"Janine" is a song by German rapper
Bushido
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and the final single from the album ''
Von der Skyline zum Bordstein zurück''. The song contains a sample of "Les Mémoires Blessées" by French band
Dark Sanctuary
Dark Sanctuary is a French neoclassical darkwave, gothic metal band that was formed in Paris in 1996.
History
The band's first official release was a 20-minute single-track music CD, ''Funeral Cry'', released in 1997. At that time, the band c ...
, used without permission. The band sued the rapper for using illegal sampling of eight of their songs, on his album.
A remix produced by Screwaholic was released on the song's single and the best-of complication ''Das Beste'' (2007).
The remix is also used for the video on Bushido's official
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channel.
Contents
In the song itself, Bushido sings about a 14-year-old girl who was raped by her stepfather repeatedly, and eventually became impregnated by him. Forced to not only give birth to the baby in her own mother's basement, but also give it up almost immediately after; Janine, wrought with guilt, ends her own life by jumping from a bridge.
Music video
In the video, however, the plot revolves around an older Janine looking back on when she was raped as a teenager, impregnated and abandoning her infant at the base of a church. Plagued by these painful memories as she goes about her daily routines, Janine drowns herself in alcohol and drugs at a
rave-type-setting; but in the end, only becomes so immersed in her shame that she has an emotional breakdown right in the middle of the dance floor. At the end of the video, Janine is seen contemplating suicide on a bridge lingering over a highway, but then she leaves.
References
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2007 singles
Bushido (rapper) songs
Sampling controversies
German-language songs
Songs about suicide
Songs about loneliness
Songs about parenthood
Songs about sexual assault
2007 songs
Rape in fiction