Mutter (song)

"Mutter"
Single by Rammstein
from the album Mutter
B-side	"5/4" Remixes
Released	25 March 2002
Studio	Miraval (Correns, France)
Length	4:28
Label	Motor • Universal
Songwriters	Richard Kruspe Paul Landers Till Lindemann Christian Lorenz Oliver Riedel Christoph Schneider
Producers	Jacob Hellner Rammstein
Rammstein singles chronology
"Ich will" (2001) "Mutter" (2002) "Feuer frei!" (2002)

"Mutter" (German for "mother") is a song by the German band Rammstein, released as the fourth single from the album Mutter. It charted highly in Finland and Belgium.

The single release includes "5/4", an instrumental that includes a toy Speak & Spell dialogue sample.

Overview

"Mutter" tells the story of a child not born from a womb but in an experiment, thus having no true father or mother. The lyrics describe his plan to kill both the mother "who never gave birth to him" and then himself. However, he fails to kill himself, instead ending up mutilated and no better off than before. The child begs and prays for strength, but his dead mother does not answer.

Music video

The video for Mutter follows the story of the song, in which Lindemann portrays a monstrous character who kills his mother and then dumps her body in a river before ending up locked in an underground cage. Lindemann has a bald head and is clad in rags for this role, but also portrays a well-dressed character with long hair who is seen rowing a boat in a swamp.

Track listing

1. Mutter (Radio Edit) - 3:40
2. Mutter (Vocoder Mix) - 4:32
3. 5/4 - 5:30
4. Mutter (Sono's Inkubator Mix) - 7:22

• The 2-track (card sleeve) edition included "Mutter (Radio Edit)" and "5/4".

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "Mutter"

Chart (2002)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [1]	15
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [2]	7
Germany (GfK) [3]	47
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [4]	69

References

1. "Rammstein – Mutter" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
2. "Rammstein: Mutter" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
3. "Rammstein – Mutter" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
4. "Rammstein – Mutter" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 15 April 2022.