"Rosenrot" (German for "Rose-red") is a song by German industrial metal band

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. It was released on 16 December 2005, as the second single from the band's album of the same name. The song was highly anticipated by fans of Rammstein, as it was first hailed in February 2004 to be the first single from the band's fourth studio album, ''

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'' (the song "

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" took the honour instead).

Content

The lyrics tell of a man who is asked by his lover to retrieve a rose from a mountain, and falls to his death. The lyrics contain elements from

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's poem "

Heidenröslein "" or "" ("Rose on the Heath" or "Little Rose of the Field") is a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, published in 1789. It was written in 1771 during Goethe's stay in Strasbourg when he was in love with Friederike Brion, to whom the poem is add ...

" (while his poem "

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" similarly inspired the ''Reise, Reise'' track, "

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"), and the story " Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot," from

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. Till also seldom uses his trademark rolled R's in the song, uniquely among the band's discography. The song features riffs used previously in " Stein um Stein".

Music video

The video was filmed at Măgura (near

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, and portrays the band as six travelling

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who have come to a small village. The main story of the video shows one of the monks (played by vocalist

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 ...

) falling in love with one of the local girls (played by then-14 year old Romanian model Cătălina Lavric), whom he meets during a feast. At her request, he enters her house and murders her parents. As he leaves the house, the girl briefly smiles at him before she alarms the villagers, who grab him and burn him at the stake. These scenes are intercut with the other monks, played by the band's other members, engaging in

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as an act of contrition. In the end, the remaining five monks leave the village.

Track listing

# "Rosenrot (Single Edit)" – 3:47 # "Rosenrot (The Tweaker Remix)" by

Chris Vrenna Chris Vrenna (born February 23, 1967) is an American musician, producer, engineer, remixer, programmer, and founder of the electronic band Tweaker. Vrenna played drums for the industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails from 1988 until 1996, and was ...

– 4:34 # "Rosenrot (Northern Lite Remix)" by Northern Lite – 4:45 # "Rosenrot (3am At Cosy Remix)" by

Jagz Kooner Jagz Kooner (born Jagjit Singh Kooner, 1967) is an English record producer from Indian descent, who has worked with Radio 4, Manic Street Preachers, Garbage, Infadels and Primal Scream for whom he co-produced their cover version of the song " ...

– 4:50 * Two 2-track CD releases feature slightly different track lists: **"Rosenrot (Single Edit)" and "Rosenrot (Northern Lite Remix)" **"Rosenrot (Single Version)" and "Rosenrot (Northern Lite Remix)"

Chart positions

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rosenrot (Song) Rammstein songs 2005 singles Songs written by Richard Z. Kruspe Songs written by Paul Landers Songs written by Till Lindemann Songs written by Christian Lorenz Songs written by Oliver Riedel Songs written by Christoph Schneider 2005 songs