Wie es geht

"Wie es geht"
Single by Die Ärzte
from the album Runter mit den Spendierhosen, Unsichtbarer!
Released August 21, 2000
Genre Punk rock, Pop punk
Length 3:40
3:58 (album version)
Label Hot Action Records
Writer(s) Farin Urlaub
Producer(s) Uwe Hoffmann & Die Ärzte
Die Ärzte singles chronology
"Die Schönen und das Biest: Elke (live)"
(1999)
"Wie es geht"
(2000)
"Manchmal haben Frauen..."
(2000)

"Wie es geht" ("How to do it", lit. "How it goes") is a punk song by Die Ärzte. It is the first track and the first single from their 2000 album Runter mit den Spendierhosen, Unsichtbarer!. The singer addresses a woman, trying several times to tell her "I love you", but keeps on ending up saying "(I just don't know) how to do it"; at the end of the song he finally manages to say the words.

The packaging of the single was made to resemble a cheap, consumer level CD-R and alludes to music piracy.

The video

In the video, most of the time, the band is performing the song on a yacht. Other scenes include the band driving a motorboat and Farin singing to different women.

Track listing

  1. "Wie es geht" (Urlaub) - 3:40
  2. "Poser, du bist ein..." (Felsenheimer) - 2:00
  3. "Die Instrumente des Orchesters" (Urlaub) - 2:36
  4. "Kpt. Blaubär (Extended Version)" (Urlaub, Felsenheimer, Gonzalez) - 4:17
  5. "Halsabschneider" (Urlaub) - 1:28

B-sides

Charts

Year Country Position
2000 Germany 5
2000 Austria 12
2000 Switzerland 36