Release the hemp!
| Release the hemp! | |
|---|---|
| Stefan Raab feat. Shaggy | |
| publication | November 25, 2002 |
| length | 3:38 |
| Genre (s) | Reggae , pop |
| Author (s) | Stefan Raab |
| text | Stefan Raab |
| music | Stefan Raab |
| Label | Rare (Raab Records) |
Release the hemp! is a song by Stefan Raab together with the Reggae - Pop singer Shaggy from 2002. It is based on the sample of a dictum of Grünen- politician Hans-Christian Stroebele .
Raab raps with a disguised voice in the style of a reggae musician. The sample serves as a refrain, supplemented by a sung “eieiei” and some toasts . The first two stanzas are sung by Raab, the third and last stanza is sung by Shaggy. The accompanying video shows Stefan Raab and a number of musicians in a chilled atmosphere in a kind of living room making music and dancing. Raab himself plays the guitar or sits in a recliner. Shaggy's part is played on a television, which also shows the film material with Ströbele from the Hanfparade.
background
Hans-Christian Ströbele made the exclamation “Release the hemp! - Immediately! ”During the Hanfparade 2002 in Berlin . He directed it to several police officers who stopped a Green Youth car and confiscated several hemp plants that were used as decorations. These plants contained only a small amount of THC and "came from state-sponsored, legal cultivation in the Uckermark ". The plants had previously been approved as decoration. Stefan Raab discovered the quote on a TV show and presented it on his TV Total show . After his broadcast he composed a rap song with Shaggy around the sample and made a video for it.
Ströbele only found out about the video afterwards. He initially considered filing a lawsuit, but then appeared on an episode of TV Total in which he stated that the play was serving his goals. Although he wouldn't use marijuana himself , he has been advocating legalization for several years . After he was initially promised a sale, Ströbele commissioned a lawyer in January 2003 to assert his copyrights. He was awarded a total of 20,000 euros, which he donated to a campaign for hemp legalization and drug prevention .
In fact, the saying is grammatically incorrect. Hemp is masculine in German , so it should have been "Give the hemp free!"
publication
On November 25, 2002, the single was released on Raab's own label Rare (Raab Records). The single contains different versions of the song as well as the music video. The song also appeared on the soundtrack CD sampler TV Total Vol. 3 on March 27, 2003 .
- Release the Hemp (Radio Edit) - 3:38
- Raise the dance floor! (Soul Mix) - 3:59
- Release the Hemp (Extended Mix) - 6:20
- Release the Hemp (Instrumental) - 3:36
The single reached the top 10 of the German single charts and was ranked 13th in Austria and 40th in Switzerland.
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 2002 | Release the hemp! TV total Vol. 3 |
DE4 (9 weeks) DE |
AT13 (9 weeks) AT |
CH40 (6 weeks) CH |
First release: November 25, 2002
feat. Shaggy |
Web links
Release the hemp! at MusicBrainz
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans-Christian Ströbele : "Give the hemp free". Official website of Hans-Christian Ströbele, January 28, 2004, accessed September 25, 2013 .
- ↑ a b David Heimburger: Raab raps Ströbele to new popularity. In: Spiegel Online . December 12, 2002, accessed September 25, 2013 .
- ↑ Raab pays Ströbele 20,000 euros for “Release the hemp”. In: Schwäbische Zeitung . January 14, 2003, accessed September 25, 2013 .
- ↑ Anett Seidler: Is Parliament becoming a stoner booth? In: The world . December 15, 2012, accessed September 27, 2013 .
- ↑ "Release the hemp" - Stefan Raab feat. Shaggy now on CD. Brainpool , November 22, 2002, accessed September 25, 2013 .
- ↑ Chart sources: Singles DE AT CH