| Hier kommt Alex | |
| Cover: | Hierkommtalex.gif |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Die Toten Hosen |
| Album: | Ein kleines bisschen Horrorschau |
| Released: | 3 October 1988 |
| Genre: | Punk rock |
| Length: | 3:53 |
| Label: | Totenkopf |
| Prev Title: | Alle Mädchen wollen küssen |
| Prev Year: | 1987 |
| Next Title: | 1000 gute Gründe |
| Next Year: | 1989 |
"Hier kommt Alex" (Here comes Alex) is a song by German punk band Die Toten Hosen. It is the first single and the first track from the album Ein kleines bisschen Horrorschau. The song in concept introduces Alex, who is the central character on the concept album, a reference to Alex, the protagonist of Anthony Burgess' novel A Clockwork Orange.
"Hier kommt Alex" is structurally and musically similar to the last track from the album, "Bye, Bye Alex".
The video was directed by Walter Knofel.
The song appears as a bonus track in the game . It is also available as downloadable content for Guitar Hero World Tour.
It is included in the European release of the game Rock Band, and as a downloadable track on the American version. Due to licensing issues, the song was taken down from DLC services in 2013.[1] The song was available for re-download in Rock Band 4 for those who purchased it prior to this date.
The song has been covered by many artists, among them Samsas Traum on Endstation.Eden, Gatos Sucios on Punto limite, Thomas Baldischwyler for the compilation Pudel Produkte 8, Sonnenbrandt, Scala & Kolacny Brothers on the album Grenzenlos. British punk band UK Subs covered it in English as "Here Comes Alex". In 2020, German medieval rock band Feuerschwanz covered the song with a medieval composition.[2]
According to an interview, Die Ärzte had spontaneously played the song on a benefit concert to attract more crowd, because people were leaving after a bad band.[3]
| The Return of Alex | |
| Cover: | Thereturnofalex.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Die Toten Hosen |
| Album: | Love, Peace & Money |
| Released: | 1994 |
| Genre: | Punk rock |
| Length: | 4:29 |
| Label: | Virgin Records |
| Prev Title: | Kauf MICH! |
| Prev Year: | 1994 |
| Next Title: | Sexual |
| Next Year: | 1994 |
There's also an English version of the song, titled "The Return of Alex". This was released as a promo single for UK from the all-English album Love, Peace & Money.
The video was directed by René Eller and shows the band performing in a black-and-white TV-set.
| Hier kommt Alex (unplugged) | |
| Cover: | Hierkommtalexunplugged.gif |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Die Toten Hosen |
| Released: | 9 December 2005 |
| Genre: | Punk rock, acoustic rock |
| Length: | 4:08 |
| Label: | JKP |
| Prev Title: | Freunde |
| Prev Year: | 2005 |
| Next Title: | The Guns of Brixton (unplugged) |
| Next Year: | 2006 |
"Hier kommt Alex" was also released as a single from the 2005 unplugged album . The song is introduced with the first bars of the second movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9.
The video contains live footage.
| Year | Country | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | ||
| 2005 | ||
| 2005 |