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"Help Us—Save Us—Take Us Away"
Single by KMFDM
ReleasedSeptember 15, 1992
Recorded1990–1991
GenreIndustrial rock, industrial dance
Length39:44
LabelWax Trax!
Songwriter(s)Sascha Konietzko, Günter Schulz
Producer(s)Sascha Konietzko
KMFDM singles chronology
"Money"
(1992) 		"Help Us—Save Us—Take Us Away"
(1992) 		"Sucks"
(1992)

"Help Us—Save Us—Take Us Away"[1] is a song by industrial rock group KMFDM from their 1992 album Money. The "Schnitzel Mix" on the single is identical to the album version.

Reception

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The Trouser Press Guide to '90s Rock described the singing of Dorona Alberti on the song as "Nietsche-goes-disco chant[ing]" and the song's steel guitar as "lonesome".[2] Jeff Bagato of Option magazine called the song "a fascinating and oddly beautiful concoction".[3]

Track listing

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1992 release

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No.TitleLength
1."Help Us—Save Us—Take Us Away" (Wiener-Mix)4:12
2."Help Us—Save Us—Take Us Away" (Schnitzel-Mix)6:02
3."Help Us—Save Us—Take Us Away" (Jäger-Mix)5:25
4."Help Us—Save Us—Take Us Away" (Meister-Mix)5:17
5."Help Us—Save Us—Take Us Away" (Oktoberfest-Mix)5:13
6."Bargeld" (Money-Mix)7:14
7."Bargeld" (Cashflow-Mix)6:21
Total length:39:44

2008 7" reissue

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No.TitleLength
1."Help Us / Save Us / Take Us Away" (Wiener Mix)4:16
2."Help Us / Save Us / Take Us Away" (Schnitzel Mix)5:59
Total length:10:15

References

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  1. ^ Discography - Help Us – Save Us – Take Us Away Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Strauss, Neil (1997). Robbins, Ira A.; Sprague, David (eds.). The Trouser Press Guide to '90s Rock. Simon & Schuster. p. 398. ISBN 978-0684814377.
  3. ^ Bagato, Jeff (1992). "KMFDM: Money". Option. 42–47. Scott Becker: 111.
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