Eisbär

"Eisbär" (German for polar bear) is a 1980 "cult" song[2]  composed by the Swiss Neue Deutsche Welle band Grauzone.[3]  It first appeared on the 1980 compilation album Swiss Wave - The Album.[4]  The shorter single version was later collected on the Grauzone album Die Sunrise Tapes (1998).[5]

The song features a man singing he wants to be "a polar bear in the cold polar", because by being one he "wouldn't have to cry any longer and everything would be fine." The instrumental arrangement also evokes an Arctic atmosphere.

Grauzone recorded in 1982 an English-language version (Polar Bear) of the song, which was first released in 2010 on the double CD Grauzone 1980-1982 Remastered.[6]

The song is post-punk performed with guitar, drums and synthesizers.[7]



Contents
[hide]  *1 Track listing  ==Track listing[ edit] ==
 * 2 Chart performance
 * 3 Covers
 * 4 References
 * 7" single (1981)
 * A "Eisbär" (4:17)
 * B "Ich lieb sie" (3:18)


 * 12" single (1981)
 * A "Eisbär" (4:17)
 * B1 "Ich lieb sie" (3:18)
 * B2 "Film 2" (3:35)

==Chart performance<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==