Din Daa Daa
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| Single by George Kranz | ||||||||||||||
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| Released | 1983 | |||||||||||||
| Genre | Dance | |||||||||||||
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| Writer(s) | George Kranz | |||||||||||||
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"Din Daa Daa" (also released as "Trommeltanz (Din Daa Daa)" or as "Din Daa Daa (Trommeltanz)") is a song written and performed by Berliner musician George Kranz, released as a single in 1983. His only international success, "Din Daa Daa" became a club hit which peaked at number one for two weeks on the US Dance chart. It also charted in several European countries.
The song title loop, the echo between Kranz's onomatopoeia and his drum solos and the synth sounds which can be heard afterwards are the main characteristics of this song.
Regarded as a dance classic and as a precursor of human beatboxing, artists still refer to this song today. The song has been sampled, covered or remixed by many artists, including M|A|R|R|S, Kevin Aviance, Pulsedriver and Flo Rida.
From 1980 to 1983, George Kranz was a drummer in the NDW Berliner band Zeitgeist, founded at the end of the year 1980, which emerged from another band called Firma 33. In 1983, Zeitgest disbanded and Kranz began a solo career.
Developed from a drum solo, "Din Daa Daa" was produced by Tangerine Dream's Christopher Franke and co-produced by Kranz.
"Din Daa Daa" is probably best remembered for its characteristic, repetitive "Din Daa Daa" lyrics. While these lyrics are looped up throughout the song and while he is playing a heavy backbeat, Kranz sings busier and busier drum figures — which sound like "Rat-ta-ta-ta-toom!" — he then duplicates identically on his drum kit. The track later explodes with a strident synth chord. The song's tempo is 122 bpm and its original title, Trommeltanz, means "drum dance" in German.
Its peculiarity is often highlighted; the song has actually been described by The Police's Stewart Copeland as "a dialogue between a chimpanzee and a drummer" while The Guardian's presentation of the song points out that Kranz has a "serious case of onomatopoeia".
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