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#Das boot soundtrack 1 update

The movie was directed by Wolfgang Petersen. It used footage from the 1981 German submarine film Das Boot. The music video for 'Das Boot' was directed by Peter Claridge. It was also awarded with a gold record in Austria, with a sale of 15,000 singles. Outside Europe, the single was a huge hit in Israel, where it peaked at number-one in April 1992. In the latter, it debuted at number 37, and peaked at number 18 in its third week on the UK Singles Chart, on September 6, 1992. Additionally, 'Das Boot' peaked within the Top 20 in Belgium, Ireland and the United Kingdom. The single also made it to the Top 10 in Denmark, Finland, France, the Netherlands and Sweden, as well as on the Eurochart Hot 100, where it reached number three. In Germany, it spent 13 weeks on the top, and cruised to platinum status (500,000 units), making it the best-selling single in recent years in Germany by a long shot. It peaked at number-one in Germany, Norway and Switzerland. 'Das Boot' was very successful on the charts in Europe, remaining one of the project's biggest hits to date.

#Das boot soundtrack 1 update

It's like Kraftwerk on acid, or plain Front 242.' James Hamilton from Music Week's RM Dance Update wrote that 'this Hamburg based DJ's vocoder produced and Asdic pinged techno treatment of Klaus Doldinger's original theme is in basic chugging 0-122.9bpm Techno (with beat losing edits midway), far fiercer smoothly thrumming electro 0-127.1bpm Strings 127, Accordian, Echo Mix, 127 BPM and - fiercest of all - 0-130.9bpm 131 BPM Versions. Pan-European magazine Music & Media noted that 'with no significant airplay, this techno version of the theme to the movie ' Das Boot' is number one for the second consecutive week in Germany.

The song was the subject of many remixes throughout the years. It was also a top 20 hit in the UK, peaking at No. 'Das Boot' became a number-one hit also in Austria, Israel, Norway and Switzerland and was a top 10 hit in Denmark, Finland, France, the Netherlands and Sweden. It took the German single charts by storm and reached the top slot in early 1992, where it spent an unprecedented 13 weeks. This techno version was U96's debut single from the album of the same name. In 1991, it was covered by Alex Christensen and his dance music project U96. ' Das Boot' (released in the UK and US as ' The Boat') is the title theme to the film and TV series Das Boot, composed and produced by Klaus Doldinger, and released as a single in 1981.