Gasoline (song)

petrol
Rammstein
publication	October 7, 2005
length	3:48
Genre (s)	New German Hardness
Author (s)	Rammstein , Jacob Hellner
Label	Universal Music
album	Rose red

Petrol is a song by the German metal band Rammstein . It is the first single from the Rosenrot album and was released on October 7, 2005. The song was played for the first time in Berlin's Wuhlheide on June 23, 2005.

According to Oliver Riedel and Christian Lorenz , the lyrics to the song were written at the request of rhythm guitarist Paul Landers . He suggested to singer and lyricist Till Lindemann in 1999 that he write a song about gasoline because he liked the word. Lindemann had previously asked his bandmates to make text suggestions so that the entire responsibility for the Rammstein lyrics would not rest with him.

Track list of the single

1. Gasoline - 3:48
2. Petrol (Combustion Remix by Meshuggah ) - 5:06
3. Petrol (Smallstars Remix by Ad Rock) - 3:44
4. Petrol (Kerosinii Remix by Apocalyptica ) - 3:49

• Also released as a 2-track CD with gasoline and gasoline (Combustion Remix by Meshuggah).

Music video

The video was released on September 16, 2005. The three-day shooting took place in mid-August 2005 under the direction of Uwe Flade. Parts were filmed in the listed Schillerpark fire station in Berlin-Wedding .

The video shows five band members as shabby and chaotic firefighters doing more harm than good. In computer-animated video sequences, they drive to an operation in a two-story high fire truck, which is based on a W50 produced in the GDR , and demolish everything that comes in their way. When they reach their destination, they see bandmate Flake , who is standing on a high-rise and is about to jump. In order to save him, a jumping mat is stretched, but it tears after Flake jumped in the last scene of the video.

Flake was sick during the video shoot and was therefore doubled . The skyscraper in the video is Die Pyramid in Berlin.

Live performance

At concerts since 2009, Rammstein staged a show during the live performance of the song, in which a stuntman disguised as a fan climbs onto the stage and is lit by singer Till Lindemann with a flamethrower that comes from the nozzle of a gas pump.

Chart placements

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	6th (9 weeks)	9
Austria (Ö3)	11 (14 weeks)	14th
Switzerland (IFPI)	15th (13 weeks)	13
United Kingdom (OCC)	58 (1 week)	1

Web links

• Music video for "Petrol" on YouTube
• Making-of for "gasoline" on YouTube

Individual evidence

1. ↑ rammstein.de: Petrol ( Memento of the original from January 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ rammstein-austria.com: Reise Reise Tour
3. ↑ breakoutmagazin.de: Suspicious hits from the crypt , issue 08/2005, accessed on July 30, 2017
4. ↑ Flake: Today is the world's birthday , p. 199, S. Fischer Verlag, 1st edition, 2017, ISBN 978-3-10-397263-4 .
5. ↑ rammstein.de: History
6. ↑ rammstein-austria.com: Single gasoline
7. ↑ Universal Music Domestic Division, DVD: Rammstein Videos 1995-2012 , making-of for gasoline , DVD 2, exterior view of the fire station from 0:08 min.
8. ↑ dw.com: HIT-Clip: Rammstein - Gasoline (2005) ( Memento of the original from January 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
9. ↑ YouTube: Rammstein (Official) - Gasoline (Live from Madison Square Garden)
10. ↑ Gasoline in the official German charts
11. ↑ Gasoline in the Austrian charts
12. ↑ Gasoline in the Swiss charts
13. ↑ Gasoline in the British charts