Eisgekühlter Bommerlunder

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"Eisgekühlter Bommerlunder" (Ice-cold Bommerlunder) is a German drinking song. The song is repeated over and over, each time the song is sung quicker and a pitch higher, until performers can't sing anymore.

Bommerlunder itself is an akvavit, popular in Northern Germany.

Die Toten Hosen version

"Bommerlunder/Opel Gang"
Single by Die Toten Hosen
Released	1983
Genre	Punk rock
Length	Eisgekühlter Bommerlunder: 2:58 Opel-Gang: 1:59 (single version) 1:47 (album version)
Label	Totenkopf
Writer(s)	Eisgekühlter Bommerlunder: Molinare Dt.Spez Trini Trimpop Opel-Gang: Andreas Frege Michael Breitkopf Andreas von Holst Andreas Meurer Trini Trimpop
Die Toten Hosen singles chronology
"Reisefieber" (1982) "Bommerlunder/Opel Gang" (1983) "Hip Hop Bommi Bop" (1983)

Die Toten Hosen played a notable version of the song, which has become a live staple for the band. It was released as a double a-side single with "Opel-Gang" in 1983, although the single is mostly referred to as "Eisgekühlter Bommerlunder". The single was released with a tiny bottle of Bommerlunder included in the packaging. The single version of "Opel-Gang" is a bit different from the version released on Opel-Gang. "Eisgekühlter Bommerlunder" wasn't originally released on any albums, but the song was released later on the 1993 best-of album Reich & sexy.

In the same year, they produced a hip hop version of "Eisgekühlter Bommerlunder" together with Fab Five Freddy, called "Hip Hop Bommi Bop".

Music video

The video for "Eisgekühlter Bommerlunder" was directed by Wolfgang Büld. It shows a wedding in a church turn into total chaos, partly caused by drinking Bommerlunder.

Track listing

1. "Armee der Verlierer" (Army of losers) (Frege, von Holst/Frege) − 4:23
2. "Eisgekühlter Bommerlunder" (Molinare, Dt.Spez.; Trimpop/Trimpop) − 2:58
3. "Opel-Gang" (von Holst, Frege/Breitkopf, Frege, von Holst, Meurer, Trimpop) − 1:59