Du Hast
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"Du hast" is a song by the German Tanz-Metall band Rammstein from the album Sehnsucht as track #5. The song is one of the band's best known in the United States, owing to its inclusion on the Soundtrack of The Matrix and heavy airplay on MTV. It was also featured in the intro to the movie CKY2K.
The video for the song was influenced by Reservoir Dogs.
Meaning
The whole song is a play on German wedding vows (Wollt Ihr einander lieben und achten und die Treue halten, bis dass der Tod euch scheide? - Do you want to love and respect each other and to remain faithful, until death separates you?). Instead of answering with "Ja" (yes), the singer says "Nein" (no) , finally answering the question he said "nothing" to in the beginning.The title is commonly interpreted as "You have", but is really a long play on words: du hast means "you have", while du hasst, spelled differently but pronounced the same, means "you hate". The pun is illustrated by a comparison of the German version, a literal English translation, and the band's non-literal English version of the song.
| German lyrics | Literal English translation | The band's non-literal English version |
| Du | You | You |
| Du hast | You have | You hate |
| Du hast mich | You have me | You hate me |
| Du hast mich gefragt | You have asked me | You hate me to say |
| Du hast mich gefragt und ich habe nichts gesagt | You have asked me and I have said nothing | You hate me to say and I did not obey |
| Willst du bis der Tod euch scheidet | Do you want until death does you part | Will you until death does sever |
| Treu ihr sein für alle Tage? | To be faithful to her for all days? | Be upright to her forever? |
| Nein | No | Never |
| Willst du bis zum Tod, der scheide | Will you 'til death be her rider | |
| Sie lieben auch in schlechten Tagen? | To love her also in bad days? | Her lover too, to stay inside her? |
| Nein | No | Never |
Track listing
- [Rammstein Du hast (1997)] ([file info])
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- Du hast (Single Version)
- Bück dich (Album Version)
- Du hast (Jacob Hellner Remix)
- Du hast (Clawfinger Remix)
External links
- [Lyrics]
| Sehnsucht | ||
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| Track listing | ||
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| Rammstein |
| Till Lindemann | Christian "Flake" Lorenz | Christoph "Doom" Schneider | Richard Z. Kruspe | Oliver Riedel | Paul H. Landers |
| Discography |
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| Albums: Herzeleid | Sehnsucht | Mutter | Reise, Reise | Rosenrot |
| Single: Du riechst so gut | Seemann | Engel | Engel, Fan-Edition | Du hast | Das Modell | Du riechst so gut '98 | Stripped | Single Collection | Asche zu Asche | Sonne | Links 2 3 4 | Ich will | Mutter | Feuer frei! | Schtiel | Mein Teil | Amerika | Ohne dich | Keine Lust | Benzin | Rosenrot | Mann gegen Mann |
| VHS and DVDs: Live aus Berlin | Lichtspielhaus |
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