Mittageisen
| "Mittageisen" | ||||
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Love in a Void" | ||||
| Released | September 1979 | |||
| Recorded | June 1979 | |||
| Genre | Post-punk | |||
| Length | 3:00 | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
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| Producer(s) |
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| Siouxsie and the Banshees singles chronology | ||||
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"Mittageisen" is a song by English
Content and sleeve
The title "Mittageisen" is a
Heartfield's photocollage was initially used on the front page of the German magazine Arbeiter-Illustrierte-Zeitung (Workers Illustrated Journal), published on 19 December 1935. The artist was an early member of Club Dada, which started in 1916 as Cabaret Voltaire in Zürich. The picture with the title "Hurrah, die Butter ist Alle! / Hurray, the butter is finished!" shows a family who eats various pieces of metal. The trigger for it was the following quote from Hermann Göring: "Iron always made a nation strong, butter and lard only made the people fat".
Writing and recording
"Mittageisen" was composed by Siouxsie Sioux and John McKay; the lyrics were translated into German by their manager Dave Woods and a woman named Renate. The single was dedicated to John Heartfield.[2]
The
Release
"Mittageisen" was released as a single in the UK by
Legacy
"Mittageisen" was covered and sampled by Massive Attack as "Superpredators (Metal Postcard)" in 1997 for the soundtrack to the film The Jackal.[4] Robert Smith of the Cure said: "I loved all their early singles, especially "Metal Postcard"."[5]
Track listing
All tracks produced by Nils Stevenson and Mike Stavrou.
| 2:30 |
Personnel
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Technical
- Nils Stevenson – production
- Mike Stavrou – production
Charts
| Chart (1979) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| 47 |
References
- ^ "Famous Anti-Fascist Images. John Heartfield's Hurrah, The Butter Is All..." John Heartfield Exhibition. 24 April 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ^ Paytress, Mark (2004). Downside Up (Media notes).
- ^ "Siouxsie & the Banshees". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
- ^ "massive attack discography - tune info + lyrics - superpredators". inflightdata.com. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
- ^ Oldham, James (August 2004). "Siamese Twins – The Cure and the Banshees". Uncut. No. 87. p. 60.
- ^ "Mittageisen" (UK 7-inch single). Siouxsie and the Banshees. Polydor Records. 1979. 2059 151.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
