"Automatisch" and "Automatic" are the first singles from

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band

Tokio Hotel Tokio Hotel is a German music band formed in 2001 by singer Bill Kaulitz, guitarist Tom Kaulitz, bassist Georg Listing, and drummer Gustav Schäfer. Starting from the foundation, the band's music genres were pop rock and alternative rock; sin ...

's third German studio album and second English studio album ''

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''. "Automatisch" was released in German-speaking countries on 18 September 2009 and "Automatic" was released in the United States on 22 September 2009.

Music video

Craig Wessels of Wicked Pixels, the most-awarded animation-studio in South Africa, directed the music video, shot over three days in the

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. The video features the band driving separately in

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s and with computer generated humanoid robots. The music video for "Automatic" was released online on September 3, 2009, while the video for "Automatisch" was released a day later.

Formats and track listings

*Automatisch CD-Single: 2 Track *Automatisch CD-Single: Premium ;*Bonus Tokio Hotel fan magnet *Automatic CD-Single *Automatic Australian iTunes Download

Charts

References

External links

* {{authority control 2009 songs 2009 singles Tokio Hotel songs Songs written by Bill Kaulitz Songs written by Tom Kaulitz Songs written by David Jost