Adieu (Rammstein song)

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"Adieu"
RammsteinAdieuSingleCover.webp
Single by Rammstein
from the album Zeit
LanguageGerman
English titleFarewell
A-side "Adieu"
B-side "Adieu - RMX by Richard Z. Kruspe
Adieu - RMX by Andrea Marino"
Released25 November 2022
Recorded2021
Studio La Fabrique (Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France)
Genre Neue Deutsche Härte
Length4:39
Label Universal
Songwriter(s)
Rammstein singles chronology
"Angst"
(2022)
"Adieu"
(2022)
Music video
"Adieu" on YouTube

"Adieu" (French for Farewell) is a song by German industrial metal band Rammstein, released as the fifth single from their eighth studio album Zeit .

Contents

Music video

A music video for the song was released on 24 November 2022. [1]

The music video took place in the Palais Garnier and in a studio in Paris, France. It was directed by the German director Specter Berlin, who had already directed Deutschland.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Adieu"4:39
2."Adieu" (RMX by Richard Z. Kruspe)4:42
3."Adieu" (RMX by Andrea Marino)4:04

Charts

Chart performance for "Adieu"
Chart (2022)Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [2] 48
Germany (GfK) [3] 13
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [4] 56

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References

  1. "Rammstein - Adieu (Official Video)". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
  2. "Rammstein – Adieu" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved June 2022.
  3. "Rammstein – Adieu" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  4. "Rammstein – Adieu". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 3 June 2022.