Krank (song)

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"Krank"
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Single by KMFDM
Released8 March 2011 [1]
Recorded2010
Genre Industrial rock, electro-industrial
Label Metropolis, KMFDM, Dependent
Songwriter(s) Sascha Konietzko
Producer(s) KMFDM
KMFDM singles chronology
"Day of Light"
(2010)		"Krank"
(2011)		"Amnesia"
(2012)
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"Krank"

"Krank" is a song by industrial rock group KMFDM, the first single from their seventeenth studio album, WTF?! . It was released in North America on 8 March 2011 on the KMFDM and Metropolis record labels, [1] and in Europe on 11 March 2011 [2] on the Dependent label. [3] None of the tracks on the Krank release are on the album, as the album features a different version of Krank, and does not feature any version of Day Of Light . [1] [4] The single features remixes by band leader Sascha Konietzko, former band members Tim Skold and Bill Rieflin, and Sebastian Komor of Icon of Coil. [1]

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Cover art

The single's cover image was designed by longtime KMFDM cover artist Aidan "Brute!" Hughes, [1] who said that he was asked by band founder Sascha Konietzko to create an illustration of the entire band. He used a variety of photos from the band's last tour and individually sketched all the band members before layering them together [5] to create a caricatured group image. [1]

Video

The band released a video for the song, their first in nine years, [4] and first official video since 1997's "Megalomaniac" video. [2] The video, which was simultaneously recorded in Seattle, Hamburg, and Portland, Oregon, was produced by Kelly Raine. [2] The band released a teaser for the video a few weeks before the release of the single, [6] which was then temporarily sold out on the band's website due to high demand. [7]

Reception

"Krank" has been generally well received. The song was described as "adrenalin-pumping" and "self-assured" by Ross Hoon of Dominion Magazine . [8] Mike Kieffer of Auxiliary Magazine [9] called the single "nothing groundbreaking, yet still good", [10] adding that the single hinted that the upcoming album WTF?! could be great. [10] Niggels Uhlenbruch of Reflections of Darkness called the song "an aggressive stomper in the best KMFDM tradition", but also commented that it was "a bit like KMFDM by numbers". [11] He described the mixes of the song as ready for club play. [11]

In its second week of release, the song "Krank" reached No. 5 on the DAC German Alternative Chart. [12] It also reached No. 15 on the US Billboard Top 100 Singles Chart and No. 3 on the US Billboard Top 25 Dance Singles Chart. [13]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)RemixerLength
1."Krank (Käptn' K Mix)" Sascha Konietzko Sascha Konietzko4:23
2."Krank (Komor Kommando Mix)"Konietzko Sebastian Komor 4:55
3."Krank (Knark Mix)"Konietzko Tim Skold 4:36
4."Day of Light (Revenge Mix)"Jules Hodgson, Konietzko, William Wilson Bill Rieflin 4:23
5."Day of Light (24/7 Mix)"Hodgson, Konietzko, Wilson 5:00
Total length:23:17

Personnel

Musicians

Additional personnel

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  2. 1 2 3 Kuhn, Sebastian (March 11, 2011). "KMFDM – New single & video". Reflections of Darkness. Retrieved March 12, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Dependent: KMFDM - Krank" . Retrieved March 12, 2011.
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