Spieluhr (song)

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Spieluhr (song)

Spieluhr

Song by Rammstein from the album Mutter

GEMA:

5236877-001

ISWC:

T-800.575.017-5

Composer:

Rammstein

Lyricist:

Rammstein

Recording:

2000
Studio Miraval, Correns, France

Producing:

Jacob Hellner

Mixing:

Stefan Glaumann
Toytown Studios, Stockholm, Sweden

Mastering:

Howie Weinberg
Masterdisk, New York City, United States

First release:

2 April 2001

Length:

04:46

Time signatures:

4/4, 2/4

Tempo:

127

Key:

F

Live debut:

16 April 2000

Last performed:

5 December 2001

Live count:

26

Stream / Buy:

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Mutter tracklist

1. Mein Herz brennt
2. Links 2-3-4
3. Sonne
4. Ich will
5. Feuer frei!
6. Mutter
7. Spieluhr
8. Zwitter
9. Rein raus
10. Adios
11. Nebel

Spieluhr is a song by Rammstein. It is the seventh track on the Mutter album.

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.
• 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.
• 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."

Versions

Studio

Title	Release	Length	Recorded	Released	Notes
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 Spieluhr Mutter (Tour Edition) Audio 05:27 1 Jun 2001 Preussag Arena, Hanover 29 Oct 2001 }} Live Variations Type Description First played Last played Professional recordings Date Type Location City Country Notes Lyrics Musical Clock <small>(Official English translation of the Rammstein book poem by Gert Hof)</small> They scream out from the oven's hole the small creatures you kindled Still screaming as they're burning on with the fire laughing in their furs Small creatures from the land of toys dowsed and set on fire A musical clock dies in the sparks London bridge is burning down they keep burning inside me I hand you the torch They sneak their way into your heads London bridge is burning down and they will burn inside you Media Sources