Komm zurück/Die Banane explained

Komm zurück/Die Banane
Cover:	Kommzurueckdiebanane.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Die Ärzte
Album:	Unplugged - Rock'n'Roll Realschule
Released:	25 November 2002
Length:	3:29/4:59
Label:	Hot Action Records
Producer:	Uwe Hoffmann & Die Ärzte
Prev Title:	Rock'n'Roll-Übermensch
Prev Year:	2001
Next Title:	Unrockbar
Next Year:	2003

"Komm zurück" (Come back) and "Die Banane" (The banana) are songs by German rock band Die Ärzte. "Komm zurück" is the eleventh and "Die Banane" the seventeenth track on their 2002 live album . "Komm zurück/Die Banane" is the only single (a double single) from that album.

"Komm zurück" was initially on Das ist nicht die ganze Wahrheit... and "Die Banane" on Planet Punk. "Komm zurück" was performed live for the first time ever for this record.^[1] "Komm zurück" is about missing someone. "Die Banane" is about how women eating bananas remind men of fellatio.

The videos for both songs feature footage from the concert.

Personnel

Originals

Komm zurück

• Farin Urlaub - vocals, electric guitar, bass
• Bela B. - drums

Die Banane

• Bela B. - vocals, drums
• Farin Urlaub - electric guitar
• Rodrigo González - bass, keyboard

Komm zurück/Die Banane

Komm zurück

• Farin Urlaub - vocals, acoustic rhythm guitar
• Rodrigo González - acoustic lead guitar
• Bela B. - drums
• Markus Paßlick - percussion
• MTV Unplugged Orchestra - strings

Die Banane

• Bela B. - vocals, drums
• Farin Urlaub - background vocals, harmonica
• Rodrigo González - acoustic guitar
• Markus Paßlick - percussion
• MTV Unplugged Orchestra - strings, horns

Track listing

1. "Komm zurück" – 3:29
2. "Die Banane" – 4:59
3. "Ist das alles?" – 4:12
4. "Sommer, Palmen, Sonnenschein" – 2:42
5. "3-Tage-Bart" – 3:24

B-sides

The B-sides are live 'unplugged' recordings from the same concert as the A-sides not released on the album.

• "Ist das alles?" [Is that all?] is from Die Ärzte.
• "Sommer, Palmen, Sonnenschein" [Summer, palms, sunshine] was on Uns geht's prima... and on Die Ärzte früher!.
• "3-Tage-Bart" [Stubble] is from Le Frisur.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Alle Veröffentlichungen von Die Ärzte [Every Release of Die Ärzte]]. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101212195753/http://bademeister.com/v7/php/diskografie.php?p=3&a=10&aid=57. 12 December 2010. bademeister.com. de.