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Weißes Fleisch (song)

Weißes Fleisch is a song by Rammstein. It is the third track on the Herzeleid album.
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Weißes Fleisch (song)
Weißes Fleisch
Song by Rammstein from the album Herzeleid
3796006-001
T-801.861.120-7
Working title:
White Flesh
Fleisch
Composer:
Lyricist:
Recording:
March 1995
Polar Studios, Stockholm, Sweden
Mixing:
Ronald Prent
Chateau du Pape, Hamburg, Germany
First release:
25 September 1995
Length:
03:35
Time signature:
4/4
Tempo:
132
Key:
F minor
Live debut:
Last performed:
Live count:
Stream / Buy:


Weißes Fleisch is a song by Rammstein. It is the third track on the Herzeleid album.

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:


  • Rote Striemen auf weißer Haut
  • Mein schwarzes Blut versaut dir das Kleid
  • Ich werd immer geiler von deinem Gekreisch
  • Jetzt hast du Angst und ich bin soweit

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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
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
Weißes Fleisch Rammstein Life Video 27 Sep 1996 Arena Berlin, Berlin Germany 24 Dec 1996
Weisses Fleisch Live aus Berlin Audio 04:35 22 Aug 1998
23 Aug 1998
Wuhlheide, Berlin Germany 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 Australia 1 Dec 2003
Weisses Fleisch In Amerika Video 04:48 9 Dec 2010
11 Dec 2010
Bell Centre, Montreal Canada
Madison Square Garden, New York City United States
25 Sep 2015

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Live

Variations

Type Description First played Last played

Professional recordings

Date Type Location City Country Notes
2 Jul 1994 Video Kunsthaus Tacheles Berlin Germany Germany Filmed by two singlecams.
27 Aug 1994 Video M.A.U. Club Rostock Germany Germany Multicam recorded for the movie ACHTUNG! WIR KOMMEN..
29 Nov 1995 Video Stodoła Warsaw Poland Poland
18 Aug 1996 Video Bizarre Festival Cologne Germany Germany
23 Oct 1997 Video Philipshalle Düsseldorf Germany Germany
29 Nov 1997 Audio Melkweg Amsterdam Netherlands Netherlands Broadcasted via radio.
6 May 1998 Video The Roxy New York City United States United States
10 Apr 1999 Audio River Plate Stadium Buenos Aires Argentina Argentina Broadcasted via radio.
14 Jun 1999 Video Fillmore Auditorium Denver United States United States Shown in the documentary Rammstein in Amerika.
9 Feb 2001 Video BIGCAT Osaka Japan Japan Recorded footage used in the music video of Links 2-3-4.

Lyrics

Weißes Fleisch

Du auf dem Schulhof, ich zum Töten bereit
Und keiner hier weiß von meiner Einsamkeit
Rote Striemen auf weißer Haut
Ich tu dir weh und du jammerst laut
Jetzt hast du Angst und ich bin soweit
Mein schwarzes Blut versaut dir das Kleid

Dein weißes Fleisch erregt mich so (Fleisch, Fleisch, Fleisch, Fleisch)
Ich bin doch nur ein Gigolo (Fleisch, Fleisch, Fleisch, Fleisch)
Dein weißes Fleisch erleuchtet mich (Fleisch, Fleisch, Fleisch, Fleisch)

Mein schwarzes Blut und dein weißes Fleisch
Ich werd immer geiler von deinem Gekreisch
Der Angstschweiß da auf deiner weißen Stirn
Hagelt in mein krankes Gehirn

Dein weißes Fleisch erregt mich so (Fleisch, Fleisch, Fleisch, Fleisch)
Ich bin doch nur ein Gigolo (Fleisch, Fleisch, Fleisch, Fleisch)
Mein Vater war genau wie ich (Fleisch, Fleisch, Fleisch, Fleisch)
Dein weißes Fleisch erleuchtet mich

Jetzt hast du Angst und ich bin soweit
Mein krankes Dasein nach Erlösung schreit



Dein weißes Fleisch erregt mich so (Fleisch, Fleisch, Fleisch, Fleisch)
Ich bin ein armer Gigolo (Fleisch, Fleisch, Fleisch, Fleisch)
Dein weißes Fleisch erleuchtet mich (Fleisch, Fleisch, Fleisch, Fleisch)
Mein Vater war genau wie ich (Fleisch, Fleisch, Fleisch, Fleisch)
Dein weißes Fleisch erregt mich so (Fleisch, Fleisch, Fleisch, Fleisch)
Ich bin ein kranker Gigolo (Fleisch, Fleisch, Fleisch, Fleisch)
Dein weißes Fleisch erleuchtet mich (Fleisch, Fleisch, Fleisch, Fleisch)

Media

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