"Sumisu" is a song by 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...

. It's the second single and third track from his debut album Endlich Urlaub!

Endlich Urlaub!

Endlich Urlaub! is the first solo album of the German singer Farin Urlaub , released in 2001. It shows the typical humour and music style fans of Die Ärzte are used to but is also very diverse and seems even a bit experimental...

. The song is a homage to the Smiths

The Smiths

The Smiths were an English alternative rock band, formed in Manchester in 1982. Based on the song writing partnership of Morrissey and Johnny Marr , the band also included Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce...

 – according to the lyrics, Farin used to listen to them, when he was down. "Sumisu" ("スミス") is "Smith" in Japanese.

Also, The Cure

The Cure

The Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several line-up changes, with frontman, vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member...

 and New Order

New Order

New Order are an English rock band formed in 1980 by Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris...

 are mentioned in the song.

Video

Farin portrays a vampire, who attacks a woman, supposedly in her home. The end is supposed to seem happy. Most scenes are on the basis of or adopted from the 1922 movie Nosferatu by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau.

The references to the Smiths in the video are:

• Farin plays the album The Queen Is Dead
  The Queen Is Dead
  The Queen Is Dead is the third studio album by the English alternative rock band The Smiths. It was released on 16 June 1986 in the United Kingdom by Rough Trade Records and released in the United States on 23 June 1986 through Sire Records. The album reached #2 on the UK Albums Chart, maintaining...
  
  on a grammophone
  Phonograph
  The phonograph record player, or gramophone is a device introduced in 1877 that has had continued common use for reproducing sound recordings, although when first developed, the phonograph was used to both record and reproduce sounds...
  
  .
• The woman in the video is knitting something that says "Morrissey
  Morrissey
  Steven Patrick Morrissey , known as Morrissey, is an English singer and lyricist. He rose to prominence in the 1980s as the lyricist and vocalist of the alternative rock band The Smiths. The band was highly successful in the United Kingdom but broke up in 1987, and Morrissey began a solo career,...
  
   San" (Morrissey is a member of the band and "San" is a simple title in Japanese language).
• Later Rank
  Rank (album)
  Rank is a live album by the English rock band The Smiths. It was released in September 1988 by their British record company, Rough Trade, and reached No. 2 in the British charts. In the United States, the album was released on Sire Records and made No. 77.-About the album:Rank was released as a...
  
  is shown playing, although the cover features the title "Rankle".

Track listing

1. "Sumisu" – 2:14
2. "Stein des Anstosses" (Rock of throwing) – 5:43 (Family 5 cover)
3. "Buch zum Lesen" (Book to read) – 1:49
4. "Sumisu" (Video) – 2:56