"Rosenrot" (German for "Rose-red") is a song by German industrial metal band

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. It was released on 16 December 2005, as the second

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from the band's album of the same name. The song was highly anticipated by fans of Rammstein, as it was first hailed in February 2004 to be the first single from the band's fourth studio album, ''

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'' (the song "

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" took the honour instead).

Content

The lyrics tell of a man who is asked by his lover to retrieve a rose from a mountain, and falls to his death. The lyrics contain elements from

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's poem "

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" (while his poem " Erlkönig" similarly inspired the ''Reise, Reise'' track, "

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"), and the story " Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot," from

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. Till also seldom uses his trademark curling of 'R's in the song. The song features riffs used previously in " Stein um Stein".

Music video

The video was filmed at Măgura (near

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, and portrays the band as travelling

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who have come to a small village. The main story of the video shows one of the monks (played by vocalist

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) falling in love with one of the local girls (played by then-14 year old Romanian model Cătălina Lavric), whom he meets during a feast. At her request, he enters her house and murders her parents. As he leaves the house, the girl briefly smiles at him before she alarms the villagers, who grab him and burn him at the stake. These scenes are intercut with the other monks, played by the band's other members, engaging in

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as an act of contrition. In the end, the remaining five monks leave the village.

Track listing

# "Rosenrot (Single Edit)" - 3:47 # "Rosenrot (The Tweaker Remix)" by

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- 4:34 # "Rosenrot (Northern Lite Remix)" by Northern Lite - 4:45 # "Rosenrot (3am At Cosy Remix)" by

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- 4:50 * Two 2-track CD releases feature slightly different track lists: **"Rosenrot (Single Edit)" and "Rosenrot (Northern Lite Remix)" **"Rosenrot (Single Version)" and "Rosenrot (Northern Lite Remix)"

Chart positions

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rosenrot (Song) Rammstein songs 2005 singles 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 2005 songs