Shark (song)

shark
Rammstein
publication	May 28, 2010
length	3:45
Genre (s)	New German Hardness
Author (s)	Rammstein
Label	Universal Music
album	Love is there for everyone

Shark is a song by the New German Hardness - band Rammstein , who as the third single from her sixth studio album, Love is there for everyone was extracted. The CD was released on May 28, 2010 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, in all other countries from May 31, 2010 and in the USA from June 1, 2010. In addition to the original by Haifisch, the maxi CD contains three remix versions by Hurts , Olsen Involtini and Schwefelgelb .

song

The refrain is based heavily on The Moritat by Mackie Messer from Brecht's Threepenny Opera, which premiered in 1928 .

"And the shark, he has teeth
and he wears them on his face
and Macheath, he has a knife
but you can't see the knife."

- Mackie Messer’s morality

"And the shark, he has tears
and they run down his face
but the shark lives in the water
so you can't see the tears."

- shark

The text of the stanzas is primarily based on the word "hold" and its modifications. For example in the first stanza:

“We stick together.
We endure each other.
We stick to each other,
nobody stops us.

We are loyal to you.
We stick to it
and stick to the rules
if they let us be regulated. "

- shark

Music video

Marquardt Castle

The music video was first shown on Friday April 23, 2010 on the band's official MySpace page. The video was again developed together with director Joern Heitmann . The shooting location was Marquardt Castle near Potsdam , and the shooting took place on November 2, 2009.

There are numerous references to media events in the video. At the beginning, the sexual abuse scandal of the Catholic Church is briefly alluded to by the priest stroking a little boy's head.

The video deliberately contradicts the lyrics in which the group is sung about as a firmly cohesive unit in which each other is always taken into consideration.

The video shows Till Lindemann's funeral , to which, in addition to numerous women and children - presumed former love affairs between Lindemann and the children he conceived - Marilyn Manson (a double) and other prominent mourners as well as the remaining five band members appear. They accept the condolences with serious expressions in order to discuss a successor to Lindemann in unobserved moments. To do this, look at photos by Henry Rollins and James Hetfield . There is an argument between two ex-Lindemanns who degenerates into fights in front of the closed coffin that is laid out. Another female mourner is on the phone during the coffin procession, while a second woman traces her lips. A third person urinates behind a tree in the cemetery.

The remaining band members are also disingenuous to one another. All five assume that Lindemann was killed and suspect each other. For this purpose, scenes from old Rammstein videos ( You have ; Without you ; America ; No desire and sun ) are taken up and reinterpreted in such a way that each of the five would have had a reason or an opportunity to murder. Two murders of Till Lindemann are also based on classic films such as Reservoir Dogs and Sieben .

At the funeral feast, there is a fight between the two guitarists that spreads to all members. At the end of this, Christian “Flake” Lorenz falls into Lindemann's grave and smashes the lid of the coffin. He discovers, amazed, that the coffin is empty. This is followed by a change of scene to the Hawaiian island of Oahu . You can see how a mustached Till Lindemann (accompanied by a woman) sends a postcard with the text “Greetings from the ass of the world” to the other band members.

Contributors

The following people contributed to the song:

• Christian Lorenz : Keyboard , music, text , production
• Christoph Schneider : drums , percussion , music, text, production
• Oliver Riedel : E-bass , music, lyrics, production
• Paul Landers : rhythm guitar , backing vocals , music, lyrics, production
• Richard Kruspe : lead guitar , background vocals, music, lyrics, production
• Till Lindemann : vocals , music, lyrics, production

• Emanuel Fialik: Management
• Jacob Hellner: Production
• Florian Ammon: Engineer
• Ulf Kruckenberg: Engineer
• Scott Church: Engineer Assistant
• Nico Essig: Engineer Assistant
• Michael Scully: Engineer Assistant
• Tom van Heesch: Engineer Assistant
• Rossi Rossberg: drum technician
• Erik Broheden: Mastering
• Henrik Jonsson: Mastering
• Stefan Glaumann: Mixing
• Joern Heitmann : music video director

Charts

Haifisch is after pussy and I'm hurting you the third and final single release from the album Love is for everyone . By placing Haifisch on the French charts, France is the only country where all three singles have made it into the charts.

Chart placements

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	33 (2 weeks)	2

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.rammstein.de ( Memento from October 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on May 11, 2010
2. ↑ Complete text of the Mackie Messer Moritat : The Mackie Messer Moritat
3. ↑ Haifisch - Video Premiere! www.rammstein.de/blog/ ( Memento from April 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ rammstein.de: History , accessed on May 27, 2018
5. ↑ DVD Rammstein Videos 1995 - 2012 , original sounds from band members in the making-of for Haifisch , DVD 3, Universal Music Domestic Division, 2012
6. ↑ Contributors: I hurt you on Discogs
7. ↑ Chart source at officialcharts.de

Web links

• Shark on Discogs.com
• Shark on austriancharts.at
• Music video for "Haifisch" on YouTube
• Making-of for “Haifisch” on YouTube