PerfektBreitHimmelblau
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"PerfektBreitHimmelblau" [PerfectStonedSky-blue] are three songs and a Triple A-side-single 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 rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

 band, 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...

. The songs are track 8, 3 and 1 of their 2007 album Jazz ist anders
Jazz ist anders
Jazz ist anders is Die Ärzte's eleventh full-length studio album since Debil. It was released on 2 November 2007. The album has a bonus-EP with three songs about Die Ärzte and a hidden track. This is the first album after Debil that Die Ärzte produced alone. The cover is a reference to the most...

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Track listings

The track listing of the CD is by any CDs different. At the back-cover they are in this order:
  1. Perfekt (Felsenheimer
    Bela B.
    Dirk Felsenheimer , better known under his stage name Bela B., is a German musician, singer and songwriter. He is best known for being the drummer and one of the singers in the German band Die Ärzte. In 2006 he released his first solo album entitled Bingo. Bela B...

    ) - 2:35
  2. Himmelblau (Urlaub
    Farin Urlaub
    Jan Ulrich Max Vetter, better known as Farin Urlaub was born on 27 October 1963 in West Berlin, Germany. He is best known as the guitarist/vocalist for the German punk rock band Die Ärzte...

    ) - 3:16
  3. Breit (González/González, Urlaub) - 3:14
  4. PerfektHimmelblauBreit (Flashgame with the music-video)

Other track listings

  1. Perfekt
  2. Breit
  3. Himmelblau

  1. Himmelblau
  2. Perfekt
  3. Breit

  1. Himmelblau
  2. Breit
  3. Perfekt

  1. Breit
  2. Perfekt
  3. Himmelblau

  1. Breit
  2. Himmelblau
  3. Perfekt

The video

The video is divided into three parts; there is a separate video for every song, but they all follow the same concept: They are set in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

 in the year 2046, in a modern nursing home
Nursing home
A nursing home, convalescent home, skilled nursing unit , care home, rest home, or old people's home provides a type of care of residents: it is a place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living...

 (Bela is 84 years old, Farin 83, Rodrigo 76).

The three videos can be already distinguished at the beginning: In "Himmelblau" there is a turquoise jet-car, in "Breit" a dark green one, and in "Perfekt" a dark red one.

All three videos start with two doctors pushing a trolley up to a door and then entering a code. When the door opens, you see a computer with name, age and status. Instead of the actual status, there is the title of the song. The two doctors then give everyone a shot of some kind.

"Himmelblau" stars Farin Urlaub
Farin Urlaub
Jan Ulrich Max Vetter, better known as Farin Urlaub was born on 27 October 1963 in West Berlin, Germany. He is best known as the guitarist/vocalist for the German punk rock band Die Ärzte...

, "Perfekt" Bela B.
Bela B.
Dirk Felsenheimer , better known under his stage name Bela B., is a German musician, singer and songwriter. He is best known for being the drummer and one of the singers in the German band Die Ärzte. In 2006 he released his first solo album entitled Bingo. Bela B...

, "Breit" Rodrigo González as old men. The two names of the doctors are "Bernd" and "Mandy".
  • Bernd
    Bernd
    Bernd is a German given name. It is a diminutive form of the given name Bernhard .The following people share the name Bernd.-List of persons with given name Bernd:*Bernd Brückler, Austrian hockey player...

     refers to the line: "...Doch dann kam Bernd mit dem Zeugs verbei..." (... but then came Bernd with the good stuff...) in the song "Breit"
  • Mandy
    Mandy (given name)
    Mandy is a given name, or a nickname for the female name Amanda or Miranda. It is regularly given as an independent name in English-speaking countries since the 1960s, or a nickname for the male names Armand, Mandel or Emmanuel.It may refer to:-People:...

     refers to the line: "...Oh, Mandy. Die kleine Candy-Mandy..." (...Oh Mandy, the little candy
    Candy
    Candy, specifically sugar candy, is a confection made from a concentrated solution of sugar in water, to which flavorings and colorants are added...

    -Mandy!...
    ) in the song "Perfekt"

The video premiere was on November 17, 2009 at 05.30 pm on MTV
MTV Central
MTV Germany, is a 24- hour German speaking entertainment channel operated by MTV Networks Europe. The channel was launched as MTV Networks Europe began to localize its brand throughout Europe in 1997. MTV Germany was launched on March 7, 1997...

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The Flashgame

Select a musician (Farin Urlaub=light, Rodrigo González=medium, Bela B.=difficulty) then right-click and the musician attacks the doctors with his instrument (Farin with his guitar, Rod with his bass, Bela with his drum sticks). At the end you stand in front of the door to your room and the score is shown on the door.

Construction

Instead of a usual single groove that spirals from the rim to the middle of the vinyl, this is a triple Helix
Helix
A helix is a type of smooth space curve, i.e. a curve in three-dimensional space. It has the property that the tangent line at any point makes a constant angle with a fixed line called the axis. Examples of helixes are coil springs and the handrails of spiral staircases. A "filled-in" helix – for...

-groove, i.e. three parallel grooves, each consisting of one song. If the listener has the cartridge, he can not control what song is played.

On the B-side is the video in "still image version".

Track listing

A-side
  1. PerfektBreitHimmelblau (mit eingebautem Zufallsgenerator) [with built-in random generator]

B-side
  1. PerfektBreitHimmelblau video (Standbild-version) ["still image version"]

Other names

Because of the front cover and the strange track listings is the single called by different names:
  • PerfektBreitHimmelblau
  • PerfektHimmelblauBreit
  • HimmelblauPerfektBreit
  • BreitHimmelblauPerfekt


The video is in the order: "Perfekt", "Himmelblau", "Breit"

Charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
German Singles Chart 26
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