"Seemann" ("Seaman"/"Sailor") is a song by German band

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, released as the second single from their album '' Herzeleid''. The video shows Christoph Schneider,

Oliver Riedel Oliver "Ollie" Riedel (born 11 April 1971) is a German musician, best known as the bassist for Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein. Early life Riedel was born in Schwerin on 11 April 1971. Growing up, he had relatively good relationships with ...

Paul Landers Paul Landers (born Heiko Paul Hiersche; 9 December 1964) is a German musician, notable as the guitarist for the Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein, and the punk rock band Feeling B. Biography Early life Landers was born in East Berlin, E ...

and Richard Kruspe pulling a boat through the sand, with

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

and Flake, who's wearing a plague doctor mask, inside. Later, they decide to keelhaul Lindemann, still singing. The boat winds up in flames. The video is intertwined with shots of a woman, alternately dressed in a white robe and black clothing.

Track listing

# "Seemann" – 4:48 # "Der Meister" – 4:10 # "Rammstein in the House (Timewriter-RMX)" – 6:26

Live performances

The first known performance of the song is from the New Year's Eve 1994–1995 concert in

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, Germany. In the '' Sehnsucht'' tour, during this song, Flake usually sat in a small

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and sailed over the crowd who waves and bring the boat back to the stage after a short tour. This stunt is now performed in " Ausländer" instead of Seemann. Never played in the '' Mutter'' or ''

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'' tours, "Seemann" was probably last played on 23 June 1999 in Los Angeles, California. Ten years later the song returned only on a few concerts during the '' Liebe ist für alle da Tour''. Seemann returned as a constant song for the ''Festival Tour'' of 2016 and 2017.

Cover versions

"Seemann" was covered by Finnish

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band

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and featured

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on the band's album, '' Reflections''. It was released as a single on 6 October 2003. It was mixed and recorded by Mikko Raita. The song was also covered by Rummelsnuff along with a music clip.

References

Songs about sailors 1996 singles 2004 singles Rammstein songs Apocalyptica songs Nina Hagen songs 1995 songs 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 Songs about oceans and seas {{2000s-single-stub