Editing Du hast

{{Short description|1997 single by Rammstein}}
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{{Infobox song
| name       = Du hast
| cover      = Du hast.jpg
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Rammstein]]
| album      = [[Sehnsucht (Rammstein album)|Sehnsucht]]
| B-side     = {{hlist|"[[Bück dich]]"|Remixes}}
| released   = 19 July 1997
| recorded   = 1996–1997
| studio     = Temple ([[Mistra]], [[Malta]])
| genre      = {{hlist|[[Neue Deutsche Härte]]|[[industrial metal]]|[[nu metal]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fuse.tv/2015/02/best-nu-metal-hits#9| title=Best Nu-Metal Hits|work=[[Fuse (TV channel)|Fuse]]|date=11 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212064215/http://www.fuse.tv/2015/02/best-nu-metal-hits|archive-date=12 February 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first= Andrew |last= Unterberger |title= Top Ten Nu-Metal Bands |website= [[Stylus Magazine]] |date= 10 September 2004 |access-date= 25 December 2016 |url= http://stylusmagazine.com/articles/staff_top_10/top-ten-nu-metal-bands.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060901200531/http://stylusmagazine.com/articles/staff_top_10/top-ten-nu-metal-bands.htm|archive-date=1 September 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
| length     = 3:55
| label      = {{hlist|[[Motor Music|Motor]]|[[London Records|London]]|[[Slash Records|Slash]]}}
| writer     = {{hlist|[[Richard Kruspe]]|[[Paul Landers]]|[[Till Lindemann]]|[[Christian Lorenz]]|[[Oliver Riedel]]|[[Christoph Schneider]]}}
| producer   = {{hlist|[[Jacob Hellner]]|Rammstein}}
| prev_title = [[Engel (song)|Engel]]
| prev_year  = 1997
| next_title = [[Das Model#Rammstein cover|Das Modell]]
| next_year  = 1997
| misc       = {{Audio sample
 | type        = single
 | file        = Rammstein_-_Du_Hast.ogg
 | description = The intro to "Du Hast".
}}
{{External music video|{{YouTube|W3q8Od5qJio|"Du hast"}}}}
}}

"'''Du hast'''" ({{Literal translation|You Have}}) is a song by German metal band [[Rammstein]]. It was released as the second single from their second album ''[[Sehnsucht (Rammstein album)|Sehnsucht]]'' (1997). It has appeared on numerous soundtracks for films, most notably ''[[The Matrix: Music from the Motion Picture]]'', ''[[How High (soundtrack)|How High]]'', and the home video ''[[CKY2K]]''.  It is featured in the music video games ''[[Guitar Hero 5]]'' and ''[[Rock Band 3]]''. The song's title is a play on the [[homophones]] ''du hasst'' ("you hate") and ''du hast'' ("you have").

==Overview==
There are two versions of the song: the original version completely in German, and a second version partially in English (found on special editions of the ''[[Sehnsucht (Rammstein album)|Sehnsucht]]'' album). In the second version, the first chorus and the verses are in English and the last chorus is in German. The English lyrics are not a direct translation of the German; the original lyrics take advantage of a pair of German homophones: when [[Grammatical conjugation|conjugated]] in the second person singular form (i.e. "you"), the verbs ''haben'' (to have) and ''hassen'' (to hate) become respectively ''du hast'' and ''du hasst'', which sound identical. The guitar riff is similar to [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]]'s "[[Just One Fix]]".<ref>{{cite web|last=Law|first=Sam|url=https://www.kerrang.com/the-20-greatest-rammstein-songs-ranked?next|title=The 20 greatest Rammstein songs|website=[[Kerrang!]]|date=13 August 2021|access-date=16 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Chillingworth|first=Alec|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-story-behind-the-song-rammsteins-du-hast|title=Rammstein - Du Hast: The story behind the song|website=[[Louder Sound]]|date=4 September 2020|access-date=16 April 2022}}</ref> The music was written by keyboardist [[Christian Lorenz|Flake]] and guitarist [[Richard Kruspe]]. The intro section and the verses were a combination of a synth sequence by Flake and a guitar riff by Kruspe, and the chorus was written around a chord sequence by Flake.

==Live performances==
The first known performance of the song dates from 9 April 1997 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rammsteinniccage.com/concerts/shows/040997.html |title=Concert Info - Amsterdam, the Netherlands - April 9, 1997 |website=Rammsteinniccage.com |access-date=14 June 2009 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120718104911/http://rammsteinniccage.com/concerts/shows/040997.html |archive-date=18 July 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Over the years, several stunts have been used during the live performances of "Du hast", ranging from the [[dildo]] used in "[[Bück dich]]", to the bow used in "[[Du riechst so gut]]". In their ''[[Reise, Reise]]'' and ''[[Liebe ist für alle da]]'' tours, flames shoot several feet into the air and [[Till Lindemann]] fired with a different bow into the air, "starting" a chain reaction that fired rockets over the audience. Being a fan favourite, it has been played at almost every concert to date since its initial performance. When performed live, the intro is always a bit longer than the studio version.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Shq39kWglZ4| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111028020523/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Shq39kWglZ4&gl=US&hl=en| archive-date=28 October 2011 | url-status=dead|title=YouTube|website=Youtube.com|access-date=1 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLp63WBV-Ic| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070214000544/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLp63WBV-Ic| archive-date=14 February 2007 | url-status=dead|title=Rammstein - Du Hast Live from Volkerball|access-date=1 April 2019|website=Youtube.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lowBYuKoWIc|title=YouTube|website=Youtube.com|access-date=1 April 2019}}</ref>

The song has been covered by [[Motionless in White]] for ''[[Punk Goes 90s Vol. 2]]'' in 2014 and was referenced by [[Lizzo]] while performing in Germany in 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/lizzo-rammstein-du-hast-cover-germany-tour-stop-1235261609/|title=Lizzo Playfully Covers Rammstein's 'Du Hast' at German Tour Stop|website=Billboard.com|access-date=1 March 2023}}</ref>

==Music video==
The music video for the song was directed by [[Philipp Stölzl]], and was summed up by one review as "crime, masks, love, violence, betrayal, fire and booze".<ref name="Kerrang">{{Cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/a-deep-dive-into-rammsteins-video-for-du-hast/|title=A deep dive into Rammstein's music video for Du Hast|first1=Mike|last1=Rampton|date=16 March 2019|website=Kerrang!}}</ref> It begins with Rammstein drummer Christoph Schneider pulling up outside an isolated building in a car with a woman played by German actress Astrid Meyerfeldt, whom Schneider kisses and embraces. The video then cuts to masked men aggressively singing towards the camera, before cutting back and forth between this and Schneider taking a handgun out of a bag in the car and tucking it into his belt as he enters the building. Inside, he sees the masked men lined up behind a chair. They remove their masks to reveal that they are the other members of the band, and a relieved Schneider releases his grip from the gun and embraces them, drinking and celebrating with them. All the while, the woman waits nervously outside, first in the car, and then pacing outside of it, then sitting on the ground beside it smoking a cigarette, as dusk falls. More imagery from inside the building appears to show Till smacking someone from camera view, then the band members menacing someone on the floor emphasizing the song chorus, then administering an unknown substance with a syringe, then a figure walking engulfed in flames. The video ends with Schneider and the rest of the band walking out of the building in an abreast row and past the car, with Schneider glancing at the woman leaning against it and checking his watch before the car detonates, but the woman's fate is unconfirmed.<ref name="Kerrang"/>

==Track listing==
{{track listing
| all_writing     = [[Rammstein]]
| title1          = Du hast (Single Version)
| length1         = 3:54
| title2          = [[Bück dich]] (Album Version)
| length2         = 3:21
| title3          = Du hast (Remix by [[Jacob Hellner]])
| length3         = 6:44
| title4          = Du hast (Remix by [[Clawfinger]])
| length4         = 5:23
}}

==Charts==
===Weekly charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ Weekly chart performance for "Du hast"
!scope="col"|Chart (1997–1998)
!scope="col"|Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| Australia ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite Ryan|page=229}}</ref>
| align="center"|97
|-
! scope="row"| Austria ([[Ö3 Austria Top 40]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Rammstein&titel=Du+hast&cat=s |title=Rammstein - Du hast - austriancharts.at (in German) |access-date=14 June 2009}}</ref>
| align="center"|10
|-
! scope="row"|Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles|Eurochart Hot 100]])<ref name="l">{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1997/MM-1997-08-23.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=16|issue=20|page=10|date=23 August 1997|access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref>
|align="center"|29
|-
{{single chart|Germany|5|songid=3499|artist=Rammstein|song=Du hast|rowheader=true|access-date=22 May 2022}}
|-
! scope="row"| Canada [[Canadian rock/alternative chart|Alternative 30]] (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.7037&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5|title=Rock/Alternative - Volume 68, No. 6, November 02 1998|magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|access-date=19 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019223814/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.7037&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5|archive-date=19 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| align="center"|2
|-
! scope="row"|Iceland ([[Íslenski listinn|Dagblaðið Vísir Top 30]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timarit.is/?q=rammstein%20du%20hast&from=01.01.1997&to=31.12.1997&publicationId=&sort=&isLongSnippets=false&isBeygingar=false&isAdvanced=false&size=10|title=Íslenski Listinn (21.08. 1997)|newspaper=[[DV (newspaper)|Dagblaðið Vísir]]|language=is|page=10|date=21 August 1997|access-date=5 October 2019}}</ref>
|align="center"|13
|-
! scope="row"| Switzerland ([[Swiss Music Charts|Schweizer Hitparade]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Rammstein&titel=Du+hast&cat=s |title=Rammstein - Du hast - hitparade.ch (in German) |access-date=14 June 2009}}</ref>
| align="center"|33
|-
! scope="row"| [[UK Singles Chart]] ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_R.HTM|title=Chart Log UK: The Rabble Army - RZA|website=Zobbel|access-date=22 May 2022}}</ref>
| align="center"|186
|-
{{single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|20|artist=Rammstein|rowheader=true|access-date=22 May 2022}}
|}
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ 2022 weekly chart performance for "Du hast"
!scope="col"|Chart (2022)
!scope="col"|Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| Sweden ([[Sverigetopplistan]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/41?dspy=2022&dspp=31|title=Veckolista Singlar, vecka 31|publisher=[[Sverigetopplistan]]|access-date=5 August 2022}}</ref>
| 52
|}
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ 2023 weekly chart performance for "Du hast"
!scope="col"|Chart (2023)
!scope="col"|Peak<br />position
|-
{{single chart|Finland|47|artist=Rammstein|song=Du hast|rowheader=true|access-date=4 June 2023}}
|-
! scope="row"| Lithuania ([[AGATA (organization)|AGATA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s21-2/|title=2023 21-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100)|publisher=[[AGATA (organization)|AGATA]]|language=lt|date=26 May 2023|access-date=26 May 2023}}</ref>
| 19
|}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Year-end chart performance for "Du hast"
!scope="col"|Chart (1997)
!scope="col"|Position
|-
! scope="row"| Germany (Media Control)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1997 |title=Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts 1997 |language=de |publisher=[[GfK Entertainment]] |access-date=17 April 2018}}</ref>
| 73
|}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|artist=Rammstein|title=Du hast|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=1997|certyear=2025|id=15216|access-date=2 April 2025}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|title=Du haast|artist=Rammstein|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=1997|access-date=15 December 2024|certyear=2022|source=radioscope}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|artist=Rammstein|title=Du hast|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=1997|certyear=2024|id=rammstein-du-hast|access-date=17 February 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Rammstein|title=Du hast|award=Silver|type=single|relyear=2005|certyear=2022|id=18086-2776-1|access-date=20 May 2022}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}

== Covers ==

* In 2014, American metal band [[Motionless in White]] covered the song for their album ''Punk Goes 90's. Vol. 2''.<ref>{{Citation |title=Du Hast |date=1 April 2014 |url=https://open.spotify.com/track/2XqF629pnqF7L5DxEY8Zrm |language=en |access-date=6 January 2023}}</ref>
* In 2015, Russian [[klezmer]] band [[Dobranotch]] covered the song with the lyrics translated into [[Yiddish]].<ref> {{Cite web |last=Kennelty |first=Greg |title=RAMMSTEIN's Hit "Du Hast" Gets An Interesting Russian Klezmer Cover |url=https://metalinjection.net/video/rammsteins-hit-du-hast-gets-an-interesting-russian-klezmer-cover |access-date=6 March 2023 |website=Metal Injection |date=December 2015 |language=en-US}} </ref>
* In 2023, French [[neofolk]] band [[Skáld (band)|SKÁLD]] covered the song for their album ''Huldufólk''.<ref>{{Citation |title=Du Hast |date=6 January 2023 |url=https://open.spotify.com/track/26jocv9sWHU7Hed7K5Ch3E |language=en |access-date=6 January 2023}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:1997 singles]]
[[Category:London Records singles]]
[[Category:Nu metal songs]]
[[Category:Rammstein songs]]
[[Category:Slash Records singles]]
[[Category:Songs written by Christian Lorenz]]
[[Category:Songs written by Christoph Schneider]]
[[Category:Songs written by Oliver Riedel]]
[[Category:Songs written by Paul Landers]]
[[Category:Songs written by Richard Z. Kruspe]]
[[Category:Songs written by Till Lindemann]]
[[Category:Macaronic songs]]