Frauen dieser Welt
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"Frauen dieser Welt" is a song written and performed by Funny van Dannen
Funny van Dannen
Funny van Dannen is a German singer, songwriter, author, and painter of Dutch origin....

, from the album Groooveman (2002). The song is a tribute to women all around the world.

Die Toten Hosen cover

The song was famously covered by the German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 punk
Punk rock
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 band 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"...

 for their 2002 compilation album
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 Reich & sexy II: Die fetten Jahre, from which it was released as a single.

The song was first covered in a concert in Rottweil
Rottweil
Rottweil is a town in the south west of Germany and is the oldest town in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg.Located between the Black Forest and the Swabian Alb hills, Rottweil has about 25,000 inhabitants...

, where only ladies could get in. Due to a popular demand, they decided to release it on an album.http://www.dietotenhosen.de/veroeffentlichungen_discographie_frauen.php
For the single, a cooperation with Funny van Dannen resulted in a new song, "Junge Menschen, alte Menschen" and also another van Dannen song was recorded with the author himself.

On the single, which features a shot of the Rottweil
Rottweil
Rottweil is a town in the south west of Germany and is the oldest town in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg.Located between the Black Forest and the Swabian Alb hills, Rottweil has about 25,000 inhabitants...

 concert as the cover, the name of the band is stylised as Die Toten H♀sen.

Music video

The music video was directed by Olaf Heine.

In the video, different men "talk" about women. The band drives around in a countryside in a car with a loudspeaker on the roof, gathering male followers, till they see a woman on the road in front of them. The band members then get out of the car and go with the mass apparently to say "hello" to her.

Track listing

  1. "Frauen dieser Welt" (van Dannen/van Dannen) - 3:50
  2. "Junge Menschen, alte Menschen" (Young people, old people) (van Dannen/Frege, van Dannen) - 3:07
  3. "Trauriges Arschloch" (Sad asshole) (van Dannen/van Dannen) - 2:52 (with Funny van Dannen; Funny van Dannen cover)

Charts

Year Country Position
2002 Germany
Germany
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23
2002 Austria
Austria
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74
2002 Switzerland
Switzerland
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95
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