"Elke" is a

punk Punk or punks may refer to: Genres, subculture, and related aspects * Punk rock, a music genre originating in the 1970s associated with various subgenres * Punk subculture, a subculture associated with punk rock, or aspects of the subculture s ...

song by German band

Die Ärzte Die Ärzte (; ) is a German rock band from Berlin. The band has released 14 studio albums. The group consists of guitarist Farin Urlaub, drummer Bela B and bass player Rodrigo González. All three write and perform their songs. History Ea ...

. It's the seventh track from their 1988 album '' Das ist nicht die ganze Wahrheit...'' The song's lyrics were inspired by an overweight fan and depict a fictitious love story between Urlaub and the eponymous fan. The music is unique, as the first verse is sung slowly and then the song goes to the chorus very abruptly and then progresses with fast singing. This makes it a live favourite, as witnessed by the inclusion of 1988 live version to ''

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 ...

'' and the single of 1999. It's also the twenty-second track on CD2 from their 1999 live album '' Wir wollen nur deine Seele''. "Die Schönen und das Biest" (''The Beauties and the Beast'') is the title of the single that was released to promote the album. The single is not the one featured on the album, which is much longer. The single version is from a concert at

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(18 May 1997).

Music video "Die Schönen und das Biest"

The video is animated and shows the band performing live, while a gigantic and monstrous girl-fan "attacks" band members with

air kiss An air kiss, blown kiss, or thrown kiss is a ritual or social gesture whose meaning is basically the same as that of many forms of kissing. The air kiss is a pretence of kissing: the lips are pursed as if kissing, but without actually touching the ...

es and such. They fight back until she hits the floor. It turns out that she is still alive and is outraged. The monstrous fan is finally killed with a tank.

Track listing

# "Elke (live)" - 3:36 # "Medley (live)" - 13:31 (CD) / 9:52 (vinyl) #* "Teenager Liebe" /nowiki>Teenager love#* "

2000 Mädchen "2000 Mädchen" 000 girlsis a punk song by Die Ärzte. It was the third track and the second single from their 1987 album ''Ist das alles? (13 Höhepunkte mit den Ärzten) ''Ist das alles? (13 Höhepunkte mit den Ärzten)'' s that all? (13 ...

" ,000 girls#* "Außerirdische"

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#* "Claudia hat 'nen Schäferhund" laudia has a German Shepherd">German_Shepherd.html" ;"title="laudia has a German Shepherd">laudia has a German Shepherd#* "Ohne dich" [Without you] #* "Du willst mich küssen" [You want to kiss me] #* "3-Tage-Bart" [Stubble] #* "Roter Minirock" [Red miniskirt] #* "Grace Kelly" #* "Bonnie & Clyde (Die Toten Hosen song), Bonnie & Clyde" (

Die Toten Hosen Die Toten Hosen (literally "The Dead Trousers", figuratively "The Deadbeats") is a German punk rock band from Düsseldorf. History The current members of Die Toten Hosen are Campino (Andreas Frege), Kuddel (Andreas von Holst), Vom (Stephe ...

cover) #* "

Radio brennt "Radio brennt" ('Radio burns') is a punk song by Die Ärzte. It was the seventh track and the third single from their 1987 album ''Ist das alles? (13 Höhepunkte mit den Ärzten)''. On the kid's shirt on the cover is Die Ärzte's mascot Sweet Gwe ...

" adio burns#* "Frank'n'stein" #* "Anneliese Schmidt" #* "El Cattivo" ad (in Italian)#* "Erna P." #* "

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" he banana #* " Westerland" # "Elke (Video)" - 4:02

B-sides

"Medley" is from a concert in

Mannheim Mannheim (; Palatine German: or ), officially the University City of Mannheim (german: Universitätsstadt Mannheim), is the second-largest city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg after the state capital of Stuttgart, and Germany's 2 ...

(12 October 1998)

Charts

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