No Beer in Heaven
| "Im Himmel gibt's kein Bier" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| Language | German |
| English title | "In Heaven There Is No Beer" |
| Published | 1956 |
| Genre | Drinking song |
| Composer(s) | Ralph Maria Siegel |
| Lyricist(s) | Ernst Neubach |
"In Heaven There Is No Beer" is a song about the existential pleasures of beer drinking. The title of the song is the reason for drinking beer while you are still alive. The song in German is "Im Himmel gibt's kein Bier", in Spanish, "En El Cielo No Hay Cerveza". It was originally composed as a movie score for the film Die Fischerin vom Bodensee, 1956, by Ernst Neubach and Ralph Maria Siegel. The English lyrics are credited to Art Walunas.
Atongo Zimba recorded a version as well as Dr. Demento. The song was the inspiration for the title of the 1984 film and 1985 Sundance Film Festival winner, In Heaven There Is No Beer?, which also featured the song "Who Stole the Kishka?". A version with different lyrics, titled "Es gibt kein Bier auf Hawaii" ("There Is No Beer in Hawaii") was performed by the German singer Paul Kuhn in 1963.
A version of the song by the Amherst, MA band Clean Living became a hit in 1972.
another version of the song is The Happs. A Jamaican ska band
In heaven there is no beer.
That's why we drink it here (Right Here!)
and when we're gone from here,
our friends will be drinking all the beer!
Im Himmel gibt’s kein Bier,
Drum trinken wir es hier.
Denn sind wir nicht mehr hier,
Dann trinken die andern unser Bier.
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