Du hast den Farbfilm vergessen

"Du hast den Farbfilm vergessen" (translation: You Forgot The Color Film) is a pop single written by Michael Heubach (music) and Kurt Demmler (lyrics). It was first performed by German punk artist Nina Hagen and her band Automobil (of which Heubach was the keyboardist), released in 1974 prior to Hagen's punk career. The song depicts a young girl scolding her boyfriend for forgetting to bring the color film for their camera while on vacation.[1]

"Du hast den Farbfilm vergessen"
Single by Nina Hagen & Automobil
Released1974
Recorded1973
Length6:36
LabelAmiga
Songwriter(s)Michael Heubach (music)
Kurt Demmler (lyrics)
Nina Hagen & Automobil singles chronology
"Du hast den Farbfilm vergessen"
(1974)		 "He, wir fahren auf's Land"
(1974)

The song reached the top places of the East German music charts in 1974, and 40th place in the 1975 full-year charts.[2] Heubach was paid around 10,000 East German marks and 500 Deutsche Marks.[3]

In 1975, Nina Hagen left the band and became the singer for Michael Fritzen's Dampferband. Two years later, she left the GDR with her mother, Eva-Maria Hagen. This came after Eva-Maria's former partner, Wolf Biermann, had been stripped of his GDR citizenship while on tour in West Germany. Eva-Maria joined the protest against this decision and in turn also lost her citizenship.

In 2003, it was reported that around 40 percent of East Germans could sing the song's lyrics.[4]

Track listing
  1. "Du hast den Farbfilm vergessen" – 3:01
  2. "Wenn ich an dich denk" – 3:35

Cover versions

In 1998, German ska band Blascore covered the song on its album 's Fistkind Kommt... . The German pop band Echolot from Erfurt covered the song on the compilation album, Power from the Eastside in 2003. In 2016, Deutschrock band Goitzsche Front released a cover on its album Mo[nu]ment.

References
  1. Metzger, Richard (2011-12-15). "Pre-punk Nina Hagen in East Germany, 1974". Dangerous Minds. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
  2. Götz Hintze: Rocklexikon der DDR. 2. Auflage. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89602-303-9, S. 320.
  3. Jürgen Balitzki: Electra. Lift. Stern Combo Meißen: Geschichten vom Sachsendreier. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 978-3-89602-323-0, S. 161.
  4. Farbfilm. In: Die Zeit, Nr. 11/2003



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