Das Glockenspiel (English: ''Carillon'' or ''chime of bells'') is the first single from the 1999

Schiller Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (, short: ; 10 November 17599 May 1805) was a German playwright, poet, and philosopher. During the last seventeen years of his life (1788–1805), Schiller developed a productive, if complicated, friendsh ...

debut album, ''Zeitgeist''. It's the debut of Schiller and it was subtitled internationally with the title The Bell. The trance music single was officially released on 31 December 1998 in Germany and was peaking at number 21 on German Singles Chart in 1999 and on number 17 in the UK Singles Chart. The cover art work shows a graphic of a bell. The music video was shot in the United States. The single became famous for featuring a bell-like melody. The song's name is inspired by the poem "Das Lied von der Glocke" (

Song of the Bell The "Song of the Bell" (German: "Das Lied von der Glocke", also translated as "The Lay of the Bell") is a poem that the German poet Friedrich Schiller published in 1798. It is one of the most famous poems of German literature and with 430 lines ...

) by

Friedrich Schiller Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (, short: ; 10 November 17599 May 1805) was a German playwright, poet, and philosopher. During the last seventeen years of his life (1788–1805), Schiller developed a productive, if complicated, friends ...

from 1799. Christopher von Deylen, one of the producers of Schiller, had just read "Die Glocke" by Friedrich Schiller before the song was released. The band's name was also inspired by Friedrich Schiller.

Track listing

Maxi single

Vinyl

Credits and personnel

* Written and produced by Christopher von Deylen and Mirko von Schlieffen * Recorded and mixed at the Homebase Studio in Hamburg * Artwork by Katja Stier * Artwork in Scandinavia by TommyBoy @ Netpointers

Music video

The official

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for "Das Glockenspiel" was shot in the USA by German director

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. It has a length of 3:11 minutes.Das Glockenspiel
at mvdbase The video features a few dancers, four older Asian persons, who are playing a

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game, and a woman in a traditional Asian festival costume. It shows also a ringing bell. The music video was shot in

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, California. The video was aired and became one of the most played music videos on German music television channel

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in 1999.

Charts

References

External links

*
The music video of Das Glockenspiel
*
The single on Discogs
{{authority control Schiller (band) songs 1998 singles Songs written by Christopher von Deylen 1998 songs