Alles aus Liebe
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"Alles aus Liebe" is a song by Die Toten Hosen
Die Toten Hosen
Die Toten Hosen is a German punk band from Düsseldorf. They have enjoyed decades-long mass appeal in Germany.The band's name literally means "The Dead Pants" in English, although the phrase "tote Hose" is a German expression meaning "nothing going on" or "boring"...

. It's the third single and the twelfth track from the album Kauf MICH!
Kauf MICH! (album)
Kauf MICH! is the ninth album by Die Toten Hosen, released in 1993. The LP is mainly a concept album dealing with consumerism and ultraconservatism. Along with the album's art and several songs addressing commerce, satirical advertisements and infomercials are interspersed among the music...

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The song is narrated by a man, who doesn't know how to correctly express and emphasise his love towards a woman and decides to commit a suicide
Suicide
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 to prove his love. However, in the end of the song he decides, that they should go together. In the end of the song, three shots
Gunshot
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 are heard.

There is also an English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 version of the song, titled "All for the Sake of Love", which appeared on Love, Peace & Money
Love, Peace & Money
Love, Peace & Money is the first English language album by the German punk band Die Toten Hosen , not counting the cover album Learning English, Lesson One. It was intended for the Japanese market...

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Music video

The video was directed by Hans Neleman
Hans Neleman
Hans Neleman is an international photographer and film director, and founder of WIN-Initiative stock photography agency.-Biography:Hans Neleman is a Dutch-born photographer and director residing in Connecticut and working in New York City. He is also the founder of boutique stock photography...

. In it, Campino sings to a woman beside a window
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Track listing

  1. "Alles aus Liebe" (Frege/Frege) – 4:34
  2. "Auf dem Weg zur Nr. Eins" (On the way to no. one) (Rohde/Frege) − 4:01
  3. "5 Minuten" (5 minute
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    s
    ) (von Holst/Frege) − 3:01

Charts

Year Country Position
1994 Germany
Germany
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1994 Switzerland
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Tout pour sauver l'amour

A French
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 version of the song, titled "Tout pour sauver l'amour" (All to save love), was released as a promo single in 1995. The single is subtitled En duo avec Marina (In a duet with Marina), as it features Marina Casariego on female vocals.

Track listing

  1. "Tout pour sauver l'amour" (Frege/Casariego) – 4:31
  2. "Tout pour sauver l'amour" (French Karaoke Version) – 4:42





















1996 live version

A live version of the song is available on the 1996 live album
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 Im Auftrag des Herrn. This was released as the only single from the album in 1997. The single had a crew-T-shirt
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 with it.

Track listing

  1. "Alles aus Liebe" (Frege/Frege) − 4:10
  2. "Lügen" (Lies) (von Holst/Frege) − 4:03
  3. "Seelentherapie" (Soul therapy) (Breitkopf/Frege) – 4:48

Charts

Year Country Position
1997 Germany
Germany
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1997 Austria
Austria
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Cover Versions

The song was covered by the Polish band Ich Troje
Ich Troje
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 with the title "A wszystko to (bo ciebie kocham)". Moreover a live version of this cover exists in duet with the singer Anna Wyszkoni.
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