"TV-Glotzer" is a song by Nina Hagen Band, first released in 1978 by CBS Records and later, on 24 August 1979, released in United Kingdom.[1] The song is a cover of "White Punks on Dope" by The Tubes, with different German lyrics from the perspective of an East German unable to leave her country, who escapes by watching West German television, where "everything is so colourful". Hagen wrote the song before being expatriated from East Germany in 1976, following her stepfather Wolf Biermann. Later, when she formed the Nina Hagen Band in the West Berlin, they recorded the song, and it became the lead single from their debut album Nina Hagen Band (1978).
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| Single by Nina Hagen Band | ||||
| from the album Nina Hagen Band | ||||
| B-side | "Heiss" | |||
| Released | 1978 (Germany) 29 August 1979 (UK) | |||
| Recorded | 1977 Hansa Tonstudio, Berlin | |||
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| Length | 5:15 | |||
| Label | CBS | |||
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Track listings
edit- 7" single (Germany)[2]
- "TV-Glotzer (White Punks on Dope)" – 5:15
- "Heiss" – 4:11
- 7" single (UK)[3]
- "TV-Glotzer (White Punks on Dope)" – 5:15
- "Naturträne" – 4:05
Credits and personnel
edit- Nina Hagen – vocals, songwriter
- Reinhold Heil – keyboards
- Herwig Mitteregger – drums
- Bernhard Potschka – guitar
- Manfred Praeker – bass
- Tom Müller – producer, engineer
References
edit- ^ "Nina Hagen Band - T.V. Glotzer (White Punks on Dope)". Discogs.
- ^ TV-Glotzer (German 7-inch Single liner notes). Nina Hagen Band. CBS Records. 1978. CBS S 6835.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ TV-Glotzer (UK 7-inch Single liner notes). Nina Hagen Band. CBS Records. 1979. S CBS 7804.
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External links
edit- TV-Glotzer at Discogs (list of releases)