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"Sonne"
Single by Rammstein
from the album Mutter
B-side
Released12 February 2001
RecordedMay and June 2000
StudioMiraval (Correns, France)
Genre
Length4:32
LabelMotor
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Rammstein singles chronology
"Asche zu Asche"
(2001) 		"Sonne"
(2001) 		"Links 2-3-4"
(2001)

"Sonne" (German for "Sun") is a song by the German Neue Deutsche Härte group Rammstein. It was the first single released from the 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.[1]

The music video for the band's 2019 single "Deutschland" features a piano-based version of "Sonne" on the ending credits.[2]

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 in the Making Of Sonne video, the video came out of a video Oliver (bassist) did mixing the "Sonne" song and parts of the Snow White movie 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 is longer and has more scenes in it (ex: Snow White smoking a cigarette while looking at a gold ring).

Live performances

Heino and Rammstein 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 Sehnsucht Tour before the Mutter album was released and the respective tour started, and those concerts were the only time the third verse of the song was sung. When played live, the band usually omits the final stanza, and instead they play 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 played paired with "Ich Will" during the encores in most Rammstein concerts to date, this has been changed however since 2009.

  • It was featured as the opening song on the very first episode of Kerrang! TV, with Marilyn Manson speaking before the song kicked in.[3]
  • An excerpt of "Sonne" was used in the 2002 movie FeardotCom, when the psychopathic torturist abducted an aspiring actress.
  • The song has become a regular feature on the Moroccan Desert Race, the Tuareg Rally. As the German organisers play it at loud volume each morning at 06.00 across the race hotel to awaken the competitors.
  • The female vocals in the song "Sonne" are samples (called Lamenting 6, 7, 8, and 10) from the music library Symphony of Voices by Spectrasonics.[4] Paul Romero also used the lamenting samples in the 1999 game Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor. This sample may be heard in the outside Ambient Music. They can also be heard in the Australian TV series "Underbelly".
  • Hardcore producer and DJ Angerfist samples the Rammstein song in his track "Criminally Insane", from his album Pissin' Razorbladez,[5] using the outro of the original song where the vocal sample is used.
  • Metalcore band Caliban and Schlager/ traditional Volksmusik singer Heino have done a cover.
  • The full lyrics appears in the story "Anedonia" of the comics Rigel by Elena de' Grimani, with permission from the band.[6]

Track listing

  1. "Sonne" – 4:32
  2. "Adios" – 3:48
  3. "Sonne" (Clawfinger K.O. Remix) – 4:11
  4. "Sonne" (Clawfinger T.K.O. Remix) – 5:52
  5. "Sonne" (Instrumental) – 4:31
  • Also available as a 2-track CD, featuring "Sonne" and "Adios".

Weekly charts

Chart (2001) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[7] 5
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[8] 44
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[9] 9
Invalid chart entered Germany2 2
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[10] 24
Spain (AFYVE)[11] 6
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[12] 42
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[13] 18

References

  1. ^ Rammstein Press: Maternity Leave | Herzeleid.com | The number one source for Rammstein
  2. ^ "Rammstein - Deutschland (Official Video)". 28 March 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  3. ^ First Kerrang Episode – http://www.tv-ark.org.uk/mivana/mediaplayer.php?id=4d39fce97df33422bf5729adee4515be&media=kerrang_launch020401&type=mp4
  4. ^ herzeleid.com: Mutter
  5. ^ Angerfist's "Criminally Insane" at whosampled.com
  6. ^ ""Rigel Anedonia": il ritorno del personaggio di Elena de' Grimani a Lucca Comics & Games". Lo Spazio Bianco (in Italian). 28 October 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  7. ^ "Rammstein – Sonne" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  8. ^ "Rammstein – Sonne" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  9. ^ "Rammstein: Sonne" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  10. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Rammstein" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  11. ^ "Spanish Charts – Rammstein – Sonne". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  12. ^ "Rammstein – Sonne". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  13. ^ "Rammstein – Sonne". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
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