Die Ärzte were formed in 1982 by Jan Vetter (alias Farin Urlaub), Dirk Felsenheimer (alias Bela B.) and bassist Hans Runge (alias Sahnie). Bela and Farin had previously played together in the punk band Soilent Grün; after that band broke up they decided to form a band playing fun songs, in contrast to the mostly political bands of the punk scene at that time. While deriving from that punk scene, their early music was heavily influenced by pop and rock and roll, especially The Beatles, whom Farin heard a lot as a child due to his mother playing their records.
In the first two years they mostly played in clubs of their hometown of Berlin. Their first release was a contribution to the sampler "20 schäumende Stimmungshits" (roughly, "20 exuberant mood hits"), which contained a strong alcohol theme. In 1983 they won a rock contest in Berlin; with the prize money they recorded their debut EP "Uns gehts Prima" ("We're doing great"). Finally Columbia Records signed them, and they released their first LP "Debil" in 1984 and the second one ("Im Schatten der Ärzte") a year later.
After the second record they parted ways with Sahnie due to internal problems. On the third record he was replaced by producer Miccey Meuser; later Hagen Liebig, better known as The Incredible Hagen, played bass for them during live performances until their breakup.
In 1987 the German Federal Centre for Media Harmful to Young Persons put the songs Geschwisterliebe ("Sibling Love", a song about incest, from Die Ärzte), Claudia hat 'nen Schäferhund ("Claudia has a German Shepherd", about zoophilia, from "Debil") and Schlaflied ("Lullaby", about a monster coming and eating you after falling asleep, also from "Debil") on the German List of Media Harmful to Young People. This prohibited the band from performing the songs live and, more importantly, promoting the two albums, and shops from openly displaying the records in their shelves. After several trials against shops that still openly sold the records a lot of shops removed Die Ärzte completely from their stock. The result was a drop in record sales and big financial problems for the band. In response they released the compilation "Ab 18" ("Adults Only") with all their songs on the index and some other old and new tasteless songs, and the greatest hits album "Ist das alles?"("Is this everything?" but also can be translated as "Is this the end?"). The album and the new singles were fairly successful, partly because of growing media interest due to the previous censorship.
The following album "Das ist nicht die ganze Wahrheit" ("That is not the whole truth") was even more successful, climbing into the top 10 in the German album charts. They decided to go out on a high note in 1988, breaking up after doing one last tour and recording a live double album that became their first number one in the album charts.
Neither Farin's new band King Køng nor Bela's Depp Jones were really successful, so in 1993 they decided to do a reunion. As bass player they invited Rodrigo Gonzales, who was guitarist in Depp Jones and a friend of Bela. Their comeback single was Schrei nach Liebe ("Cry for Love"), their first ever political song, that they published as a statement against what was perceived as growing racism and right wing extremist violence in Germany at that time.
The album was more diverse than ever, with ballads, punk, rock and traditional German sounds. Both album and single became big hits in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The follow-up "Planet Punk" was also very successful.
In 1996 they wanted to make an EP just about hair, but they wrote too many songs for an EP and made the Album "Le Frisur" ("The Hairdo") instead. It was slightly less successful than its predecessors. Apart from their own tours they also supported Kiss in that year, a dream come true for Bela and Rod.
1998 was perhaps the most successful year of their career, the single "Männer sind Schweine" ("Men are Pigs") being their first Number 1 single in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and the album 13 also being Number 1 in Germany and Switzerland. After a lot of promotion and touring in that year they decided to take a break, deciding also to never play again "Männer sind Schweine" at a concert due to the too great success this song had. They did not like the upcoming unwanted and rather unoriginal remakes by other bands as e.g. "Frauen sind Schweine" ("Women are pigs") and also did not like to see their song played at mass tourist beach parties at places like Mallorca/Spain.
In 2000 they came back with another very successful album, "Runter mit den Spendierhosen, Unsichtbarer!", and two top 10 singles. As the third single from the album they released the 30-second-song "Yoko Ono", which, according to the Guinness Book of Records, is the shortest single ever released - another example of their sense of humour. On their tour in 2001 they sold the limited Album "5, 6, 7, 8 Bullenstaat" consisting of short punk songs that were written and recorded while recording the full length album published a year before, and some cover songs published in 1994 on a tour only EP.
After that they again took a break: Bela did some acting, Farin recorded his first solo album (Endlich Urlaub!). In late 2002 they did an MTV Unplugged in a school auditorium together with the school band. After that they made a new double album Geräusch that was released in 2003. On the next tour a Live DVD was recorded and published one year later.
On 2 November 2007, Die Ärzte released their latest album, Jazz ist anders ("Jazz is nothing like this", literally "Jazz is different").
In August 2011 the band announced that they are working on a new album which is set to be released in 2012 with a tour called "Das Ende ist noch nicht vorbei" ("The end is not over yet") following in the summer 2012.
The official homepage for Die Ärzte is www.bademeister.com
Die Wiking-Jugend hat mein Mädchen entführt
Die Ärzte Lyrics
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Mein Mädchen fuhr nach Neuruppin.
Sie wollte dort um die Häuser ziehen.
Doch sie kam nicht zurück. Sie kam nicht zurück.
Sie kam nicht zurück.
Mein Mädchen fuhr nach Neuruppin.
Sie wollte dort um die Häuser ziehen.
Sie kam nicht zurück.
Die Wiking-Jugend hat mein Mädchen entführt,
Mädchen entführt, Mädchen entführt.
Die Wiking-Jugend hat mein Mädchen entführt.
Sie haben sie entführt.
Sie haben mein Mädchen entführt.
Hey-ho, hey-ho
Sie war schwarz-braun wie die Haselnuss, Haselnuss, Haselnuss.
In Nazi-Augen ein Verdruss, ein Verdruss, ein Verdruss.
Ich such' sie auf der ganzen Welt,
ganzen Welt, ganzen Welt.
Ich zahle jedes Lösegeld,
Lösegeld, Lösegeld.
Bitte, bitte, bitte Herr Präsident,
verhindern sie dass mein Baby brennt.
Bitte, bitte, bitte liebes GSG 9.
Könnt ihr nicht mein Mädchen befreien?
Yeah, yeah, yeah ...
Mein Mädchen fuhr nach Neuruppin.
Sie wollte dort um die Häuser ziehen.
Doch sie kam nicht zurück, kam nicht zurück.
Sie kam nicht zurück.
Die Wiking-Jugend hat mein Mädchen entführt,
Mädchen entführt, Mädchen entführt.
Die Wiking-Jugend hat mein Mädchen entführt,
Mädchen entführt, Mädchen entführt.
Die Wiking-Jugend hat mein Mädchen entführt,
Mädchen entführt, Mädchen entführt.
Die Wiking-Jugend hat mein Mädchen entführt.
Sie haben sie entführt.
Sie haben mein Madchen entführt.
Hey-ho, hey-ho
The lyrics to "Die Wiking-Jugend hat mein Mädchen entführt" by Die Ärzte tells the story of a man whose girlfriend went to Neuruppin to have a good time but never came back. He later found out that she was abducted by the Wiking-Jugend (Viking Youth), a neo-Nazi organization, because she was not Aryan as she was black-brown like a hazelnut. The lyrics express the heartache and desperation the man feels as he searches for his girlfriend all over the world and begs the president and the GSG 9 (German special police force) to help rescue her. The chorus repeatedly emphasizes the fact that his girlfriend was kidnapped by the Wiking-Jugend, further highlighting the band's contempt for neo-Nazism and prejudice.
Line by Line Meaning
Die Wiking-Jugend hat mein Mädchen entführt - one two three four
The neo-Nazi group Wiking-Jugend has abducted my girlfriend, counting in the military style
Mein Mädchen fuhr nach Neuruppin. Sie wollte dort um die Häuser ziehen. Doch sie kam nicht zurück. Sie kam nicht zurück. Sie kam nicht zurück.
My girlfriend went to Neuruppin to party and have fun, but she didn't come back and I'm still waiting for her to return
Sie war schwarz-braun wie die Haselnuss, Haselnuss, Haselnuss. In Nazi-Augen ein Verdruss, ein Verdruss, ein Verdruss.
My girlfriend had dark skin, which made her undesirable to the Nazis who make up the Wiking-Jugend
Ich such' sie auf der ganzen Welt, ganzen Welt, ganzen Welt. Ich zahle jedes Lösegeld, Lösegeld, Lösegeld.
I'm searching for her everywhere and willing to pay any amount of ransom to bring back my girlfriend
Bitte, bitte, bitte Herr Präsident, verhindern sie dass mein Baby brennt. Bitte, bitte, bitte liebes GSG 9. Könnt ihr nicht mein Mädchen befreien? Yeah, yeah, yeah ...
I'm desperate for help and pleading with the President and the GSG 9, a special forces unit in Germany, to rescue my girlfriend before the neo-Nazis harm her
Die Wiking-Jugend hat mein Mädchen entführt, Mädchen entführt, Mädchen entführt. Die Wiking-Jugend hat mein Mädchen entführt. Sie haben sie entführt. Sie haben mein Mädchen entführt. Hey-ho, hey-ho
Repeating the same line expresses the depth of despair and the urgency of the situation - the Wiking-Jugend really did kidnap my girlfriend and I need to get her back
Contributed by Daniel H. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Zeus X. Machina
Die Akkorde sowie die Gesangsmelodie klingen sehr stark nach "Mein Baby war beim Frisör". :-D
Nuclear Nightmare
Liegt daran dass "Mein Baby war beim Friseur" an die Ramones angelehnt ist und dieses Lied ein Ramones Cover ist.
Helcolina Plasticine
Ich verlange mehr Ramones-Cover von die Ärzte. Shit´s hilarious.
Leonie S.
wie geil, noch ein Lied über neuruppin xDD
Simon James
da muss ich ziemlich zustimmen vor allem in den strophen ;)
Noxius
Ich liebe die Ramones so wie Die Ärzte, aber das hier ist hundert mal besser <3 <3 Vor allem weil sich Wikingjugend besser als KKK (Also Ku-Klux-Klan) Anhört :D
TheFalcoone
Noch nen Lied über unsere Stadt xD
Noxius
Danke, das weiß ich ^^ Wikingjugend hört sich trotzdem besser an ^^
Mareike Koch
ja die besten der besten un noch ein bisschen besser xD
Killatehmilla
the kkk took my baby away die wiking jugend hat mein baby entführt she never came back, she never came back sie kam nicht zurück, sie kam nicht zurück beide songs geil :D