Synopsis

The video turns "You're Dead" into a darkly comic crime caper. Against images connected to the 1999 film of the same name, a carefully planned bank robbery collapses when rival criminals and the police converge on the building. Hostages, gunfire, shifting loyalties, and an increasingly chaotic siege replace any hope of a clean getaway. The Toten Hosen's performance is folded into this fatal chain of events, matching the song's blunt title and punk energy with the film's violent, absurdist atmosphere.

Factoids & Trivia

• "You're Dead" was created as the title song for the 1999 British-German crime comedy of the same name.

• The song was released in 1999 as part of the double single "Schon sein / You're Dead." The release also included "Fussball" and "Im Westen nichts Neues."

• The track was written by Andreas von Holst, Andreas Frege, and British punk songwriter T.V. Smith.

• At 4:41, "You're Dead" is one of the longer songs from the band's 1999 album "Unsterblich."

• The song later appeared on the 2006 video compilation "Reich & sexy II - Die fetten Jahre," which collected the band's videos from the mid-1990s onward.

• The official video was published on the band's YouTube channel in 2017, making the 1999 film tie-in available to a new online audience.

• The associated film stars John Hurt and Rhys Ifans and centers on a bank robbery that turns into a hostage siege.