"Liebesspieler" (''Love Player'') is a song by

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. It's the only single and the second track from their album '' Unter falscher Flagge''. The song is about a man who goes to the horse race track to bet and win money. At first it seems that the horse (named Liebesspieler) is going to win, but the horse doesn't win and the money is lost. The band had a session with DJ

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on 30 June 1984 and they released the songs as b-sides to the single. There is also an

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version of the song on ''

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'', titled "Love Is Here".

Track listing

# "Liebesspieler" (von Holst, Breitkopf, Frege/Frege) − 2:50 #: Die John Peel Session: # "Spiel mir das Lied vom Tod" (''Play me the song of death''; German title for ''

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'') (

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) − 1:14 # "Es ist vorbei" − 2:27 # "Till to the Bitter End" (Frege/Frege) − 2:48 (English version of "Bis zum bitteren Ende") # "Seafever" (Breitkopf, Frege, von Holst, Meurer, Trimpop/Frege) − 3:38 (English version of " Reisefieber") # "Hofgarten" (''Court garden'') (Breitkopf, von Holst, Meurer/von Holst) − 1:41 {{authority control 1984 singles Songs written by Michael Breitkopf Die Toten Hosen songs Songs written by Campino (singer) Songs written by Andreas von Holst 1984 songs