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Spieluhr | |
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Song by Rammstein from the album Mutter | |
GEMA database: | 5236877-001 |
ISWC: | T-800.575.017-5 |
Composer: | Rammstein |
Lyricist: | Rammstein |
Recorded: | 2000 Studio Miraval, Correns |
Producer: | Jacob Hellner |
Mixed: | Stefan Glaumann Toytown Studios, Stockholm |
Mastered: | Howie Weinberg Masterdisk, New York City |
Released: | 2 April 2001 |
Length: | 04:46 |
Time signature: | 4/4 2/4 |
Tempo: | 127 |
Key: | F |
Live debut: | 16 Apr 2000 |
Last performed: | 5 Dec 2001 |
Live count: | 26 |
Stream / Buy: | |
Mutter tracklist | |
Spieluhr is the seventh song on the album Mutter by Rammstein.
Background
- The child's voice in the chorus is sung by Richard's daughter, Khira Li Lindemann.
- The band called the child in this song Gregor.[1]
- In the first version of the lyrics, the child did not survive. The band however found this to be too dark, and had Till write the child's survival into the lyrics. [1]
- Till explained: "It's the basic fear people have, to be buried alive. The toy clock that is given into the grave is what ultimately saves the child, so in the end it's a good story. Originally, [the child] was supposed to stay in the grave, but then we decided within the band that we wanted the story to end well, that we wanted the child to be saved. So even though I make the basic concept of the lyrics, the ultimate product is really the work of all of us together."[2]
Versions
Studio
Title | Release | Length | Recorded | Released | Notes |
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Spieluhr | Mutter | 04:46 | 2000 | 2 Apr 2001 | |
Spieluhr | Mutter (Fade-out Promo) | 03:09 | 2001 | Early fade out. | |
Spieluhr | XXI | 04:46 | 4 Dec 2015 | 2015 Remaster. First two lines of the last chorus are different. | |
Mutter (XXI Vinyl) | 8 Dec 2017 |
Live
Title | Release | Type | Length | Recorded | Released | |
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Spieluhr | Mutter (Tour Edition) | Audio | 05:27 | 1 Jun 2001 | Preussag Arena, Hanover | 29 Oct 2001 |
Live
Variations
Type | Description | First played | Last played |
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Professional recordings
Date | Type | Location | City | Country | Notes |
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Lyrics
Album version |
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Ein kleiner Mensch stirbt nur zum Schein |
Live demo 16 April 2000 |
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Ein kleiner Mensch stirbt nur zum Schein |
XXI version |
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Ein kleiner Mensch stirbt nur zum Schein |
オルゴール (Official Japanese translation by Makiko Shimada) |
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小さな人間は 死んだふりをしただけだった |
Poem Rammstein book |
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Sie schreien aus dem Ofenloch |
Musical Clock (Official English translation of the Rammstein book poem by Gert Hof) |
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They scream out from the oven's hole |
Media