Spiegel (song)

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"Spiegel"
Single by Tic Tac Toe
from the album Comeback
Released19 December 2005
Genre Pop-rap
Length5:08
Label A One Entertainment
Tic Tac Toe singles chronology
"Morgen ist heute schon gestern"
(2000)
"Spiegel"
(2005)
"Keine Ahnung"
(2006)

"Spiegel" (English: "Mirror") is a 2005 song by German pop-rap girl group Tic Tac Toe. It was released as their comeback single in December 2005, after a five-year hiatus. The song was met with commercial success and was a top 10 hit in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. It later appeared on their fourth and final album Comeback .

Contents

The song's lyrics are indicative about personal problems of three fictional individuals at a group psychotherapy, with each Tic Tac Toe member representing a different character. Jazzy takes the role of a teenage girl called Kerstin who has low self-esteem due to her overweight, Ricky is a young woman Michelle whose modelling career is taking its toll on her life, and Lee represents Bernard, a man caught up in a rat race, whose job has a negative impact on his family. In the song's climax, Bernard pulls out a gun and in a rage commits suicide.

Track listing

  1. "Spiegel" – 5:08
  2. "Spiegel" (Radio Edit) – 4:54
  3. "Spiegel" (Radio Short Edit) – 4:18
  4. "Spiegel" (Oacland Remix) – 4:47
  5. "Spiegel" (Aquarian Remix) – 4:48

Charts

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