"Engel" (

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for "Angel" or "Angels") is a song by German

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band

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. It was released in April 1997 as the first

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from their second album, ''

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''. The female part of song's chorus is sung by Christiane "Bobo" Hebold of the German

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band Bobo in White Wooden Houses. An English version of "Engel" can be found on US special editions of ''Sehnsucht''. According to an interview, keyboardist

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came up with the main riff for this song on a synthesizer along with a whistle melody.

Music video

While Lindemann, Schneider and

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are in the audience,

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can be seen taking Schneider's place by playing the drums and Kruspe and Riedel are seen singing. The video references the 1996 film, ''

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''.

Live performances

A regular during the ''Sehnsucht'' tour, it was used as the last song of the main set in non-festival concerts. In the first months of the '' Mutter'' (2001) tour, "Engel" appeared in the setlists sporadically, but became a regular again in November, and continued as the last song of the main set until the end of the tour. When performed on stage, flames were shot into the air, and Schneider's drumsticks would shoot sparks. In the "Live aus Berlin" shows,

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joined Rammstein to sing her parts from inside a flaming cage, instead of the usual pre-recorded chorus used in most of the shows. Having been excluded in the entire ''

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'' tour, "Engel" returned to the setlists as the closing song of the ''

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'' tour, taking place during 2009 and 2011. This time around, vocalist Till Lindemann sang the chorus instead of Bobo's pre-recorded lines. For the

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, Lindemann wears a set of angel wings that shoot flames from the tips and have sparks go off along them. "Engel" was the penultimate song on the setlist during the ''Made in Germany 1995-2011'' tour, and the tour in 2016. Till-ENGEL2

In other media

The song was used during the end credits of the 1997 film, ''

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'', and also appears on its

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Track listings

Single

All lyrics by

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 ...

. # Engel - 4:23 (music:

) # Sehnsucht - 4:02 (music:

Richard Kruspe Richard Kruspe (born Sven Kruspe; 24 June 1967) is a German musician. He is best known as one of the founders and the lead guitarist of the band Rammstein, as well as the frontman of the industrial metal band Emigrate. Kruspe has released eigh ...

) # Rammstein ( Eskimos & Egypt

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) # Rammstein (Eskimos & Egypt

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Edit) - 3:32 # Rammstein - 4:25

Fan-Edition

A second single called ''Engel (Fan-Edition)'' was released on 23 May 1997. It includes different track listing from the original and a different artwork, showing singer Till Lindemann. # Engel (Extended Version) - 4:34 # Feuerräder (Live Demo Version 1994) - 4:47 # Wilder Wein (Demo Version 1994) - 5:41 # Rammstein (Eskimos & Egypt Instrumental) - 3:27

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