"Rock'n'Roll-Übermensch" (also spelled "Rock'n'Roll Übermensch") (Rock'n'roll Superman) is a song by the German rock band
Die Ärzte. It is the 18th track and the fourth single from their 2000 album ''
Runter mit den Spendierhosen, Unsichtbarer!''.
Music video
The band is performing in a department store. Throughout the song, Bela slowly grows larger and larger until he becomes too large for the stage and eventually bursts through the store's ceiling. The video is shot in a
cinema verite
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style, directed by
Philipp Stölzl
Philipp Stölzl (born 1967 in Munich) is a German director. He began to direct music videos in the mid-1990s and directed his first feature film in 2002.
Life and career
Philipp Stölzl was trained as a set and costume designer at the Münchner ...
and Johannes Grebert.
Track listing
# "Rock'n'Roll-Übermensch (Radio Mix)" (Gonzalez, Felsenheimer) - 3:54
# "Rock'n'Roll-Übermensch (Jauche's Pina Colada Mix)" (Gonzalez, Felsenheimer) - 5:36
# "Rock'n'Roll-Übermensch (Circuit Breaker Mix)" (Gonzalez, Felsenheimer) - 5:01
# "Rock'n'Roll-Übermensch (Lexy & K-Paul's L&P Mix)" (Gonzalez, Felsenheimer) - 5:13
# "Rock'n'Roll-Übermensch (Al-Haca Megamensch Dub)" (Gonzalez, Felsenheimer) - 4:15
# "Rock'n'Roll-Übermensch (Teddy Uranus Mix)" (Gonzalez, Felsenheimer) - 5:07
# "Rock'n'Roll-Übermensch (Star & Emerson Three Bad Kiddaz Mix)" (Gonzalez, Felsenheimer) - 4:57
# "Rock'n'Roll-Übermensch (Blank & Jones Remix)" (Gonzalez, Felsenheimer) - 6:50
# "Rock'n'Roll-Übermensch (Video)" (Gonzalez, Felsenheimer) - 3:55
Personnel
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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
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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 ...
- bass
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Rodrigo González - synthesizer
Charts
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2001 singles
Die Ärzte songs
Songs written by Bela B.
2000 songs