Showroom Dummies Lyrics
Eins, zwei, drei, vier
[Verse 1]
We are standing here
Exposing ourselves
We are showroom dummies
We are showroom dummies
[Verse 2]
We're being watched
And we feel our pulse
We are showroom dummies
We are showroom dummies
[Verse 3]
We look around
And change our pose
We are showroom dummies
We are showroom dummies
[Verse 4]
We start to move
And we break the glass
We are showroom dummies
We are showroom dummies
We step out
And take a walk through the city
We are showroom dummies
We are showroom dummies
[Verse 6]
We go into a club
And there we start to dance
We are showroom dummies
We are showroom dummies
[Outro]
We are showroom dummies
We are showroom dummies
We are showroom dummies
We are showroom dummies
About
“Showroom Dummies” is a song by German electronic group Kraftwerk. It was released in August 1977 as the second single from their album Trans-Europe Express (1977).
This song was inspired by a review of one of their performances, in which the band was compared to “showroom dummies”, based on their famously detached and unemotional performance style. Later on, during future performances of the song “The Robots”, the members of the band actually would be replaced by dummies.
Maxime Schmitt encouraged the band to record a French version of the song which was subsequently released as “Les Mannequins”, marking Kraftwerk’s first song in French. Coincidentally, their tenth studio album Tour de France Soundtracks (2003) would end up featuring lyrics mostly in French.
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