Sonne (Rammstein song)

"Sonne"
Single by Rammstein
from the album Mutter
Released 12 February 2001
Format CD
Recorded Studio Miraval, France, 2000
Genre Neue Deutsche Härte, industrial metal
Length 4:32
Label Motor
Producer(s) Jacob Hellner and Rammstein
Rammstein singles chronology
"Asche zu Asche"
(2001)		 "Sonne"
(2001)		 "Links 2-3-4"
(2001)

"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]


Weekly charts

Chart (2001) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[2] 5
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[3] 44
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[4] 9
Germany (Official German Charts)[5] 2
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[6] 24
Spain (AFYVE)[7] 6
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[8] 42
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[9] 18

Music video

The video features the band as dwarves mining gold for Snow White. Apparently, this came about while several 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).

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.

Live Performance

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 Big Day Out festival 2001, 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.

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

References

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