Song · Pop Will Eat Itself
“Ich Bin Ein Auslander” by Pop Will Eat Itself
From the EP Amalgamation (1994)
“Ich Bin Ein Auslander” by Pop Will Eat Itself appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1994 and 1999. It was first released in 1994 on the EP Amalgamation. Its best result is #10 on the WBER Listener Countdown 1995. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #139 alternative song of 1995 and #6,644 alternative song of all time.
"Ich Bin Ein Auslander" came out as a single in 1994, pulled from Pop Will Eat Itself's album Dos Dedos Mis Amigos, and its title, German for "I am a foreigner", sets up the subject: English attitudes toward immigration. Clint Mansell wrote the words, and the music is credited to him and the band.
It's industrial rock with its sleeves rolled up, all grind and agitation, and it reached 28 on the UK singles chart that year. The song also appears on the Amalgamation EP.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 100 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1994 | 106 |
| 1995 | 10 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 1995 | 50 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 826 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) | 1002 |
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