"Mein Land" (

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for "My country") is a song by German

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band

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. It was released as a single from their greatest hits album, ''

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'', on 11 November 2011 in

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and

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and internationally on 14 November. The cover art is based on

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Music video

The music video for "Mein Land" was filmed on 23 May 2011 at Sycamore Cove State Beach in

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. It was directed by

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and depicts band members in casual 1960s beach attire. It shows them having a party while words in

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-type font describe the beach party. Near the end of the video, it cuts to 2012 and shows the band performing at the same beach, but dressed up industrially with flames shooting from various things around the stage. During the stage performance, each band member has face paint similar to

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in the film ''The Crow''. The music video was released on 11 November 2011.

Track listing

All songs by Rammstein. ;CD single # "Mein Land" ("My Land") - 3:53 # "Vergiss uns nicht" ("Don't forget us") - 4:10 # "My Country" (

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) - 4:08 # "Mein Land" (

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Mix) - 4:30 ;7" vinyl # "Mein Land" - 3:53 # "Vergiss uns nicht" - 4:10

Charts

References

Rammstein To Release New Single, “Mein Land,” on November 11
Revolvermag.com. 24 October 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2011.

External links

Rammstein - Mein Land

Making of the "Mein Land" music video
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2011 singles Rammstein songs Songs written by Richard Z. Kruspe Songs written by Paul Landers Songs written by Till Lindemann Songs written by Christian Lorenz Songs written by Oliver Riedel Songs written by Christoph Schneider Music videos directed by Jonas Åkerlund {{2011-single-stub