"Quark" (meaning "rubbish", literally

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) is a

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song by

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. It's the fourteenth track and the fourth single from their 1993 album '' Die Bestie in Menschengestalt''. It's about a man, who can't handle the chattering of his consort. The single version criticises the gibberish of politicians. The single version is also on "

Das Beste von kurz nach früher bis jetze ''Das Beste von kurz nach früher bis jetze'' (''The best from shortly after earlier until now'') is a compilation album released by German rock band Die Ärzte on 26 August 1994. It consists of previously released studio, single, remix and ...

The video

In the video the single version of the song is sung. The video features the band in a bar with

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and women with deep cleavage. The supposed members of the band are also dressed like hillbillies and they're eating curd while watching politicians, who are in fact the real band members, talking on TV. Also people in the bar are playing with food and throwing it at the TV-set.

Track listing

# "Quark (Neuer Text - 135% politisch korrekt)" (Urlaub) - 2:44 # "Revolution '94 (Kopfüber in die Hölle) (...ganz neu!)" (Urlaub, Felsenheimer/Urlaub) - 2:59

Maxi

# "Quark (Neuer Text - 135% politisch korrekt)" (Urlaub) - 2:44 # "Revolution '94" (Urlaub, Felsenheimer/Urlaub) - 2:59 # "Analyzer Smith (Unplugged)" (Urlaub) - 3:54 # "Mysteryland" (Felsenheimer) - 3:48 # "Hey Huh (in Scheiben)" (Felsenheimer/Urlaub) - 2:23 # "Ein Haufen Gebrösel in D-Moll (Tour-Tour-Intro)" (Gonzalez, Urlaub) - 3:20

B-sides

* "Revolution '94" is another version of "Kopfüber in die Hölle" (from " Die Bestie in Menschengestalt"). All other B-sides are performed live. * "Analyzer Smith" is the

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version of "Anneliese Schmidt" (" Die Ärzte früher!"), performed on

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. * "Mysteryland" ("

") and "Hey Huh (in Scheiben)" (" Die Bestie in Menschengestalt") are from a

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(28.05.1994). * "Ein Haufen Gebrösel in D-Moll" is the intro for Tour-Tour.

Charts

{{Authority control 1993 songs 1994 singles Die Ärzte songs Metronome Records singles Songs written by Farin Urlaub