Schunder-Song
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"Schunder-Song" is a punk
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

 song by Die Ärzte
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 second track from their 1995 album Planet Punk
Planet Punk
Planet Punk is an album released by Die Ärzte on 18 September 1995. According to the band's autobiography, Die Ärzte guitarist Farin Urlaub considers Planet Punk to be their best album.-Track listing:-Personnel:*Farin Urlaub - guitar, vocals...

. The song got the name from Die Ärzte's crew member Erik Schunder. It's about standing up to somebody, who has bullied you all your life. The song describes the revenge
Revenge
Revenge is a harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance, be it real or perceived. It is also called payback, retribution, retaliation or vengeance; it may be characterized, justly or unjustly, as a form of justice.-Function in society:Some societies believe that the...

, by beating the bully up.

Ein Song namens Schunder

Ein Song namens Schunder is the single name of the song. It's the first single from the album Planet Punk
Planet Punk
Planet Punk is an album released by Die Ärzte on 18 September 1995. According to the band's autobiography, Die Ärzte guitarist Farin Urlaub considers Planet Punk to be their best album.-Track listing:-Personnel:*Farin Urlaub - guitar, vocals...

.

The video

The video features the band performing the song on a theatre
Theatre
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 stage
Stage (theatre)
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.

Track listing

  1. "Schunder-Song" (Single-Edit) (Urlaub) - 3:01
  2. "Regierung" (Urlaub, Felsenheimer) - 2:32

Maxi

  1. "Schunder-Song" (Single-Edit) (Urlaub) - 3:01
  2. "Is ja irre" (Urlaub) - 1:22
  3. "Regierung" (Urlaub, Felsenheimer) - 2:32
  4. "Unholy" (Simmons/Vinnie Vincent) - 3:28

B-sides

  • "Regierung" (Government
    Government
    Government refers to the legislators, administrators, and arbitrators in the administrative bureaucracy who control a state at a given time, and to the system of government by which they are organized...

    ) was initially titled "Regierung 1986" and released on a compilation.
  • "Unholy" is the German
    German language
    German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

     version of the song by Kiss
    KISS (band)
    Kiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in January 1973. Well-known for its members' face paint and flamboyant stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid to late 1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood spitting,...

    ; it was first on the Kiss tribute album
    Tribute album
    A tribute album is a recorded collection of cover versions of songs or instrumental compositions. Its concept may be either various artists making a tribute to a single artist, a single artist making a tribute to various artists, or a single artist making a tribute to another single artist.There...

     "Kiss My Ass: Classic Kiss Regrooved
    KISS My Ass: Classic KISS Regrooved
    -Charts:Album - Billboard Singles - Billboard -External links:*...

    ".

Charts

Year Country Position
1995 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...

4
1995 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...

18
1995 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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