Spring nicht
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| Single by Tokio Hotel from the album Zimmer 483 |
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| B-side | In die Nacht | |
| Released | April 7, 2007 (Germany) | |
| Format | CD single, digital download | |
| Genre | Alternative rock | |
| Label | Universal | |
| Writer(s) | Dave Roth, David Jost, Peter Hoffmann, Patrick Benzner, Bill Kaulitz, Tom Kaulitz | |
| Producer | Dave Roth, David Jost, Peter Hoffmann, Patrick Benzner | |
| Tokio Hotel singles chronology | ||
| "Übers Ende der Welt" (2007) |
"Spring Nicht" (2007) |
"Monsoon" (2007) |
| “Don't Jump” | ||
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| Single by Tokio Hotel from the album Scream |
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| B-side | Geh | |
| Released | April 4, 2008 (Europe) | |
| Format | CD single | |
| Genre | Alternative rock | |
| Label | Universal | |
| Writer(s) | Dave Roth, David Jost, Peter Hoffmann, Patrick Benzner, Bill Kaulitz, Tom Kaulitz | |
| Producer | Dave Roth, David Jost, Peter Hoffmann, Patrick Benzner | |
| Tokio Hotel singles chronology | ||
| "Scream" (2007) |
"Don't Jump" (2008) |
"Heilig" (2008) |
"Spring Nicht'" and "Don't Jump" are rock songs by German alternative rock band Tokio Hotel. The German version of the song, "Spring nicht", was released as the second single from their second album Zimmer 483.
The song was later translated and re-recorded as "Don't Jump" for the band's first English-language album Scream. In 2008, a music video for "Don't Jump" was released on February 8th, and it was released as an official single on April 4th.
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[edit] Music & lyrics
Spring Nicht means "Don't jump", and was written to encourage teenagers to seek other solutions to their problems, instead of suicide. Despite the uproar the video caused, lead singer Bill Kaulitz, who co-wrote the song, says that he has never had any thoughts of suicide.
[edit] Music video
The music video for the German version, "Spring Nicht", which takes place at night, starts with lead singer Bill Kaulitz, in a long black leather coat, walking through a city past men robbing a store and another man stealing from a homeless person. At the same time, another version of Bill (without his usual makeup and in plain clothes) is standing on top of a multi-story car park, teary-eyed and apparently ready to jump. While several people notice the suicidal figure on top of the building, no one undertakes any action; except Bill's other self who rushes into the parking structure and runs up the flights of stairs until he reaches the roof. There, the two versions look at each other and a third version of Bill (identical to the suicidal version) is created. The third version walks away from the roof safely, while the suicidal version falls off the building and the version in the long coat simply disappears, making it unclear whether or not anyone has really committed suicide. Shots of the entire band performing inside the multi-story car park are shown throughout the video.
The music video for the English version, "Don't Jump", is identical to the video for the German-language original "Spring Nicht". Because of the uproar surrounding the video for the German-language video, the English-language video does not feature shots of the suicidal version of Bill falling off the building.
This is the only Tokio Hotel video in which Bill can be seen without his usual makeup (apart from several archive images shown in the video for "An deiner Seite")
[edit] Charts
| Chart (2007) 1 | Peak position [1] |
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| Austrian Singles Chart | 7 |
| Czech Republic Singles Chart | 19 |
| Danish Singles Chart | 10 |
| EURO 200 Chart | 20 |
| French Singles Chart | 9 |
| German Singles Chart | 3 |
| Switzerland Singles Chart | 21 |
| Chart (2008) 2 | Peak position |
| Belgium Singles Chart 3 | 39 |
| Dutch Singles Chart | 9 |
| Dutch Top 40 | 22 |
| Portuguese Single Charts[2] | 2 |
| Spanish Top 40[3] | 24 |
Notes
- 1: First table of Chart positions(2007) are of the German version, "Spring nicht"
- 2: Second table of Chart positions(2008) are of the English version, "Don't Jump"
- 3: The German version, "Spring nicht", entered the chart during 2008.
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