"Hurra" is a punk

Punk rock

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 song by Die Ärzte

Die Ärzte

Die Ärzte is a punk band from Berlin. Die Ärzte are one of the best-known German punk rock bands and have released over 20 albums. The band consists of guitarist Farin Urlaub, drummer Bela B. and bass player Rodrigo González...

. It is the third track and the second single from their 1995 album Planet Punk

Planet Punk

Planet Punk is an album released by Die Ärzte on 18 September 1995. According to the band's autobiography, Die Ärzte guitarist Farin Urlaub considers Planet Punk to be their best album.-Track listing:-Personnel:*Farin Urlaub - guitar, vocals...

. In the fadeout, a sample from the movie Clerks

Clerks

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 can be heard. The song lyrics state that the situation in Germany after reunification

German reunification

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 is much better than before, which is meant sarcastically

Sarcasm

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The video

The video uses the single version of the song, which is slightly altered by some background voices and child's voice in the beginning and in the end. The video features the band performing the song in darkness; all band members are frowning, while the song sounds happy. This affirms that the song is meant sarcastically.

Track listing

1. "Hurra" (Single-Version) (Urlaub) - 3:26
2. "Sex Me, Baby" (Gonzalez/Gonzalez, Felsenheimer) - 2:52
3. "Warrumska" (Urlaub) - 3:51
4. "Ekelpack" (Felsenheimer, Urlaub, Exploited) - 7:04
5. "Eine Frage der Ehre" (Gonzalez) - 3:50

B-sides

• "Sex Me, Baby" is mostly sung in German
  German language
  German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
  
  , but has some English language
  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...
  
   lines integrated to the bridge
  Bridge (music)
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   and refrain
  Refrain
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  ; it is about two persons with similar values and interests about to have sex
  Sexual intercourse
  Sexual intercourse, also known as copulation or coitus, commonly refers to the act in which a male's penis enters a female's vagina for the purposes of sexual pleasure or reproduction. The entities may be of opposite sexes, or they may be hermaphroditic, as is the case with snails...
  
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• "Warrumska" [Warum → why] is about a man, who does not understand, why his girl left him, although he was abusive to her.
• "Ekelpack" [Disgust pack] is performed live in München in 27.10.1995.
• "Eine Frage der Ehre" [A question of honour] is a tour intro; it is not on the vinyl version of the single.

Charts

Year	Country	Position
1995	Germany 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...	25
1995	Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....	49