"Die klügsten Männer der Welt" (often shortened as "DKMDW") he wisest men in the worldis a song by German rock band

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

. It's the seventh track on CD2 and the fifth single from their 2003 album ''

Geräusch ''Geräusch'' ("Noise" or "Sound") is a studio album by German rock band Die Ärzte. The album was sold on two CDs that look like LPs. The package is designed, using upside-down techniques, to make it difficult to decide which of the covers is ...

''. It's a sarcastic ode to politicians. The CD single features a computer game "Päcman" and also the video.

The video

Bela B. plays a simple-minded

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, drinking whisky and singing along with his television while it shows Die Ärzte playing the song live. He is also shown doing other mostly absurd things in the country. Later he plays with a toy-

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, destroying toy landmarks of major towns and sends a toy-rocket to the sky. In the end he is riding towards a mushroom cloud. After that the words "...regardless: not voting helps the wrong ones" can be read on the screen, and a

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is knocked into a trash can. Throughout, the song's lyrics appear on screen with the heads of prominent German and international politicians appearing as the

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Track listing

# "Die klügsten Männer der Welt" – 4:00 # "Sprüche III" – 17:22 # "Die klügsten Männer der Welt" (video) – 4:14 # "Päcman" (enhanced

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track)

Vinyl

# "Die klügsten Männer der Welt" – 4:00 # "Sprüche IIIa" – 6:50 # "Sprüche IIIb" – 10:37

B-sides

"Sprüche III" (Patter III) is from the ''Unrockstar'' tour. On the vinyl, it is divided into two parts; on the

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, b on the B-side.

Personnel

* Bela B. – vocals, drums *

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 . He has also ...

– guitar * Rodrigo González – bass

Charts

External links

*http://www.razien.de/sprueche/2419/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Die klugsten Manner der Welt 2004 singles Die Ärzte songs Songs written by Bela B 2003 songs