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Sonne (Rammstein song)
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Wikipedia article
"'Sonne'" (German for "Sun") is a song by German Neue Deutsche Hrte band Rammstein. It was released in February 2001, as the first single from their album 'Mutter'. According to Till Lindemann, the song was originally written as an entrance song for the boxer Vitali Klitschko, whose surname was also the working title of the song.[http://herzeleid.com/en/press/2000-09_hammer Rammstein Press: Maternity Leave] | Herzeleid.com | The number one source for Rammstein The female vocal comes from Spectrasonic's "Symphony of Voices" sample library.[http://www.whosampled.com/sample/267357/Rammstein-Sonne-Spectrasonic-Symphony-of-Voices-Lamentings-7,-8,-and-10/ whosampled.com]
The music video for the band's 2019 single "Deutschland" features a piano-based version of "Sonne" in the ending credits.Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/NeQM1c-XCDc Ghostarchive] and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20190328123215/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeQM1c-XCDc&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]:
Music video
The video features the band as dwarves mining gold for Snow White. Apparently, this came about while all of the band members were watching the old Disney film 'Snow White', and had "Sonne" playing in the background, giving them the idea for the video. Also, as told by Paul Landers in the 'Making of Sonne', it came out of a video Oliver Riedel did mixing the "Sonne" song and parts of the 'Snow White' film with his computer. The band supposedly went through nearly 40 different ideas for the video, such as the story of a boxer, before choosing the Snow White theme. One of the other ideas was a video about the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima (which would have matched the lyrics and the depressed-sounding vocalization). Lady Snow-White (German: "'Schneewittchen'") is played by the Russian soap actress Joulia Stepanova (Yulia Stepanova). There is also an extended version, which features extra scenes (i.e.: Snow White smoking a cigarette while looking at a gold ring).
Live performances
performing 'Sonne' at the Wacken Open Air 2013
It debuted as "Klitschko" on 16 April 2000. The song was very different from the final version released in 'Mutter'. "Sonne" was also played in some concerts of the Japanese/Australia-New Zealand leg of the 'Sehnsucht' tour, before the 'Mutter' album was released and its respective tour started. These concerts were the only time the third verse of the song was played; when played live, the band usually omits the final stanza, and instead plays a slightly longer intro and outro. Theatrical flames shoot several feet into the air when Rammstein plays the song. Since May 2001, "Sonne" has been paired with "Ich will" during the encores in most Rammstein concerts to date, this has been changed however since 2009.
Track listing
*The single is also available as a 2-track CD, featuring "Sonne" and "Adios".
Charts
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References
Category:2000 songs
Category:2001 singles
Category:Rammstein songs
Category:Songs written by Christian Lorenz
Category:Songs written by Christoph Schneider
Category:Songs written by Oliver Riedel
Category:Songs written by Paul Landers
Category:Songs written by Richard Z. Kruspe
Category:Songs written by Till Lindemann
Category:Works based on Snow White
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