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"'''Pussy'''" is a song by German [[Neue Deutsche Härte]] band [[Rammstein]]. It was released as the lead single from the band's sixth studio album, ''[[Liebe ist für alle da]]'' (2009) on 18 September 2009. The song was released with a controversial and sexually explicit music video in which the band members, portrayed by body-doubles during some of the close ups of specific body parts, are seen having sex with women.<ref name=Bravewords>{{cite web|url=http:// |
"'''Pussy'''" is a song by German [[Neue Deutsche Härte]] band [[Rammstein]]. It was released as the lead single from the band's sixth studio album, ''[[Liebe ist für alle da]]'' (2009) on 18 September 2009. The song was released with a controversial and sexually explicit music video in which the band members, portrayed by body-doubles during some of the close ups of specific body parts, are seen having sex with women.<ref name=Bravewords>{{cite web|url=http://bravewords.com/news/rammstein-guitarist-on-filming-pussy-video-it-was-really-fun-our-drummers-girlfriend-came-to-the-set-and-he-ended-up-sending-her-home|title=RAMMSTEIN Guitarist On Filming 'Pussy' Video - "It Was Really Fun; Our Drummer's Girlfriend Came To The Set And He Ended Up Sending Her Home"|work=bravewords.com|accessdate=10 January 2015}}</ref> |
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The first promotional video for the single was released online on 16 September 2009 at the Gauntlet.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thegauntlet.com/article/307/16877/Rammstein-releases-video-for-Pussy.html|title=Rammstein releases video for Pussy|date=16 September 2009|work=The Gauntlet|accessdate=10 January 2015}}</ref> The video also confirmed the new album title. |
The first promotional video for the single was released online on 16 September 2009 at the Gauntlet.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thegauntlet.com/article/307/16877/Rammstein-releases-video-for-Pussy.html|title=Rammstein releases video for Pussy|date=16 September 2009|work=The Gauntlet|accessdate=10 January 2015|archive-date=14 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130214003449/http://www.thegauntlet.com/article/307/16877/Rammstein-releases-video-for-Pussy.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The video also confirmed the new album title. |
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"Pussy" was Rammstein's first number one single in Germany. The song was remixed by [[Scooter (band)|Scooter]], a fellow German artist, and the remix later appeared on "[[Ich tu dir weh]]" single. It was the first Rammstein song to be released after their three-year hiatus. |
"Pussy" was Rammstein's first number one single in Germany. The song was remixed by [[Scooter (band)|Scooter]], a fellow German artist, and the remix later appeared on the "[[Ich tu dir weh]]" single. It was the first Rammstein song to be released after their three-year hiatus. |
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==Music video== |
==Music video== |
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The video was directed by [[Jonas Åkerlund]] and released online on 16 September 2009. The video features the band playing the song wearing leather outfits, interspersed with six [[Hardcore pornography|hardcore pornographic]] videos featuring each of the band members as a different stereotypical pornographic character: Till as the [[Playboy lifestyle|playboy]], Christoph as the [[Chief executive officer|CEO]], Paul as the cowboy, Oliver as Mr. Pain (a [[BDSM]] fetishist), Richard as the party boy, and Flake as the [[shemale]]. Each scene features a band member engaging in foreplay with a different woman, and the scenes become more explicit as the video progresses until they engage into unsimulated sexual intercourse with graphic nudity. However, body doubles were used.<ref name=Bravewords /> At the end of the video, the band members ejaculate. |
The video was directed by [[Jonas Åkerlund]] and released online on 16 September 2009. The video features the band playing the song wearing leather outfits, interspersed with six [[Hardcore pornography|hardcore pornographic]] videos featuring each of the band members as a different stereotypical pornographic character: Till as the [[Playboy lifestyle|playboy]], Christoph as the [[Chief executive officer|CEO]], Paul as the cowboy, Oliver as Mr. Pain (a [[BDSM]] fetishist), Richard as the party boy, and Flake as the [[shemale]]. Each scene features a band member engaging in foreplay with a different woman, and the scenes become more explicit as the video progresses until they engage into unsimulated sexual intercourse with graphic nudity. However, some body doubles were used.<ref name=Bravewords /> At the end of the video, the band members ejaculate. |
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==Lyrics== |
==Lyrics== |
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The lyrics are partially in English and deal with [[sex tourism]] with lines like "Alleine in das Ausland fahren" ("drive alone |
The lyrics are partially in English and deal with [[sex tourism]] with lines like "Alleine in das Ausland fahren" ("drive alone to a foreign country") and "I can't get laid in Germany". A mention of the [[Autobahn]] and the seemingly nonsensical line "[[Reise, Reise]], [[Volkswagen advertising#Fahrvergnügen|Fahrvergnügen]]" are a reference to appearances of German culture in American commercialism (the latter from a [[Volkswagen]] advertising campaign, the former from one of Rammstein's own previous albums). Together, these aspects of the song create a contrast between the sexual mores of German society and that of America. |
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==Live |
==Live performances== |
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[[File:Rammstein - Pussy LIVE.JPG|250px|thumb|Live performance of "Pussy" in Italy]] |
[[File:Rammstein - Pussy LIVE.JPG|250px|thumb|Live performance of "Pussy" in Italy]] |
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"Pussy" debuted live, as most of Rammstein's songs, during fan exclusive concerts held in Berlin in October 2009. "Pussy" was the last song of the main set of the ''Liebe ist für alle da'' tour, and continues to be in the [[Made in Germany 1995–2011 (tour)|''Made in Germany'' tour]]. |
"Pussy" debuted live, as most of Rammstein's songs, during fan exclusive concerts held in Berlin in October 2009. "Pussy" was the last song of the main set of the ''Liebe ist für alle da'' tour, and continues to be in the [[Made in Germany 1995–2011 (tour)|''Made in Germany'' tour]]. The song was dropped temporarily from the setlist in the middle of the 2023 leg of the [[Rammstein Stadium Tour]] due to [[Rammstein#Sexual assault allegations|sexual assault allegations]] against singer [[Till Lindemann]].<ref>Maija Alander (23 June 2023). [https://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/art-2000009644878.html "Rammsteiniin kohdistuvien syytösten ketju on herättänyt keskustelun, jota rockmusiikin maailma ei voi enää paeta"] (in finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. Retrieved 23 June 2023.</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.setlist.fm/stats/songs/rammstein-3bd43cd0.html?songid=13dc7945 | title=Pussy by Rammstein Song Statistics | setlist.fm | website=setlist.fm }}</ref> |
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|[[Media Control Charts|German Singles Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediabiz.de/musik/news/charts-kw-41-madonna-und-rammstein-vorn/280182|title=MusikWoche - News - Charts KW 41: Madonna und Rammstein vorn|publisher=Mediabiz.de|accessdate=10 January 2015}}</ref> |
|[[Media Control Charts|German Singles Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediabiz.de/musik/news/charts-kw-41-madonna-und-rammstein-vorn/280182|title=MusikWoche - News - Charts KW 41: Madonna und Rammstein vorn|publisher=Mediabiz.de|accessdate=10 January 2015|archive-date=19 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419101151/http://www.mediabiz.de/musik/news/charts-kw-41-madonna-und-rammstein-vorn/280182|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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==Legal issues== |
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On April 28, 2021, the former coordinator for the Arkhangelsk offices of anti-corruption politician [[Alexei Navalny]], Andrei Borovikov was sentenced to 2.5 years for sharing the music video on VKontakte back in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/04/29/navalny-ally-sentenced-to-25-years-in-prison-for-reposting-music-video-a73787|title = Navalny Ally Sentenced to 2.5 Years in Prison for Reposting Music Video|date = 29 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Russia: Navalny supporter faces three years in jail over sharing of Rammstein video |date=28 April 2021 |url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/04/russia-navalny-supporter-faces-three-years-in-jail-over-sharing-of-rammstein-video/ |publisher=Amnesty International |access-date=3 May 2021}}</ref> However, the charges were only issued six years after the initial posting and only then after the original post had been deleted and only seen by two of his closest friends. He was charged with breaking [[Criminal Code of Russia|Article 242(3)(b)]], "''production and distribution of pornography,''" a charge which is disputed to be politically motivated. Natalia Zviagina, the director of Amnesty International's Moscow office, described the charges as "utterly absurd" and clearly politically motivated.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/04/29/navalny-ally-sentenced-to-25-years-in-prison-for-reposting-music-video-a73787| title=Russia: Navalny supporter faces three years in jail over sharing of Rammstein video|newspaper=[[The Moscow Times]]}}</ref> Previously, in September 2019 he was sentenced to 400 hours of community service over his involvement with peaceful, anti-landfill demonstrations, a violation of Article 212.1.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Russia: Navalny supporter faces three years in jail over sharing of Rammstein video|url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/04/russia-navalny-supporter-faces-three-years-in-jail-over-sharing-of-rammstein-video/|access-date=2021-07-26|website=www.amnesty.org|date=28 April 2021|language=en}}</ref> |
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"Pussy" is a song by German Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein. It was released as the lead single from the band's sixth studio album, Liebe ist für alle da (2009) on 18 September 2009. The song was released with a controversial and sexually explicit music video in which the band members, portrayed by body-doubles during some of the close ups of specific body parts, are seen having sex with women.[1]
The first promotional video for the single was released online on 16 September 2009 at the Gauntlet.[2] The video also confirmed the new album title.
"Pussy" was Rammstein's first number one single in Germany. The song was remixed by Scooter, a fellow German artist, and the remix later appeared on the "Ich tu dir weh" single. It was the first Rammstein song to be released after their three-year hiatus.
Music video
[edit]The video was directed by Jonas Åkerlund and released online on 16 September 2009. The video features the band playing the song wearing leather outfits, interspersed with six hardcore pornographic videos featuring each of the band members as a different stereotypical pornographic character: Till as the playboy, Christoph as the CEO, Paul as the cowboy, Oliver as Mr. Pain (a BDSM fetishist), Richard as the party boy, and Flake as the shemale. Each scene features a band member engaging in foreplay with a different woman, and the scenes become more explicit as the video progresses until they engage into unsimulated sexual intercourse with graphic nudity. However, some body doubles were used.[1] At the end of the video, the band members ejaculate.
Lyrics
[edit]The lyrics are partially in English and deal with sex tourism with lines like "Alleine in das Ausland fahren" ("drive alone to a foreign country") and "I can't get laid in Germany". A mention of the Autobahn and the seemingly nonsensical line "Reise, Reise, Fahrvergnügen" are a reference to appearances of German culture in American commercialism (the latter from a Volkswagen advertising campaign, the former from one of Rammstein's own previous albums). Together, these aspects of the song create a contrast between the sexual mores of German society and that of America.
Live performances
[edit]"Pussy" debuted live, as most of Rammstein's songs, during fan exclusive concerts held in Berlin in October 2009. "Pussy" was the last song of the main set of the Liebe ist für alle da tour, and continues to be in the Made in Germany tour. The song was dropped temporarily from the setlist in the middle of the 2023 leg of the Rammstein Stadium Tour due to sexual assault allegations against singer Till Lindemann.[3][4]
Track listings
[edit]- CD
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Pussy" (radio edit) | 3:48 |
2. | "Rammlied" | 5:19 |
- Vinyl
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Pussy" | 4:00 |
2. | "Rammlied" | 5:19 |
- The 7" vinyl edition only contains "Pussy".
Versions
[edit]Single version[5] | Tracks | Notes |
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Limited edition digipak single | 2 tracks | CD+poster combo |
Limited edition hand-numbered single | 2 tracks | 12" vinyl |
Limited edition etch-numbered single | Pussy |
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Release history
[edit]Country | Date |
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Europe | 18 September 2009 |
United States | 22 September 2009 |
Charts
[edit]Weekly charts
[edit]Chart (2009) | Peak position |
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Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[6] | 4 |
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[7] | 34 |
Denmark (Tracklisten)[8] | 37 |
Eurochart Hot 100[9] | 6 |
Finnish Singles Chart[10] | 1 |
French Singles Chart[11] | 13 |
German Singles Chart[12] | 1 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[13] | 18 |
Norway (VG-Lista)[14] | 16 |
Swedish Singles Chart[15] | 22 |
Swiss Singles Chart[16] | 12 |
UK Singles Chart[17] | 95 |
UK Rock Chart[18] | 2 |
Year-end charts
[edit]Country | Position |
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Germany[19] | 42 |
Legal issues
[edit]On April 28, 2021, the former coordinator for the Arkhangelsk offices of anti-corruption politician Alexei Navalny, Andrei Borovikov was sentenced to 2.5 years for sharing the music video on VKontakte back in 2014.[20][21] However, the charges were only issued six years after the initial posting and only then after the original post had been deleted and only seen by two of his closest friends. He was charged with breaking Article 242(3)(b), "production and distribution of pornography," a charge which is disputed to be politically motivated. Natalia Zviagina, the director of Amnesty International's Moscow office, described the charges as "utterly absurd" and clearly politically motivated.[22] Previously, in September 2019 he was sentenced to 400 hours of community service over his involvement with peaceful, anti-landfill demonstrations, a violation of Article 212.1.[23]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "RAMMSTEIN Guitarist On Filming 'Pussy' Video - "It Was Really Fun; Our Drummer's Girlfriend Came To The Set And He Ended Up Sending Her Home"". bravewords.com. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ "Rammstein releases video for Pussy". The Gauntlet. 16 September 2009. Archived from the original on 14 February 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ Maija Alander (23 June 2023). "Rammsteiniin kohdistuvien syytösten ketju on herättänyt keskustelun, jota rockmusiikin maailma ei voi enää paeta" (in finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- ^ "Pussy by Rammstein Song Statistics | setlist.fm". setlist.fm.
- ^ "Affenknecht – Pussy single". affenknecht.com. Archived from the original on 2009-11-09. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
- ^ "Rammstein - Pussy - austriancharts.at". May 31, 2011. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011.
- ^ [1] [dead link ]
- ^ "danishcharts.dk - Rammstein - Pussy". July 8, 2011.
- ^ "Charts". Billboard. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ "Sivua ei löydy | YLEX | yle.fi". Archived from the original on 2012-06-29.
- ^ "MCM - La chaîne 100% mec". MCM. Archived from the original on 14 October 2009. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ "MusikWoche - News - Charts KW 41: Madonna und Rammstein vorn". Mediabiz.de. Archived from the original on 19 April 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl - Rammstein - Pussy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-22.
- ^ "norwegiancharts.com - Rammstein - Pussy". November 2, 2012. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012.
- ^ "Sverigetopplistan - Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan.se. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ "Rammstein - Pussy". swisscharts.com. Archived from the original on 2010-02-09. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
- ^ "The Official UK Charts Company: TOP 100 SINGLES CHART". theofficialcharts.com. Archived from the original on 2009-03-14. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
- ^ "BBC - Radio 1 - Chart Show - Rock Singles". Archived from the original on 2009-06-29. Retrieved 2009-09-30.
- ^ "Offizielle Single Top 100 - Musik Charts | MTV Germany". MTV Germany. Archived from the original on January 25, 2010. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
- ^ "Navalny Ally Sentenced to 2.5 Years in Prison for Reposting Music Video". 29 April 2021.
- ^ "Russia: Navalny supporter faces three years in jail over sharing of Rammstein video". Amnesty International. 28 April 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ "Russia: Navalny supporter faces three years in jail over sharing of Rammstein video". The Moscow Times.
- ^ "Russia: Navalny supporter faces three years in jail over sharing of Rammstein video". www.amnesty.org. 28 April 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-26.