentals) | 04:04 | 23.02.2001 | Instrumental. | |
Sehnsucht | XXI | 04:04 | 4.12.2015 | 2015 Remaster. | |
Sehnsucht | GEMA database | 04:40 |
Live
Title | Release | Type | Length | Recorded | Released | Notes | |
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Sehnsucht | Rammstein Life | Video | 27 Sep 1996 | Arena Berlin, Berlin ![]() |
24.12.1996 | ||
Sehnsucht | Live aus Berlin | Audio | 04:25 | 22 Aug 1998 23 Aug 1998 |
Wuhlheide, Berlin ![]() |
30.08.1999 | |
Live aus Berlin (VHS / DVD) | Video | 04:25 | 14.09.1999 | ||||
Lichtspielhaus | 04:13 | 1.12.2003 | Studio version mixed with crowd noise and effect sounds. Contains footage of other songs. | ||||
Sehnsucht | Völkerball | Audio | 04:22 | 23 Jul 2005 | Festival de Nîmes, Nîmes ![]() |
17.11.2006 | |
Video | 04:21 | ||||||
Sehnsucht | Rammstein: Paris | Audio | 04:26 | 6 Mar 2012 7 Mar 2012 |
Palais Omnisports, Paris ![]() |
19 May 2017 | |
Rammstein: Paris (Vinyl) | 04:28 | Fades in due to vinyl separation. Longer crowd cheering at the start. | |||||
Rammstein: Paris | Video | 04:24 |
Remix
Title | Release | Length | Remixed by | Released | Notes |
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Sehnsucht (TAM-RMX) | free download | 04:47 | Think About Mutation | .mp3 file (256 kbps) | |
Sehnsucht ((tam))-RMX | Curiosities I | 04:49 | 1.09.2009 | Different mixing. Remaster. |
Live
Variations
Type | Description | First played | Last played |
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Professional recordings
Date | Type | Location | City | Country | Notes | |
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17 Aug 1997 | Video | Bizarre Festival | Cologne | Germany | ![]() | |
23 Oct 1997 | Video | Philipshalle | Düsseldorf | Germany | ![]() |
Keyboard intro snippet |
22 Nov 1997 | Video | Odjazdy Festival | Katowice | Poland | ![]() | |
29 Nov 1997 | Audio | Melkweg | Amsterdam | Netherlands | ![]() |
Broadcasted via radio. |
18 Oct 1998 | Video | UNO Lakeview Arena | New Orleans | United States | ![]() | |
10 Apr 1999 | Audio | River Plate Stadium | Buenos Aires | Argentina | ![]() |
Broadcasted via radio. |
27 Jun 2002 | Video | Roskilde Festival | Roskilde | Denmark | ![]() | |
18 Jul 2013 | Video | Vieilles Charrues Festival | Carhaix | France | ![]() |
Lyrics
Album version |
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Lass mich deine Träne reiten |
Edit Sehnsucht single |
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Lass mich deine Träne reiten |
Live demos | |
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Lass' mich deine Tränen reiten |
Lass mich deine Tränen reiten |
Hunger (Official English translation by Rob Hoare) |
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Let me ride out on a tear |
渇望 (Official Japanese translation by Kayo Suzuki) |
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おまえの涙に乗って |
Poem Rammstein / Yukon |
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Sehnsucht ist des Menschen Fluch |
Hunger (Official English translation of the Rammstein book poem by Gert Hof) |
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Hunger is the curse of man |
Media