TV-Glotzer

"TV-Glotzer" is a song by Nina Hagen Band, first released in 1978 by CBS Records and later, on August 29, 1979 released in United Kingdom. The song is a cover of "White Punks on Dope" by The Tubes, with different German lyrics from the perspective of an East German unable to leave her country, who escapes by watching West German television, where "everything is so colorful". Hagen wrote the song before being expatriated from East Germany in 1976, following her stepfather Wolf Biermann. Later, when she formed the Nina Hagen Band in the West Berlin, they recorded the song and it became the lead single from their debut album Nina Hagen Band (1978).

"TV-Glotzer"
Single by Nina Hagen Band
from the album Nina Hagen Band
B-side"Heiss"
Released1978
August 29, 1979
Format7" single
Recorded1977
Hansa Tonstudio, Berlin
Genre
Length5:15
LabelCBS
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Nina Hagen Band
  • Tom Müller
Nina Hagen Band singles chronology
"TV-Glotzer"
(1978)		 "African Reggae"
(1979)
Nina Hagen singles chronology
"Hatschi-Waldera"
(1975)		 "TV-Glotzer"
(1978)		 "African Reggae"
(1979)

The single has sold over 100,000 copies in France. [1]

Track listings
  • 7" single (Germany)[2]
  1. "TV-Glotzer (White Punks On Dope)" – 5:15
  2. "Heiss" – 4:11
  • 7" single (UK)[3]
  1. "TV-Glotzer (White Punks On Dope)" – 5:15
  2. "Naturträne" – 4:05

Credits and personnel

References
  1. "InfoDisc : Les Certifications (Albums) du SNEP (Les Disques d'Or)". Archived from the original on 2008-11-18.
  2. TV-Glotzer (German 7-inch Single liner notes)|format= requires |url= (help) (Media notes). Nina Hagen Band. CBS Records. 1978. CBS S 6835.CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. TV-Glotzer (UK 7-inch Single liner notes)|format= requires |url= (help) (Media notes). Nina Hagen Band. CBS Records. 1979. S CBS 7804.CS1 maint: others (link)
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