Engel (single)

Infobox Single
Name = Engel


Artist = Rammstein
from Album = Sehnsucht
Released = April 1, 1997
Format = CD
Recorded = Temple Studios, Malta, 1997
Genre = Industrial metal
Length = 4:24
Label = Motor
Producer = Jacob Hellner with Rammstein
Chart position =
* #3 (Germany)
* #4 (Austria)
* #17 (Switzerland)
* #48 (Sweden)
Reviews =
Last single = "Seemann"
(1996)
This single = "Engel"
(1997)
Next single = "Du hast"
(1997)
"Engel" (German for "Angel") is the first single by Rammstein from their LP "Sehnsucht".

The video for Engel appears to give a nod to one of the scenes in the movie "From Dusk Till Dawn"

While Lindemann, Schneider and Flake are in the audience in the video, Paul Landers can be seen taking Schneider's place by playing the drums.

The female part of the chorus of the song is sung by a woman named Christiane "Bobolina" Herbold of the German pop band Bobo in White Wooden Houses.

The whistling is an effect from keyboardist, Flake Lorenz, even when played live, though in some live performances, it is co-whistled by guitarist Richard Z. Kruspe.

A second single called "Engel, Fan-Edition" was released May 23, 1997. It includes different track listing from the original.

Live story

A regular during the Sehnsucht tour, it was used as the last song before the encore in non-festival concerts. In the first months of the Mutter tour, Engel appeared in the setlists sporadicly, but became a regular again in November, and continued as the last song before the encore until the end of the tour. When performed on stage, flames shoot into the air, and Schneider's drummsticks would shoot sparks. On the 'Live aus Berlin' shows, Bobolina joins Rammstein to sing her parts from inside a flaming cage, instead of the usual pre-recorded chorus used in most of the shows.Engel was last performed live on July 13th, 2002 [http://rammsteinniccage.com/concerts/shows/071302.html] .

Track listings

ingle

# Engel
# Sehnsucht
# Rammstein (Eskimos & Egypt Radio Edit) 3:40
# Rammstein (Eskimos & Egypt Instrumental Edit) 3:32
# Rammstein (Original)

Fan-Edition

# Engel (Extended Version) 4:38
# Feuerräder ("Fire Wheels") (Demo Version 1994) 4:55
# Wilder Wein ("Wild Wine") (Demo Version 1994) 5:41
# Rammstein (Eskimos & Egypt Instrumental) 3:29

Trivia

* A cover version of Engel by Scala & Kolacny Brothers appears in the credits of Völkerball. Another cover by Gregorian is on the special edition release of their album; The Dark Side.

* Featured on the film soundtrack.

*It was featured in the movie Big Nothing.

External links

* [http://herzeleid.com/en/lyrics/sehnsucht#engel Lyrics]
* [http://www.websboulevard.com/ Web's Boulevard - Rammstein and pop culture] (Brazil)
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=xkJl8lM2lq8] Music Video