"Reisefieber" (''Travel nerves'', lit. ''Travel fever'') is a song by

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. It's the only single and the fourth track from their debut album ''

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''. The song is about a man who likes to travel a lot and is adventurous, but goes too far to sea and is killed by a wave. A while after the discovery of his body, everything goes on normally for everyone else. There's also an

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version of the song, titled "Seafever".

Music video

The video was directed by

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. In the video, the band is having a

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in a stormy weather.

Track listing

# "Reisefieber" (Breitkopf, Frege, von Holst, Meurer, Trimpop/Frege) − 3:46 # "Niemandsland" (''No one's land'') (Frege, von Holst/Frege) − 2:41 {{Authority control 1982 singles Songs written by Michael Breitkopf Die Toten Hosen songs Songs written by Campino (singer) Songs written by Andreas von Holst 1982 songs