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Weißes Fleisch | |
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Song by Rammstein from the album Herzeleid | |
GEMA database: | 3796006-001 |
ISWC: | T-801.861.120-7 |
Working title: | White Flesh Fleisch |
Composer: | Rammstein |
Lyricist: | Rammstein |
Recorded: | March 1995 Polar Studios, Stockholm |
Producer: | Jacob Hellner, Carl-Michael Herlöfsson |
Mixed: | Ronald Prent Chateau du Pape, Hamburg |
Released: | 25 September 1995 |
Length: | 03:35 |
Time signature: | 4/4 |
Tempo: | 132 |
Key: | F minor |
Live debut: | 2 Jul 1994 (first known time) |
Last performed: | 31 May 2011 |
Live count: | 294 |
Stream / Buy: | |
Herzeleid tracklist | |
Weißes Fleisch is the third song on the album Herzeleid by Rammstein.
Background
- Weißes Fleisch was among the first songs the band wrote. Its very first version was called White Flesh, because Till sung in English first.[1] After the band switched to German, the working title for the song was Fleisch.
- While most tracklists spell the song with "ss", the correct German spelling is with "ß" like in the booklet. "ß" has been used as equivalent to the "ss" digraph, but had no official capital form until 2017; which is the reason why "ss" was used frequently, to avoid issues within modern and foremost international typography.[2]
- The poem off the Rammstein book was reworked into the poem Nele from Messer.
- On some first pressings of the album, the song had the words "Schulhof" (schoolyard) and "töten" (to kill) beeped during the first verse. There was no visual difference between the censored and uncensored version of the album.
- After closer inspection of the beeped version's audio, tiny skips can be discovered just before the beeps occur as well as before other words that could be seen as explicit within the context. The lines in questions are the following ones; the striked words would likely have been chosen for censorship:
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Covers
- The song was covered by German death metal band Debauchery and by The CNK feat. Snowy Shaw.
Versions
Studio
Title | Release | Length | Recorded | Released | Notes |
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Weisses Fleisch | Herzeleid | 03:35 | 1995 | 25 Sep 1995 | |
Herzeleid (some first pressing copies) | Beeped version; censoring "Schulhof" and "töten". Contains six minor skips throughout the verses. | ||||
Weisses Fleisch | XXI | 03:35 | 4 Dec 2015 | 2015 Remaster. | |
Herzeleid (XXI Vinyl) | 8 Dec 2017 | ||||
Herzeleid (XXV Vinyl) | 4 Dec 2020 | ||||
Weisses Fleisch | Herzeleid (XXV CD / Digital) | 03:35 | 2020 Remaster. | ||
White Flesh | 4-Track Demo | 1994 | 19 Feb 1994 | Demo version. English lyrics. | |
Weisses Fleisch | 5-Track Demo | 03:25 | 1994 | 30 Apr 1994 | Demo version. Main riff is played throughout the verses. Slightly different lyrics. |
Weißes Fleisch | 6-Track Demo 1 | 1994 | |||
6-Track Demo 2 | 1994 | ||||
3-Track Demo 2 | 1995 | ||||
Weisses Fleisch | 6-Track Demo 3 | 1995 | |||
Fleisch | 6 Rough-Mixes/3 Mixes | 03:18 | 1995 | 1995 | Rough Mix. Sped and pitched up. |
Live
Title | Release | Type | Length | Recorded | Released | Notes | |
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Weißes Fleisch | Rammstein Life | Video | 27 Sep 1996 | Arena Berlin, Berlin | 24 Dec 1996 | ||
Weisses Fleisch | Live aus Berlin | Audio | 04:35 | 22 Aug 1998 23 Aug 1998 |
Wuhlheide, Berlin | 30 Aug 1999 | |
Live aus Berlin (2CD) | 04:36 | ||||||
Live aus Berlin (VHS / Censored DVD) | Video | 04:34 | 14 Sep 1999 | ||||
Live aus Berlin (Uncensored DVD) | 04:37 | 27 Mar 2020 | |||||
Weißes Fleisch | Lichtspielhaus | Video | 26 Jan 2001 | Big Day Out, Sydney | 1 Dec 2003 | ||
Weisses Fleisch | In Amerika | Video | 04:48 | 9 Dec 2010 11 Dec 2010 |
Bell Centre, Montreal Madison Square Garden, New York City |
25 Sep 2015 |
Live
Variations
Type | Description | First played | Last played |
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Professional recordings
Date | Type | Location | City | Country | Notes | |
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2 Jul 1994 | Video | Kunsthaus Tacheles | Berlin | Germany | Filmed by two singlecams. | |
27 Aug 1994 | Video | M.A.U. Club | Rostock | Germany | Multicam recorded for the movie ACHTUNG! WIR KOMMEN.. | |
29 Nov 1995 | Video | Stodoła | Warsaw | Poland | ||
18 Aug 1996 | Video | Bizarre Festival | Cologne | Germany | ||
23 Oct 1997 | Video | Philipshalle | Düsseldorf | Germany | ||
29 Nov 1997 | Audio | Melkweg | Amsterdam | Netherlands | Broadcasted via radio. | |
6 May 1998 | Video | The Roxy | New York City | United States | ||
10 Apr 1999 | Audio | River Plate Stadium | Buenos Aires | Argentina | Broadcasted via radio. | |
14 Jun 1999 | Video | Fillmore Auditorium | Denver | United States | Shown in the documentary Rammstein in Amerika. | |
9 Feb 2001 | Video | BIGCAT | Osaka | Japan | Recorded footage used in the music video of Links 2-3-4. |
Lyrics
Album version |
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Weißes Fleisch |
Rough mix |
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Weißes Fleisch |
Demo version |
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Weißes Fleisch |
Live demo version |
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Weißes Fleisch |
Chair blanche |
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Official French translation by Mathilde Bonnefoy |
Toi dans le préau, moi prêt à tuer |
Poem Rammstein book | |
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Official English translation of the Rammstein book poem by Gert Hof | |
Meine Angst um Dich so groß |
My fear for you is so great |
Media
Sources
- ↑ Heute hat die Welt Geburtstag, page 193
- ↑ ß, Wikipedia