Ohne dich

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"Ohne dich"
"Ohne dich" cover
Single by Rammstein
from the album Reise, Reise
Released November 22, 2004
Format CD
Recorded El Cortijo Studio, Málaga, 2003
Genre Industrial Metal
Length 4:32
Label Motor (Part of UMG)
Producer(s) Jacob Hellner and Rammstein
Chart positions
Rammstein singles chronology
"Amerika"
(2004)
"Ohne Dich"
(2004)
"Keine Lust"
(2005)

"Ohne dich" (Without you) is a song by German band Rammstein from the album Reise, Reise. It is seen as expressing mourning over the loss of a loved person. It was released as the third single from the album on 22 November 2004 in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Other countries' releases followed up from that date. It follows a slow, even romantic ballad style. The central motif is Without you, I cannot be, without you..., With you, I am also alone, without you...

The single includes as its 6th track the so-called beta version of what should have been part of Mutter. Indeed, Ohne dich was planned for Mutter, but then dismissed. Both versions, the current and the beta version, are very similar. Much of the instrumentation is the same for both versions, except the beta version has heavier drums and added electronic sounds While in the Reise, Reise version, the strings and oboe are more visible and Lindemann's voice is softer.

During those of the live shows that Apocalyptica was the support act during the band's Reise, Reise tour in 2004-2005, they played the cellos in the song live.

[edit] Video

The video was filmed in the Kaun Valley and on the Pitz Valley glacier in Tyrol, Austria. It shows the band climbing in the mountains when Rammstein's vocalist Till Lindemann falls and gets badly hurt. The song then ends and there's a quiet minute as the band sits in the tent and Till longingfully watches up on a mountain peak. The music starts again as the band starts to climb up on a mountain, carrying Till on their shoulders. In the end, they reach the mountain peak, Till takes a look around and dies with a satisfied smile.

[edit] Track listing

  1. Ohne dich (Album Edit)
  2. Ohne dich (Mina Harker's Version - Remix by Laibach)
  3. Ohne dich (Sacred Mix - Remix by Sven Helbig)
  4. Ohne dich (Schiller Mix)
  5. Ohne dich (Under Byen Remix)
  6. Ohne dich (Beta Version)


[edit] Trivia

  1. The song was recently covered by Slovenian industrial band Laibach.



Rammstein
Till Lindemann | Christian "Flake" Lorenz | Christoph "Doom" Schneider | Richard Z. Kruspe | Oliver Riedel | Paul H. Landers
Discography
Albums: Demos - 1994 | Herzeleid | Sehnsucht | Mutter | Reise, Reise | Rosenrot
Singles: Du riechst so gut | Seemann | Engel | Du hast | Das Modell | Du riechst so gut '98 | Stripped | Single Collection | Asche zu Asche | Sonne | Links 2 3 4 | Ich will | Mutter | Feuer frei! | Schtiel | Mein Teil | Amerika | Ohne dich | Keine Lust | Benzin | Rosenrot | Mann gegen Mann
VHS and DVDs: Live aus Berlin | Lichtspielhaus | Völkerball
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