Sonne (Rammstein song)

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"Sonne"
Sonnesingle.jpg
Single by Rammstein
from the album Mutter
B-side
  • "Adios"
  • Remixes
Released2001
RecordedMay and June 2000
Studio Miraval (Correns, France)
Genre
Length4:32
Label Motor • Universal
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Rammstein singles chronology
"Asche zu Asche"
(2001)		"Sonne"
(2001)		"Links 2 3 4"
(2001)

"Sonne" (German for "sun") is a song by German metal band Rammstein. It was released in 2001, as the first single from their album Mutter . According to Till Lindemann, the song was originally written as an entrance song for the boxer Vitali Klitschko, whose surname was also the working title of the song. [1] The female vocal comes from Spectrasonic's "Symphony of Voices" sample library. [2] [3] The music video for the band's 2019 single "Deutschland" features a piano-based version of "Sonne" in the ending credits. [4]

Contents

Music video

The video features the band as the Seven Dwarfs mining gold for Snow White. According to Paul Landers in the Making of Sonne, the idea came from a video made by Oliver Riedel, who mixed the song with parts of Snow White. The role of Snow White was played by Yulia Stepanova. [5]

In Internet culture

The song gained popularity as a meme in late 2023 on social media platforms such as TikTok and YouTube. The videos often feature a "slowed" version of the chorus along with imagery of Arno Breker's 1939 sculpture "Bereitschaft" ("Readiness").

Live performances

Heino and Rammstein performing Sonne at the Wacken Open Air 2013 Heino with Rammstein at Wacken Open Air 2013 02.jpg
Heino and Rammstein performing Sonne at the Wacken Open Air 2013

The song debuted as "Klitschko" on 16 April 2000. It was very different from the final version released in Mutter .[ citation needed ] It was played in some concerts on the Japanese/Australia-New Zealand leg of the Sehnsucht tour, before Mutter was released and its tour started. These concerts were the only time the third verse of the song was played; when played live, the band usually omits the final stanza, and instead plays a slightly longer intro and outro.[ citation needed ]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Sonne"4:32
2."Adios"3:48
3."Sonne" (Clawfinger K.O. Remix)4:11
4."Sonne" (Clawfinger T.K.O. Remix)5:52
5."Sonne" (instrumental)4:31
Total length:22:54

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for "Sonne"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [22] Gold45,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [23] Silver200,000‡
Streaming
Greece (IFPI Greece) [24] Gold1,000,000†

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
† Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

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