Warum werde ich nicht satt?

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"Warum werde ich nicht satt?"
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Single by Die Toten Hosen
from the album Unsterblich
ReleasedSeptember 11, 2000
Genre Punk rock, heavy metal, thrash metal, punk jazz
Length3:28
Label JKP
Songwriter(s) Andreas Frege
Michael Breitkopf
Andreas von Holst
Die Toten Hosen singles chronology
"Bayern"
(2000)
"Warum werde ich nicht satt?"
(2000)
"Was zählt"
(2001)

"Warum werde ich nicht satt?" (roughly Why am I not satisfied?) is a song by Die Toten Hosen. It's the fourth single and the third track from the album Unsterblich .

Contents

It's narrated by a wealthy man, who nevertheless isn't happy with what he's got and contemplates, why he's not fed up yet with all of it.

Music video

The music video was directed by Wim Wenders.

Campino plays a rich, successful man, who lives in a futuristic house with a sexy woman (Michaela Schaffrath). During the chorus he is seen in a normal middle-class home. Later in the song he begins to decrease in size, whereas the persona in the middle-class apartment starts to grow.

Track listing

  1. "Warum werde ich nicht satt?" (Breitkopf, von Holst/Frege) − 3:28
  2. "Babylon's Burning" (Jennings, Ruffy, Owen, Fox) − 4:25 (The Ruts cover)
  3. "Should I Stay or Should I Go" (Mick Jones/Joe Strummer) − 2:43 (The Clash cover)

Charts

YearCountryPosition
2000 Germany 38

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