Mel Brooks – To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap)
Genre: | Electronic |
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Style: | Electro, Synth-pop |
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Tracklist
To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) Pt. I | 4:32 | ||
To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) Pt. II (Instrumental Mix) | 5:11 |
Credits (7)
- Chris BirkettEngineer
- Graham HumphreysIllustration
- Jonz*Lacquer Cut By
- Stephen Vaughan (2)Photography By
- Pete WingfieldProducer, Arranged By
- Mel BrooksWritten-By
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To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) Pts. 1&2 12", 45 RPM, Single | Island Records – 12 IS 158, Island Records – 12IS 158, Island Visual Arts – 12 IS 158 | UK | 1983 | UK — 1983 | Recently Edited | ||||
To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) 7", 45 RPM, Single | Island Records – IS 158 | UK | 1983 | UK — 1983 | Recently Edited | ||||
To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) Pts. 1 & 2 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single | Antilles – AN 810 | US | 1983 | US — 1983 | Recently Edited | ||||
To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) 12" | Liberation Records – X 13153 | Australia | 1983 | Australia — 1983 | Recently Edited | ||||
To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) 7", 45 RPM, Single | Island Records – K-9373, Island Records – IS 158 | Australia | 1983 | Australia — 1983 | New Submission | ||||
To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) Pts. 1&2 7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo | Island Records – IS 158, Island Records – IS-158 | Scandinavia | 1983 | Scandinavia — 1983 | |||||
To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) Pts. 1&2 7", 45 RPM, Single | Island Records – 818 297-7 | France | 1983 | France — 1983 | New Submission | ||||
To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) 7", 45 RPM, Single, Picture Disc | Island Records – ISP 158 | UK | 1983 | UK — 1983 | New Submission | ||||
To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) 7", 45 RPM, Single | Island Records – IS 158 | Italy | 1983 | Italy — 1983 | Recently Edited | ||||
To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) 12", 45 RPM | Island Records – 052-2000516 | Greece | 1983 | Greece — 1983 | New Submission | ||||
To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) Pts. 1&2 12", Single, 45 RPM, Stereo | Island Records – IS 158, Island Records – IS-158 | Canada | 1983 | Canada — 1983 | New Submission | ||||
To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) 7", 45 RPM, Single | Island Records Inc. – ISL 97000, Island Visual Arts – ISL 97000 | Canada | 1983 | Canada — 1983 | New Submission | ||||
To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) 7", 45 RPM, Single, Large centre hole | Island Records – IS 158 | UK | 1983 | UK — 1983 | New Submission | ||||
To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) 7", 45 RPM | Island Records – IS 158 | UK | 1983 | UK — 1983 | New Submission | ||||
To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) 7" | Island Records – K-9373 | Australia | 1983 | Australia — 1983 | Recently Edited | ||||
To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) (Pts. 1&2) 12", Maxi-Single, 45 RPM | Island Records – F-600945, Island Records – F-600.945 | Spain | 1983 | Spain — 1983 | |||||
To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) 7", 45 RPM, EP | Dacapo – 10.100158.11 | Portugal | 1983 | Portugal — 1983 | New Submission | ||||
To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) 7", 45 RPM, Single | Island Records – K-9373 | New Zealand | 1983 | New Zealand — 1983 | New Submission | ||||
To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) Pts. 1&2 12", 45 RPM, Single | Island Records – 12 IS 158, Island Records – 12IS 158, Island Visual Arts – 12 IS 158 | UK | 1983 | UK — 1983 | New Submission | ||||
To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) 7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo | Island Records – IS 158 | UK | 1983 | UK — 1983 | New Submission | ||||
To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) 12", 45 RPM, Test Pressing | Island Records – 052-2000516 | Greece | 1983 | Greece — 1983 | Recently Edited | ||||
To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) 7", 45 RPM, Single | Island Records – IS 158 | UK | 1983 | UK — 1983 | New Submission | ||||
To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) 7", 45 RPM, Single, Promo | Island Records – 7SI-116 | Japan | 1983 | Japan — 1983 | New Submission | ||||
To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) 7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo | Island Records – IS 158 | UK | 1983 | UK — 1983 | New Submission | ||||
To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) 12", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo | Island Records – 12IS 158 | UK | 1983 | UK — 1983 | New Submission | ||||
To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) Pts. 1&2 12", 45 RPM, Single | Island Records – 12 IS 158, Island Records – 12IS 158, Island Visual Arts – 12 IS 158 | UK | 1983 | UK — 1983 | New Submission | ||||
To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) 7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo | Island Records – IS 158 | UK | 1983 | UK — 1983 | |||||
To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) 7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo | Island Records – IS 158 | UK | 1983 | UK — 1983 | New Submission | ||||
To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) 7", 45 RPM, Single | Island Records – IS 158 | Ireland | 1983 | Ireland — 1983 | New Submission | ||||
To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) Pts. 1&2 7", 45 RPM, Single | Island Records – 818 297-7 | France | 1983 | France — 1983 | New Submission | ||||
To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) Pts. 1&2 7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo | Island Records – IS 158, Island Records – IS-158 | Scandinavia | 1983 | Scandinavia — 1983 | New Submission | ||||
To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) Pts. 1&2 12", 45 RPM | Island Records – 601.168, Island Records – 601 168 | Netherlands | 1984 | Netherlands — 1984 | Recently Edited | ||||
To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) 7", Single | Island Records – 106 172-100, Island Visual Arts – 106 172 | Europe | 1984 | Europe — 1984 | Recently Edited | ||||
To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) Pts. 1&2 12", 45 RPM | Island Records – 818 297-1 | France | 1984 | France — 1984 | |||||
To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) Pts. 1&2 12", 45 RPM, Maxi-Single | Island Records – F600945, Island Records – F-600.945 | Spain | 1984 | Spain — 1984 | New Submission | ||||
To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) 7", Single | Island Records – A-106.087 | Spain | 1984 | Spain — 1984 | Recently Edited | ||||
To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) (Pts. 1&2) 7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo | Island Records – 106.172, Island Records – 106172-100 | Netherlands | 1984 | Netherlands — 1984 | Recently Edited | ||||
To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) 7", Single, White Label, Promo | Island Records – A-106.087 | Spain | 1984 | Spain — 1984 | New Submission | ||||
To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) 7", 45 RPM, Single, Promo | Ariola – 0314 | Spain | 1984 | Spain — 1984 | New Submission | ||||
To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) 7", 45 RPM | Island Records – 10.100158.11 | Portugal | 1984 | Portugal — 1984 | New Submission |
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Reviews
- I was the tape op in the studio (Battery 1 in Willesden) where the guys, not Mel Brooks unfortunately, came in and did overdubs on this. Pete Wingfield wigging out on his Minimoog was definitely a highlight!
- Auch ein geiles Lied was nirgends auf CD erschienen ist. Habe die auf Vinyl und würde die gerne auf CD haben.
Also a great song which has not appeared anywhere on CD. I have it on vinyl and would love to have it on CD. - Edited 14 years agoEver wondered what a disco-rap record by The Fuhrer would sound like ? Of course, for such a cultural event to have occured, a subtle rewriting of history would be required, in two ways; a) Germany would have needed to have won the war, and b) Adolf would have required to have been convinced by, presumably, Josef Goebbels that he needed to make a disco-rap record in the early 80s to give himself a more 'hip' image to the ranks of the Hitler-jungen (and that's only if - and it's a big if - they were allowed to listen to music other than army marching music or Wagner; methinks disco may have been banned from the Third Reich, but we can only ponder)...Luckily, history turned out rather better, and neither of those events came to pass; can you imagine the horror if not ? Nazi-disco music - jeez !
So, the record...well, it's pure genius from Mr Brooks; like 'The Producers' before, how better to parody an odious ideology than by reducing it to a fun, catchy tune ? The Third Reich would have surely dissapproved (especially of the video, complete with camp SS officers, and suspender-clad beauties echoing 'Cabaret'), making this record all the more delicious. It's as good, if not better, than 'Springtime for Hitler' - the lyrics are wonderful (packed with cracking lines like "why don't we throw a little nazi party?" etc ) and, as a bonus, our Mel chucks in a potted history of Hitler's rise and fall, to boot (a jackboot, naturally).
It's the finest (and only, as far as I know) cod-disco/comedy/historical-satire record ever made....at a time when we are exposed yet again to the remnants of fascism (the BNP in the UK), this record all of a sudden seems rather relevant again - ok, it's musically dated (nothing a proper good dubstep version wouldn't sort, eh what ? Come on someone, sort it !), but the reduction of fascism by parody like this works so much better, it could be argued, than dry debate on the matter (though that has its place, too - having said that, have YOU ever tried debating with a fascist ? Is it me, or do they just not listen, having already made up their minds that they're right ? God, they can be real fascists, those Fascists, sometimes...)
Look. This record is great. And anyone who doesn't agree with me is just plain wrong. Fascist, moi ?
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