Die klügsten Männer der Welt

"Die klügsten Männer der Welt" (often shortened as "DKMDW") [The wisest men in the world] is a song by Die Ärzte. It's the seventh track on CD2 and the fifth single from their 2003 album Geräusch. It's a sarcastic ode to politicians. The CD-single features a computer game "Päcman" and also the video.

The video

Bela B. is playing a simple-minded hillbilly, drinking whisky and singing the song along to a video record of Die Ärzte playing it live, including subtitles for singing karaoke, with the heads of well-known german and international politicians jumping over the syllables. He is also shown doing other mostly absurd things in the country. Later he plays with a toy-tank, destroying toy landmarks of major towns and sends a toy-rocket to the sky. In the end he is riding towards a mushroom cloud. After that the words "...regardless: not electing is helping the wrong ones" can be read on the screen.

Track listing

1. "Die klügsten Männer der Welt" (Felsenheimer) - 4:00
2. "Sprüche III" (Felsenheimer, Urlaub, Gonzalez) - 17:22
3. "Die klügsten Männer der Welt (Video)" (Felsenheimer) - 4:14
4. "Päcman (enhanced CDR-Track)"

Vinyl

1. "Die klügsten Männer der Welt" (Felsenheimer) - 4:00
2. "Sprüche IIIa" (Felsenheimer, Urlaub, Gonzalez) - 6:50
3. "Sprüche IIIb" (Felsenheimer, Urlaub, Gonzalez) - 10:37

B-sides

"Sprüche III" [Patter III] (talk) is from the "Unrockstar"-tour. On the vinyl it's divided into 2 parts - a on the A-side, b on the B-side.

Charts