"Quark" (meaning "rubbish", literally

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) is a

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song by

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 fourteenth track and the fourth single from their 1993 album ''

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''. It's about a man, who can't handle the chattering of his consort. The single version criticises the gibberish of politicians. The single version is also on " Das Beste von kurz nach früher bis jetze".

The video

In the video the single version of the song is sung. The video features the band in a bar with hillbillies and women with deep

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. The supposed members of the band are also dressed like hillbillies and they're eating curd while watching politicians, who are in fact the real band members, talking on TV. Also people in the bar are playing with food and throwing it at the TV-set.

Track listing

# "Quark (Neuer Text - 135% politisch korrekt)" (Urlaub) - 2:44 # "Revolution '94 (Kopfüber in die Hölle) (...ganz neu!)" (Urlaub, Felsenheimer/Urlaub) - 2:59

Maxi

# "Quark (Neuer Text - 135% politisch korrekt)" (Urlaub) - 2:44 # "Revolution '94" (Urlaub, Felsenheimer/Urlaub) - 2:59 # "Analyzer Smith (Unplugged)" (Urlaub) - 3:54 # "Mysteryland" (Felsenheimer) - 3:48 # "Hey Huh (in Scheiben)" (Felsenheimer/Urlaub) - 2:23 # "Ein Haufen Gebrösel in D-Moll (Tour-Tour-Intro)" (Gonzalez, Urlaub) - 3:20

B-sides

* "Revolution '94" is another version of "Kopfüber in die Hölle" (from "

"). All other B-sides are performed live. * "Analyzer Smith" is the English version of "Anneliese Schmidt" (" Die Ärzte früher!"), performed on MTV's Most Wanted. * "Mysteryland" ("

") and "Hey Huh (in Scheiben)" ("

") are from a

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(28.05.1994). * "Ein Haufen Gebrösel in D-Moll" is the intro for Tour-Tour.

Charts

{{Authority control 1993 songs 1994 singles Die Ärzte songs Metronome Records singles Songs written by Farin Urlaub