Английская Википедия:Amerika (song)

Материал из Онлайн справочника
Перейти к навигацииПерейти к поиску

Шаблон:For Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox song

"Amerika" is a song by German Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein. It was released on 6 September 2004 as the second single from their fourth studio album, Reise, Reise (2004). The song peaked at number 2 in Germany and entered the top 5 in Austria, Denmark, and Switzerland.

Content

The song deals with the worldwide cultural and political imperialism of the United States of America. The song's text and most video images point unambiguously toward a critique of America's cultural imperialism, political propaganda and self-assumed role as global police force.[1] The two verses are sung in German with a chorus in Denglisch: "We're all living in Amerika, Amerika ist wunderbar, We're all living in Amerika, Amerika, Amerika" and "We're all living in Amerika, Coca-Cola, Wonderbra. We're all living in Amerika, Amerika, Amerika." The band views it as a satirical commentary on Americanization, and the lyrics refer to such things considered American as Coca-Cola, Wonderbra, Santa Claus, and Mickey Mouse. Uncharacteristically for Rammstein, the song incorporates an interlude in which the lyrics explicitly state the band's intentions: "This is not a love song, This is not a love song, I don't sing my mother tongue, No this is not a love song".

Video

The video shows the band in Apollo-era space suits on the Moon, with shots of other cultures acting like stereotypical Americans, satirizing Americanization. These shots include Africans eating pizza and making Christmas wishes to Santa Claus, Buddhist monks eating hamburgers, South East Asians, Japanese, Native Americans, Inuit, Aboriginal Australians, an Indian Sikh man smoking a cigarette and a Muslim man worshipping in front of an oil refinery after removing his Nike sneakers. Near the end, various ethnic groups sing and dance along. The end of the video shows that the band have actually been in a fake moon set in a studio,[2] complete with film crew, an allusion to the Moon landing conspiracy theories. Till Lindemann, Rammstein's lead singer, wears a space suit with the name "Armstrong" on it, a reference to Neil Armstrong. The video ends with a band photograph left behind on the moon's surface while the recording of Jack Swigert's quote "Houston, we've had a problem here" is being played.

Live performance

As with every song from Reise, Reise (except "Ohne dich"), "Amerika" debuted live in three consecutive concerts for members of the Rammstein fan club. During the live performances of this song on tour, Flake is often seen riding around on a Segway PT with confetti cannons firing red, white and blue confetti in a parody of a ticker-tape parade. It was the last song of the band's main set, and was played at every concert of the Reise, Reise tour. During a concert in Gothenburg, Sweden on July 30, 2005, frontman Till Lindemann suffered a knee injury when keyboardist Flake accidentally ran into him with the Segway PT; this caused concerts scheduled in Asia to be cancelled.

Track listing

CD single

  1. "Amerika"
  2. "Amerika" (English Version)
  3. "Amerika" (Digital Hardcore Mix) by Alec Empire
  4. "Amerika" (Western-Remix) by Olsen Involtini
  5. "Amerika" (Andy Panthen & Mat Diaz's Clubmix)
  6. "Amerika" (Electro Ghetto Remix) by Bushido & Ilan
  7. "Amerika" (Jam & Spoon So Kann's Gehen Mix)
  8. "Mein Herz brennt Orchesterlied V"
  • Released in a jewelcase, digipack and as a digital download

Pock-it CD

  1. "Amerika"
  2. "Amerika" (Digital Hardcore Mix) by Alec Empire
  • A 2-track CD single was also released in a card sleeve

UK 7" vinyl

  1. "Amerika"
  2. "Wilder Wein"

Australian edition

  1. "Amerika"
  2. "Amerika" (Digital Hardcore Mix) by Alec Empire
  3. "Amerika" (Western-Remix) by Olsen Involtini
  4. "Amerika" (Andy Panthen & Mat Diaz's Clubmix)
  5. "Mein Herz brennt" (Orchestra Version)

UK version

  1. "Amerika"
  2. "Amerika" (Digital Hardcore Mix) by Alec Empire
  3. "Mein Herz brennt"
  4. "Ich will Orchesterlied VII"

UK DVD

  1. "Amerika" (Video) – 4:19
  2. Making of the Amerika Video – 12:01
  3. "Amerika" (Album Version) – 3:46

Charts

Шаблон:Col-start Шаблон:Col-2

Weekly charts

Шаблон:Single chartШаблон:Single chartШаблон:Single chartШаблон:Single chartШаблон:Single chartШаблон:Single chartШаблон:Single chartШаблон:Single chartШаблон:Single chartШаблон:Single chartШаблон:Single chartШаблон:Single chartШаблон:Single chartШаблон:Single chartШаблон:Single chartШаблон:Single chartШаблон:Single chartШаблон:Single chart
Weekly chart performance for "Amerika"
Chart (2004) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[3] 81
Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)[4] 32

Шаблон:Col-2

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Amerika"
Chart (2004) Position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[5] 54
Germany (Official German Charts)[6] 31
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[7] 86

Шаблон:Col-end

Certifications

Шаблон:Certification Table Top Шаблон:Certification Table Entry Шаблон:Certification Table Bottom

See also

References

Шаблон:Reflist

Шаблон:Rammstein

Шаблон:Authority control

Партнерские ресурсы
Криптовалюты
Магазины
Хостинг
Разное

  1. ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
  2. ↑ "How to Fake your own Moon Landing" Шаблон:Webarchive, Ethan Siegel. Science Blogs. June 7, 2009. Accessed June 7, 2011
  3. ↑ Шаблон:Cite Ryan
  4. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  5. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  6. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  7. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
Источник — http://wikihandbk.com/ruwiki/index.php?title=Английская_Википедия:Amerika_(song)&oldid=13111614