Kernkraft 400

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"Kernkraft 400"
Single by Zombie Nation
from the album Leichenschmaus
Released 2000
Format CD single, Digital download
Recorded 1999
Genre Techno, Electronica
Length 4:46 (original mix), 3:30 (radio edit)
Writer(s) Florian Senfter (Splank!) and Emmanuel Guenther (Mooner)
Zombie Nation "Kernkraft 400" (1999)
Zombie Nation's 'Kernkraft 400' (DJ Gius Remix)
David Whittaker — Lazy Jones
Original Chiptune song for the C64
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"Kernkraft 400" is a song performed by German techno and electro artist Zombie Nation and the first single from their album Leichenschmaus. The first Zombie Nation record contained the song "Kernkraft 400", German for "Nuclear Energy 400", which is a remix of a tune from the 1984 Commodore 64 game Lazy Jones by David Whittaker called "Stardust" which was made with the SID chip.

Soon after the first independent release in 1999, the song became an underground hit in European clubs, and was licensed to various countries including a more commercial remix version by Italian remix-producer DJ Gius (also known as Technoboy). The song "Kernkraft 400" is often mistakenly believed to be called "Zombie Nation" due to its only lyrics: "Zombie, Zombie, Zombie, Zombie Nation."

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[edit] Music video

The music video features Zombie Nation member Florian Senfter, credited as 'Splank!', hosting fictitious shopping channel 'Atomic Bazaar', dancing with two bikini-clad women named Mindy and Cindy. Together they sample and advertise three Kernkraft 400 brand products: A microwave (AtomWave400T), a tanning bed (Sunburst400SL) and a dildo (Kraftstick400XL).

Senfter has since described the video as 'crap'.[1]

[edit] Use in popular culture

The song is sampled in rapper Game's single "Red Nation".[2]

The song is sampled by the rap group Three 6 Mafia's single "I Got".

The song is sampled by the rap artist Chamillionaire's single "I Got".

The song is sampled by the artists Childish Gambino (Donald Glover) and Mc Chris in "The Awesome".

"The Chant Re-Mix" featured in the film "What the Bleep Do We Know!?" (2004), and also sampled in the song "Wherever I Go" by Eva Simons.

The song, specifically the "Sport Chant Remix" or the "Sport Chant Stadium Remix", is popular at North American sporting events for goals, home runs, and other celebrations. This version of the song is known by its signature "Whoa-oh-oh" chanting at the beginning of the song. It is believed that the first use was in Air Canada Centre for the goal song of the Toronto Maple Leafs and in TD Garden for the Boston Bruins in 2001. About the same time, it was used in a highlight package on the television show, "Virginia Tech Sports Today" as a song bed, outlining 2001 NFL Draft prospects for Hokie football players that were either seniors, or made themselves eligible for the draft. The Maple Leafs continued to use the song until the beginning of the 2010-2011 NHL season while the Bruins still use it. The German football club SC Freiburg used this song in the 2010-11 season when the players came onto the field. It is also frequently featured at Seattle Mariners home games when the team takes the field, or as a late inning rally song. A cover version of the song appears in Madden NFL 11.

Austrian Bundesliga club FK Austria Wien use the song as the soundtrack to whenever a goal is scored by the home team at the Franz Horr Stadium, the song proving immensely popular with the Violetten fans.

As a tribute to the Boston Bruins after winning the Stanley Cup in 2011, the Boston Red Sox started playing the song to celebrate home runs hit by Red Sox batters when at home in Fenway Park. Also, when the Red Sox held a ceremony for the Bruins with the Stanley Cup on June 19, 2011 shortly before the Red Sox' day game, the Red Sox played the song during that game not just for home runs, but for every time a RBI was hit, including home runs. The Red Sox ended up winning the game, 12-3.

It is used in one scene of Shaun of the Dead when Simon Pegg's character Shaun is on a bus, and also appears on the soundtrack.

The song is used by the Australian A-League team Central Coast Mariners at Bluetongue Stadium whenever a goal is scored by the home team, and also at the end of the game after a victory.

[edit] Use by Sports teams

[edit] North America

[edit] South America

[edit] Europe

[edit] Australia

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Kernkraft 400" (DJ Gius Video Cut) - 3:31
  2. "Kernkraft 400" (Dave Clarke Remix) - 5:42
  3. "Kernkraft 400" (DJ Gius Remix) - 6:09
  4. "Kernkraft 400" (Original Mix) - 4:46
  5. "Kernkraft 400" (Miss Kittin & The Hacker Remix) - 5:17
  6. "Kernkraft 400" (Live In Berlin) - 5:34

[edit] Official Versions

  • "Kernkraft 400" (Original Mix) - 4:46
  • "Kernkraft 400" (Dave Clarke Remix) - 5:42
  • "Kernkraft 400" (DJ Gius Remix) - 6:09
  • "Kernkraft 400" (DJ Gius Video Cut) - 3:31
  • "Kernkraft 400" (Live In Berlin) - 5:34
  • "Kernkraft 400" (Miss Kittin & The Hacker Remix) - 5:17

[edit] Unofficial Versions

  • "Kernkraft 400" (Chris Schweizer Bootleg)

[edit] Charts

Chart (2000) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[15] 10
Canadian RPM Dance Chart[16] 1
France (SNEP)[17] 100
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[18] 5
UK Singles Chart[19] 2
US Billboard Hot 100[20] 99

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up-Jfe4Y6Vo
  2. ^ http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/singles/id.14167/title.game-f-lil-wayne-red-nation-prod-cool-dre
  3. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1gv1iszSqk
  4. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLuzLJPbh58
  5. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh9yt3O36E8
  6. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xnj3Hf5PdU
  7. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHeeiYHS7Xc
  8. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNZ21W5Eme0
  9. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR9V0PSMvN4
  10. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4VoX_sxpRw
  11. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gL4cMtzQ
  12. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PC4SCb_W5k
  13. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq1Ilo5E26s
  14. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaEXuGKxZCc
  15. ^ "Ultratop.be – Zombie Nation – Kernkraft 400" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
  16. ^ RPM: issue date September 18, 2000
  17. ^ "Lescharts.com – Zombie Nation – Kernkraft 400" (in French). Les classement single. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
  18. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl - Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Zombie+Nation&titel=Kernkraft+400&cat=s. Retrieved 2010-12-09. 
  19. ^ http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/1/2000-09-30/
  20. ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/zombie-nation/chart-history/369055
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