"Krank" | ||||
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Single by KMFDM | ||||
Released | 8 March 2011 [1] | |||
Recorded | 2010 | |||
Genre | Industrial rock, electro-industrial | |||
Label | Metropolis, KMFDM, Dependent | |||
Songwriter(s) | Sascha Konietzko | |||
Producer(s) | KMFDM | |||
KMFDM singles chronology | ||||
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Audio sample | ||||
"Krank" |
"Krank" is a song by industrial rock group KMFDM, the first single from their seventeenth studio album, WTF?!. It was released in North America on 8 March 2011 on the KMFDM and Metropolis record labels, [1] and in Europe on 11 March 2011 [2] on the Dependent label. [3] None of the tracks on the Krank release are on the album, as the album features a different version of Krank, and does not feature any version of Day Of Light. [1] [4] The single features remixes by band leader Sascha Konietzko, former band members Tim Skold and Bill Rieflin, and Sebastian Komor of Icon of Coil. [1]
The single's cover image was designed by longtime KMFDM cover artist Aidan "Brute!" Hughes, [1] who said that he was asked by band founder Sascha Konietzko to create an illustration of the entire band. He used a variety of photos from the band's last tour and individually sketched all the band members before layering them together [5] to create a caricatured group image. [1]
The band released a video for the song, their first in nine years, [4] and first official video since 1997's "Megalomaniac" video. [2] The video, which was simultaneously recorded in Seattle, Hamburg, and Portland, Oregon, was produced by Kelly Raine. [2] The band released a teaser for the video a few weeks before the release of the single, [6] which was then temporarily sold out on the band's website due to high demand. [7]
"Krank" has been generally well received. The song was described as "adrenalin-pumping" and "self-assured" by Ross Hoon of Dominion Magazine. [8] Mike Kieffer of Auxiliary Magazine [9] called the single "nothing groundbreaking, yet still good", [10] adding that the single hinted that the upcoming album WTF?! could be great. [10] Niggels Uhlenbruch of Reflections of Darkness called the song "an aggressive stomper in the best KMFDM tradition", but also commented that it was "a bit like KMFDM by numbers". [11] He described the mixes of the song as ready for club play. [11]
In its second week of release, the song "Krank" reached No. 5 on the DAC German Alternative Chart. [12] It also reached No. 15 on the US Billboard Top 100 Singles Chart and No. 3 on the US Billboard Top 25 Dance Singles Chart. [13]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Remixer | Length |
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1. | "Krank (Käptn' K Mix)" | Sascha Konietzko | Sascha Konietzko | 4:23 |
2. | "Krank (Komor Kommando Mix)" | Konietzko | Sebastian Komor | 4:55 |
3. | "Krank (Knark Mix)" | Konietzko | Tim Skold | 4:36 |
4. | "Day of Light (Revenge Mix)" | Jules Hodgson, Konietzko, William Wilson | Bill Rieflin | 4:23 |
5. | "Day of Light (24/7 Mix)" | Hodgson, Konietzko, Wilson | 5:00 | |
Total length: | 23:17 |
"Krank" | ||||
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Single by KMFDM | ||||
Released | 8 March 2011 [1] | |||
Recorded | 2010 | |||
Genre | Industrial rock, electro-industrial | |||
Label | Metropolis, KMFDM, Dependent | |||
Songwriter(s) | Sascha Konietzko | |||
Producer(s) | KMFDM | |||
KMFDM singles chronology | ||||
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Audio sample | ||||
"Krank" |
"Krank" is a song by industrial rock group KMFDM, the first single from their seventeenth studio album, WTF?!. It was released in North America on 8 March 2011 on the KMFDM and Metropolis record labels, [1] and in Europe on 11 March 2011 [2] on the Dependent label. [3] None of the tracks on the Krank release are on the album, as the album features a different version of Krank, and does not feature any version of Day Of Light. [1] [4] The single features remixes by band leader Sascha Konietzko, former band members Tim Skold and Bill Rieflin, and Sebastian Komor of Icon of Coil. [1]
The single's cover image was designed by longtime KMFDM cover artist Aidan "Brute!" Hughes, [1] who said that he was asked by band founder Sascha Konietzko to create an illustration of the entire band. He used a variety of photos from the band's last tour and individually sketched all the band members before layering them together [5] to create a caricatured group image. [1]
The band released a video for the song, their first in nine years, [4] and first official video since 1997's "Megalomaniac" video. [2] The video, which was simultaneously recorded in Seattle, Hamburg, and Portland, Oregon, was produced by Kelly Raine. [2] The band released a teaser for the video a few weeks before the release of the single, [6] which was then temporarily sold out on the band's website due to high demand. [7]
"Krank" has been generally well received. The song was described as "adrenalin-pumping" and "self-assured" by Ross Hoon of Dominion Magazine. [8] Mike Kieffer of Auxiliary Magazine [9] called the single "nothing groundbreaking, yet still good", [10] adding that the single hinted that the upcoming album WTF?! could be great. [10] Niggels Uhlenbruch of Reflections of Darkness called the song "an aggressive stomper in the best KMFDM tradition", but also commented that it was "a bit like KMFDM by numbers". [11] He described the mixes of the song as ready for club play. [11]
In its second week of release, the song "Krank" reached No. 5 on the DAC German Alternative Chart. [12] It also reached No. 15 on the US Billboard Top 100 Singles Chart and No. 3 on the US Billboard Top 25 Dance Singles Chart. [13]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Remixer | Length |
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1. | "Krank (Käptn' K Mix)" | Sascha Konietzko | Sascha Konietzko | 4:23 |
2. | "Krank (Komor Kommando Mix)" | Konietzko | Sebastian Komor | 4:55 |
3. | "Krank (Knark Mix)" | Konietzko | Tim Skold | 4:36 |
4. | "Day of Light (Revenge Mix)" | Jules Hodgson, Konietzko, William Wilson | Bill Rieflin | 4:23 |
5. | "Day of Light (24/7 Mix)" | Hodgson, Konietzko, Wilson | 5:00 | |
Total length: | 23:17 |