Synopsis

A couple prepares for an intimate evening, beginning with the woman bathing and dressing before the pair sit down to dinner. The atmosphere gradually turns hostile as their argument escalates into a volatile confrontation. Dero Goi and Nina Hagen appear as alter egos of the couple, while the band performs in separate scenes and the two singers face each other in a charged vocal exchange. The video mirrors the song's imagery of desire, pain, domination, and emotional dependence without resolving the relationship.

Factoids & Trivia

• "Fieber" was released as the second single from Oomph!'s sixth studio album, "Plastik," in 1999. The single followed the album release and came out on Virgin Records.

• The song was conceived as a duet before the guest singer had been chosen. Oomph! eventually approached Nina Hagen, whose participation turned the track into a meeting between one of Germany's industrial rock groups and a major figure from the country's punk and rock history.

• Hagen recorded her vocals in Cologne, while Oomph! recorded and produced the track at their own Nagelstudio facility in Calberlah. The band reportedly prepared several versions because of the range and unpredictability of Hagen's performance.

• The video was included among the 15 Oomph! music videos on the band's 2007 DVD compilation "Rohstoff."

• Although "Fieber" became a club favorite and received rotation on German-language music television, it did not enter the German singles chart.

• The song marked a more melodic direction for Oomph!, with synth-rock and electro-metal elements taking a larger role than on the band's earlier, more aggressively metal-oriented material.