"Friedenspanzer" (in

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: ''Peace tank'') is a

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song by

Die Ärzte Die Ärzte (; ) is a German rock band from Berlin. The band has released 14 studio albums. The group consists of guitarist Farin Urlaub, drummer Bela B and bass player Rodrigo González. All three write and perform their songs. History Ea ...

. It's the thirteenth track and the third single from their 1993 album ''

Die Bestie in Menschengestalt ''Die Bestie in Menschengestalt'' (German for "The beast in human form") is the fifth album by German rock band Die Ärzte. It is also the first album with their new bassist Rodrigo González and a comeback album after a five-year hiatus. Track ...

''. This song is about a war machine, that spreads

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and solutions for problems in the

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, and helps people. "Friedenspanzer" and "Schopenhauer" on the

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are identical versions as on the usual single. The opening lines "Ich möchte eine Welt, in der Würmer und Insekten endlich wieder schmecken. Ich möchte eine Welt, in der ich aus einer Toilette trinken kann ohne Ausschlag zu kriegen." (''I want a world, where

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s and

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s are tasty again. I want a world, where I can drink out of the

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without getting a

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.'') are samples from the end of the German version of the film " The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear".

The video

The video features the band performing live and in between showing clips of scenes in a

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, where the band members and

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s at different times are, later having all the band members and a whole lot of

s singing in there.

Personnel

Bela B. Dirk Albert Felsenheimer (born 14 December 1962),''Die Ärzte. Ein überdimensionales Meerschwein frisst die Erde auf'', p. 80 better known under his stage name Bela B (formerly Bela B.), is a German musician, songwriter, actor and author, b ...

– vocals (verses), drums * Rodrigo González – vocals (chorus and bridge), bass *

Farin Urlaub Jan Vetter (born 27 October 1963), better known as Farin Urlaub. (from the German ''Fahr in Urlaub!'', "Go on holiday!"), is a German singer, guitarist and songwriter. He is best known as the guitarist/vocalist for punk rock band Die Ärzte. He ...

– guitar

Track listing

2 track CD/Vinyl single

# "Friedenspanzer (Neue Super-Fassung, ehrlich!)" (González/Felsenheimer) - 4:00 # "Schopenhauer (Auch neu, auch super, auch ehrlich)" (Urlaub) - 3:06

5" Maxi CD

# "Friedenspanzer" (Gonzalez/Felsenheimer) - 4:00 # "Die Wikingjugend hat mein Mädchen entführt" (The Ramones/Felsenheimer) - 2:28 # "Stick It Out/ What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body" (Frank Zappa) - 3:08 # "Die Allerschürfste (Outtake)" (Urlaub) - 1:30 # "Schopenhauer (Neu)" (Urlaub) - 3:06

B-sides

* "Die Wikingjugend hat mein Mädchen entführt" is the German version of

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"; the song was on " Blitzkrieg over You!: A Tribute to the Ramones". * Both "Stick It Out" and "What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body?" are

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covers with partly

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texts. * The original versions of "Die Allerschürfste" and "Schopenhauer" are from "

Charts

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