"Deutschland" ("Germany") is a song by German

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. Released as the lead single from their untitled seventh studio album on 28 March 2019, it was their first new music since the song " Mein Land" in 2011. The song became Rammstein's second No. 1 single in Germany after "

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" in 2009. It was also a No. 1 hit in Hungary and Switzerland, reached the top 5 in Austria and Finland, and was nominated for the 2019

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Music video

The song's music video was directed by Specter Berlin and was released on 28 March 2019 at 18:00

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, following a 35-second

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on 26 March. The lengthy music video sparked controversy; its dark, violent, and macabre styletypical of the band's aestheticfeatures various events from

German history The concept of Germany as a distinct region in Central Europe can be traced to Julius Caesar, who referred to the unconquered area east of the Rhine as ''Germania'', thus distinguishing it from Gaul. The victory of the Cherusci, Germanic tribes ...

, including

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, the

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, the

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, witch hunting, the November Revolution, the

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, the ''Hindenburg'' disaster, the

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, the

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, the

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, the

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, and the division of the country into

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and

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; it also features

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in which people were eating

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, the personification of Germany, and a bank robbery featuring lead singer

Till Lindemann Till Lindemann (; born 4 January 1963) is a German singer and songwriter. He is the lead vocalist and lyricist of Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein and solo project Lindemann (band), Lindemann. Rammstein has sold over 25 million records worldw ...

crossdressing as

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. The Afro-German actress Ruby Commey appears as Germania throughout the video. The ending credits feature a piano version of the band's 2001 single " Sonne" performed by Clemens Pötzsch featured on the album XXI - Klavier. The introduction features the song called "The Beast" from the '' Sicario'' soundtrack by

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Rammstein "Deutschland" music video
!--Rammstein official YouTube channel--> * {{DEFAULTSORT:Deutschland (song) 2019 singles Songs in German Music video controversies Number-one singles in Germany Number-one singles in Hungary Number-one singles in Switzerland Rammstein songs Songs about Germany Works about the Holocaust Anti-fascist music Songs written by Till Lindemann Songs written by Paul Landers Songs written by Richard Z. Kruspe Songs written by Christian Lorenz Songs written by Oliver Riedel Songs written by Christoph Schneider Universal Music Group singles