Yoko Ono (song)

Single infobox |
Name = Yoko Ono


Artist = Die Ärzte
from Album = Runter mit den Spendierhosen, Unsichtbarer!
Released = March 5, 2001
Format = Maxi-CD, vinyl
Recorded = Gaga-Studios, Hamburg
Genre = Punk rock
Length = 0:30
Writer = Die Ärzte
Label = Hot Action Records/Universal
Producer = Uwe Hoffmann & Die Ärzte
Reviews =
Last single = "Manchmal haben Frauen..."
(2000)
This single = "Yoko Ono"
(2001)
Next single = "Rock'n'Roll-Übermensch"
(2001)

"Yoko Ono" is a song by the German punk band Die Ärzte. It's the thirteenth track and the third single from their 2000 album "Runter mit den Spendierhosen, Unsichtbarer!". It was released on March 5, 2001. A notable aspect of the single is that it is (according to the Guinness Book of World Records) the shortest single ever released, with a runtime of 30 seconds. The video also holds the world record at 46 seconds.

Even though the song is very short, it still has a meaning. Farin Urlaub sings about being deceived, also referencing Yoko Ono.

The video

Band members step into an elevator. The cable snaps and they fall down.

Single tracklisting

# "Yoko Ono (Do Brasil)" (Gonzalez, Felsenheimer, Urlaub/Urlaub) - 3:06/2:24 (vinyl)
# "Yoko Ono" (Urlaub/Urlaub) - 0:30
# "Die Welt ist schlecht" (Felsenheimer, Urlaub/Felsenheimer) - 3:40
# "Yoko Ono (L'age d'or Mix)" (Gonzalez, Felsenheimer, Urlaub) - 1:23
# "Video Yoko Ono" (Urlaub/Urlaub) - 0:46

B-sides

"Die Welt ist schlecht" [The world is bad] is about a man, who gets in a situation, where he thinks - the world is bad. Namely he wakes up with another man beside him in bed. Later he thinks, that the world isn't so bad at all, because the man is actually very nice and the wedding tune played on organ at the end hints, that they get married eventually.

External links

* [http://www.viva.tv/Stars/Player/id/15820/asset_id/20550/type/video/inter_id/55 Video at viva.tv]
* [http://www.bademeister.com Official website of Die Ärzte]