"Deutsche Nationalhymne" is a single released by the German hard rock band Bonfire

Bonfire (band)

Bonfire is a German heavy metal band, founded in Ingolstadt, Germany in 1972. Bonfire has a unique history. Currently there are two bands who have held the name. The original group started out as Cacumen, became Bonfire and ended in 2011 as Charade...

 that had not appeared on a previously released album. It was released in 2010 by the imprint LZ Records and the first release by the band under their new contract with Universal Music. The single was only available in Germany and was recorded in support for the 2010 World Cup event in South Africa for the German soccer team. It was a recording of the German National Anthem in a hard rock arrangement. The song managed to enter the Top 10 Songs listing in Germany and it was the first time that a National Anthem had ever entered the Top 50 of any music chart.

Track listing

Band members

• Claus Lessmann
  Claus Lessmann
  Claus Leßmann is the lead singer and guitarist of the German heavy metal band Bonfire. He is the only member and the only singer of Bonfire to have appeared on all of the band's albums. Leßmann is also one of the only remaining original members of the band, the other being lead guitarist Hans Ziller...
  
   - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Hans Ziller
  Hans Ziller
  Hans Ziller is the lead guitarist, backing vocalist and primary composer of the German 1980s melodic hard rock band Bonfire. He founded the band called Cacumen as a teenager in 1972. He has appeared on all of the band's albums, except Knock Out...
  
  - guitar
• Chris Limburg - guitar
• Uwe Köhler - bass
• Dominik Huelshorst - drums, percussion