Eisbär

"Eisbär"
Single by Grauzone
Released 1981
Format vinyl 7"/12" single
Recorded 1980
Genre Neue Deutsche Welle, post-punk
Length 4 minutes, 46 seconds
Writer(s) Martin Eicher[1]
Producer(s) Urs Steiger, Grauzone
Grauzone singles chronology
"Moskau"
(1980)
"Eisbär"
(1981)
"Träume mit mir"
(1982)

"Eisbär" (German for polar bear) is a 1980 "cult" song[2] composed by the Swiss Neue Deutsche Welle band Grauzone.[3] It first appeared on the 1980 compilation album Swiss Wave - The Album.[4] The shorter single version was later collected on the Grauzone album Die Sunrise Tapes (1998).[5]

The song features a man singing he wants to be "a polar bear in the cold polar", because by being one he "wouldn't have to cry any longer and everything would be fine." The instrumental arrangement also evokes an Arctic atmosphere.

Grauzone recorded in 1982 an English-language version (Polar Bear) of the song, which was first released in 2010 on the double CD Grauzone 1980-1982 Remastered.[6]

The song is post-punk performed with guitar, drums and synthesizers.[7]

Track listing

7" single (1981)
A "Eisbär" (4:17)
B "Ich lieb sie" (3:18)
12" single (1981)
A "Eisbär" (4:17)
B1 "Ich lieb sie" (3:18)
B2 "Film 2" (3:35)

Chart performance

Chart (1980) Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart[8] 10
German Singles Chart 12

Covers

References

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