"Sonne" (German for "

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. It was released in February 2001, as the first single from their album '' Mutter''. According to

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, the song was originally written as an entrance song for the boxer

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Music video

The video features the band as dwarves mining gold for

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in the ''Making of Sonne'', the idea came from a video made by

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, who mixed the song with parts of ''

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Live performances

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The song debuted as "Klitschko" on 16 April 2000. It was very different from the final version released in '' Mutter''. It was played in some concerts on the Japanese/Australia-New Zealand leg of the ''Sehnsucht'' tour, before ''Mutter'' was released and its tour started. These concerts were the only time the third verse of the song was played; when played live, the band usually omits the final stanza, and instead plays a slightly longer intro and outro.

Track listing

*The single is also available as a 2-track CD, featuring "Sonne" and "Adios".

Charts

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References

{{Authority control 2000 songs 2001 singles Rammstein songs Songs written by Christian Lorenz Songs written by Christoph Schneider Songs written by Oliver Riedel Songs written by Paul Landers Songs written by Richard Z. Kruspe Songs written by Till Lindemann Works based on Snow White