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Wikipedia article




'"Zehn kleine Jgermeister"' (German: 'Ten Little Huntsmen/Jgermeisters') is a song by German punk rock group Die Toten Hosen. It was released in June 1996 as the fourth single from the album 'Opium frs Volk'. It is the band's biggest hit, reaching number one on German, Austrian and Swiss charts.

Content



It's a drinking song, and the fact that drinking songs are a tradition for Die Toten Hosen is ironized on the album version as an interview in the beginning and end of the song.

The song's title and theme are a parody of "Zehn kleine Negerlein" ('Ten little negroes'), which is a song about how out of ten characters only one was left in the end; the parody lies in the improbable manner of their removals: killed by smoking cannabis, died for an inheritance, killed in a road accident, killed by the husband of a date, imprisoned for avoiding taxes, killed by a policeman, killed in a military drinking game, killed by mad cow disease, and finally rejected for asylum.

The chorus also makes use of the German translation of the Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno: "Einer fr alle, alle fr einen", as well as alluding to the board game Mensch rgere dich nicht.

Music video



The music video was directed by Ralf Schmerberg and drawn by Andreas Hykade. It is an adult-animated illustration of the lyrics that depicts deer as Jgermeisters. During the chorus, the liquid's path through the mouth is shown. Along the way, the band members are seen drinking.

The video follows the lyrics and is divided into sections beginning with a group of Jgermeisters performing a dance routine. Their number decreases verse by verse, as they each get into different situations which always end with a violent death of one of them. At the end of the video, the only surviving Jgermeister invites nine new Jgermeisters. '("Drum lud er sich zum Osterfest neun neue Meister ein")' This differs from the original album lyrics, which end with the death of the second-last Jgermeister, followed by the refrain.

The video was censored by MTV Germany due to containing illegal drugs, nudity, and realistic weapons.

Track listing



# "Zehn kleine Jgermeister" (Rohde/Mller, Frege) 4:21

# "We Love You" (Jagger/Richards) 3:10 (The Rolling Stones cover)

# "Der Knig aus dem Mrchenland" ('The king from the fairytale land') (Breitkopf/Frege) 4:15

Charts



Year-end charts



References



Category:1996 singles

Category:Number-one singles in Austria

Category:Number-one singles in Germany

Category:Number-one singles in Switzerland

Category:Die Toten Hosen songs

Category:Songs written by Campino (singer)

Category:1996 songs

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