Männer sind Schweine
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"Männer sind Schweine" is a pop/rock song by Die Ärzte
. It's the thirteenth track from their 1998 album 13
. The tongue-in-cheek lyrics are based on the cliché
of men always wanting sex, warning girls not to fall for their false promises of true love.
. The title is most likely a reference to the 1995 film Babe
, whose German name is "Ein Schweinchen namens Babe", and their former single "Ein Song namens Schunder". It was the band's first single to reach number one in the German charts.
model, Eidos Interactive
officially approved Lara's appearance. It starts with the band performing the song in an old warehouse. When Lara appears, the clip transforms into a John Woo
style action movie including excessive shooting, fist fights and lots of sound effects actually eclipsing the song.
Die Ärzte
Die Ärzte is a punk band from Berlin. Die Ärzte are one of the best-known German punk rock bands and have released over 20 albums. The band consists of guitarist Farin Urlaub, drummer Bela B. and bass player Rodrigo González...
. It's the thirteenth track from their 1998 album 13
13 (Die Ärzte album)
13 is the eighth studio album by Die Ärzte, counting "Debil" as the first, released on May 25, 1998. It is their most successful album. The 13th track, "Männer sind Schweine", is their most successful single....
. The tongue-in-cheek lyrics are based on the cliché
Cliché
A cliché or cliche is an expression, idea, or element of an artistic work which has been overused to the point of losing its original meaning or effect, especially when at some earlier time it was considered meaningful or novel. In phraseology, the term has taken on a more technical meaning,...
of men always wanting sex, warning girls not to fall for their false promises of true love.
Ein Schwein namens Männer
Ein Schwein namens Männer ("A pig called men") is the single name from the song. It's the first single from the album 1313 (Die Ärzte album)
13 is the eighth studio album by Die Ärzte, counting "Debil" as the first, released on May 25, 1998. It is their most successful album. The 13th track, "Männer sind Schweine", is their most successful single....
. The title is most likely a reference to the 1995 film Babe
Babe (film)
Babe is a 1995 Australian-American film directed by Chris Noonan. It is an adaptation of the 1983 novel The Sheep-Pig, also known as Babe: The Gallant Pig in the United States, by Dick King-Smith and tells the story of a pig who wants to be a sheepdog...
, whose German name is "Ein Schweinchen namens Babe", and their former single "Ein Song namens Schunder". It was the band's first single to reach number one in the German charts.
The video
The video clip features a digital Lara CroftLara Croft
Lara Croft is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Square Enix video game series Tomb Raider. She is presented as a beautiful, intelligent, and athletic British archaeologist-adventurer who ventures into ancient, hazardous tombs and ruins around the world...
model, Eidos Interactive
Eidos Interactive
Eidos Interactive Ltd. is a British video game publisher and is a label of Square Enix Europe. As an independent company Eidos plc was headquartered in the Wimbledon Bridge House in Wimbledon, London Borough of Merton....
officially approved Lara's appearance. It starts with the band performing the song in an old warehouse. When Lara appears, the clip transforms into a John Woo
John Woo
John Woo Yu-Sen SBS is a Hong Kong-based film director and producer. Recognized for his stylised films of highly choreographed action sequences, Mexican standoffs, and use of slow-motion, Woo has directed several notable Hong Kong action films, among them, A Better Tomorrow, The Killer, Hard...
style action movie including excessive shooting, fist fights and lots of sound effects actually eclipsing the song.
Track listing
- "Männer sind Schweine" (Urlaub) - 4:28
- "Du bist nicht mein Freund" (Felsenheimer) - 1:38
- "Saufen" (Urlaub) - 3:48
- "Ein Lächeln (für jeden Tag deines Lebens)" (Felsenheimer, Gonzalez, Urlaub) - 4:21
- "Männer sind Schweine (Jetzt noch kürzer!)" (Urlaub) - 3:33
B-sides
- "Du bist nicht mein Freund" ("You are not my friend") is about somebody getting pleasure from gloating the singer.
- "Saufen" ("Boozing") is a drinking songDrinking songA drinking song is a song sung while drinking alcohol. Most drinking songs are folk songs, and may be varied from person to person and region to region, in both the lyrics and in the music...
, ironically written by Farin UrlaubFarin UrlaubJan Ulrich Max Vetter, better known as Farin Urlaub was born on 27 October 1963 in West Berlin, Germany. He is best known as the guitarist/vocalist for the German punk rock band Die Ärzte...
, who's a teetotaller. - "Ein Lächeln (für jeden Tag deines Lebens)" ("A smileSmileA smile is a facial expression formed by flexing the muscles near both ends of the mouth. The smile can also be found around the eyes . Among humans, it is an expression denoting pleasure, joy, happiness, or amusement, but can also be an involuntary expression of anxiety, in which case it is known...
(for every dayDayA day is a unit of time, commonly defined as an interval equal to 24 hours. It also can mean that portion of the full day during which a location is illuminated by the light of the sun...
of your lifeLifeLife is a characteristic that distinguishes objects that have signaling and self-sustaining processes from those that do not, either because such functions have ceased , or else because they lack such functions and are classified as inanimate...
)") features pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
and (later) drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
as the only instruments and the band members whisper each others' nameNameA name is a word or term used for identification. Names can identify a class or category of things, or a single thing, either uniquely, or within a given context. A personal name identifies a specific unique and identifiable individual person, and may or may not include a middle name...
s several times throughout the song, ending in a crescendoCrescendo-In music:*Crescendo, a passage of music during which the volume gradually increases, see Dynamics * Crescendo , a Liverpool-based electronic pop band* "Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue", one of Duke Ellington's longer-form compositions...
. - "Männer sind Schweine (Jetzt noch kürzer!)" ("Now even shorter!") is a shortened radio editRadio editIn music, a radio edit is a modification to make a song more suitable for airplay, whether it be adjusted for length, profanity, subject matter, instrumentation, or form...
lacking the intro.
Charts
| Year | Country | Position |
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| 1998 | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
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| 1998 | Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... |
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| 1998 | Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... |
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