Mein Herz brennt

"Mein Herz brennt"
Single by Rammstein
from the album Mutter / Made in Germany 1995–2011
B-side
  • "Gib mir deine Augen"
  • remixes
Released
  • 7 December 2012 (piano version)
  • 14 December 2012 (original version)
RecordedMay and June 2000
StudioStudio Miraval, Correns, France
Genre
Length4:39
LabelUniversal
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Rammstein singles chronology
"Mein Land"
(2011)
"Mein Herz brennt"
(2012)
"Deutschland"
(2019)

"Mein Herz brennt" (German for "My heart burns") is a song by German Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein. The song first appeared as the opening track to the band's third studio album, Mutter (2001), and was used as the opening track for concerts during that era. It also appeared on the band's greatest hits album Made in Germany 1995–2011 (2011), being the only song on the album that, at the time of release, had not been released as a single or had a music video. The song was released as a single in 2012 to promote the then-upcoming video collection Videos 1995–2012.[2][3][4] A piano version of the song was released as a single on 7 December 2012.

The song's lyrics involve a narrator describing the terrors of nightmares. The opening line of the song's intro and chorus (Nun, liebe Kinder, gebt fein Acht. Ich habe euch etwas mitgebracht, meaning "Now, dear children, pay attention. I have brought something for you") is taken from the German children's TV show Sandmännchen ("Mr Sandman"), which provided children with a bedtime story. The song's narrator appears as a darker version of the character.

The Swedish dark symphonic metal band ELEINE released a cover version of the song on November 1, 2019.[5][6]

  1. ^ Rosenberg, Axl (28 January 2008). "Symphonic metal is a good tool to help sell your movie". MetalSucks. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  2. ^ News - Rammstein Archived 2012-12-13 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ RAMMSTEIN: Videokollektion und neue Single | News | In-Your-Face.de< Archived 2012-11-28 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ RAMMSTEIN announce DVD collection, new single - #AltSounds Archived 2012-12-04 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "ELEINE - Mein Herz brennt (OFFICIAL VIDEO)". YouTube. 31 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Mein Herz brennt". Spotify.