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Bayern (song)
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Wikipedia article
'"Bayern"' ('Bavaria') is a punk hymn by Die Toten Hosen. It's the third single and the sixteenth track from the album 'Unsterblich'.
It is an anti-FC Bayern Munich song. A slogan from this song has become synonymous with DTH among the fans, which can be shortened: "Es kann soviel passieren. Es kann soviel geschehen/Nur eins wei ich hundertprozentig. Nie im Leben wrde ich zu Bayern gehen." ('Many things can happen. Many things can come to pass/One thing I know for sure. Never in my life would I go to Bayern.' [here meaning the football club]).
Also Real Madrid and Manchester United are mentioned along with Uli Hoene, the former Sporting Director of Bayern Munich.
The Tipp-Kick version is more anthem-like, as it features the line "Wir wrden nie zum FC Bayern Mnchen gehen" ('We would never go to FC Bayern Munich') throughout the song, not only in the end and the emphasis is taken off the I-character (the narrator).
In 2012, Campino mentioned that Die Toten Hosen lost significant CD sales in the South of Germany since the release of the song, and the sales had not yet recovered.
Music video
The music video was directed by Peter Thorwarth. Most of it consists of a friendly football match, where various people (and a dog) take part of, including the band. After the match the band is shown playing at a gig. In the end, a figure in a Bayern jacket is seen (implied to be Uli Hoene, the club's president) watching the VHS of the music video, noting "Das ist der Dreck, an dem unsere Gesellschaft irgendwann ersticken wird." ("This is the kind of filth that will choke our society at some point."), an actual quote from Hoene about the song.
Track listing
# "Bayern" (Tipp-Kick Version) (van Dannen, Frege/van Dannen, Frege) 4:19
# "La doch mal Dampf ab" ('Let some steam off for once') (/Fred Weyrich) 2:24 (Gert Frbe cover)
# "You'll Never Walk Alone" (Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein) - 2:36
# "Hang On Sloopy" (Ferrell, Russolt) - 2:30 (The McCoys cover)
Charts
References
Category:2000 singles
Category:Die Toten Hosen songs
Category:Songs written by Campino (singer)
Category:Songs written by Funny van Dannen
Category:2000 songs
Category:Association football songs and chants
Category:FC Bayern Munich
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