"Das Boot" is the title theme to the film and TV Series Das Boot

Das Boot

Das Boot is a 1981 German epic war film written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen, produced by Günter Rohrbach, and starring Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, and Klaus Wennemann...

, composed and produced by Klaus Doldinger

Klaus Doldinger

Klaus Doldinger is a German saxophonist, especially well-known for jazz and as a composer of film music. He was the recipient of 1997's Bavarian Film Awards .-Life and work:...

, released on single and album in 1981.

In 1991 it was covered ("Techno Version") by the dance music project U 96. It was its debut single from the album of the same name

Das Boot (album)

Das Boot is the first album by the German dance group U96, released in 1992. The track Das Boot is a cover version of the title theme of the 1981 German film Das Boot, composed by Klaus Doldinger. The name of group is a reference to the film...

 and was released in 1991. It became a number-one hit in Austria, Switzerland, Germany and Norway and was a top ten hit in France and the Netherlands. The song was the subject of many remixes throughout the years.

The synthesized speech in the song was generated using an Atari ST

Atari ST

The Atari ST is a home/personal computer that was released by Atari Corporation in 1985 and commercially available from that summer into the early 1990s. The "ST" officially stands for "Sixteen/Thirty-two", which referred to the Motorola 68000's 16-bit external bus and 32-bit internals...

 and the STSPEECH.TOS program.

Track listings

CD maxi

1. "Das Boot" (techno version) – 5:14
2. "Tiefenrausch" – 4:18
3. "Das Boot" (trigger version) – 5:14

7" single

1. "Das Boot"
2. "Das Boot" (Mickey Finn full version)

12" maxi

1. "Das Boot" (techno version) – 5:14
2. "Tiefenrausch" – 4:18

Cassette

1. "Das Boot" (techno version) – 5:14
2. "Das Boot" (trigger version) – 5:14

CD maxi - Remixes

1. "Das Boot / Kennedy" (Megamix - I Wanna Be a Kennedy) – 6:14
2. "Sonar Sequences – 6:13
3. "Das Boot" – 3:25

CD maxi - 2001 remixes

1. "Das Boot 2001" (radio edit) – 3:41
2. "Das Boot 2001" (DJ Mellow-D remix) – 8:22
3. "Das Boot 2001" (Cosmic Gate remix) – 7:41
4. "Anthem 2001" – 3:19

12" maxi - 2001 remixes

1. "Das Boot 2001" (Cosmic Gate remix) – 7:41
2. "Das Boot 2001" (DJ Errik remix) – 8:05
3. "Das Boot 2001" (Schiller remix) – 8:23
4. "Das Boot 2001" (Avancada remix) – 8:12

Peak positions

Chart (1992/93)	Peak position
Austrian Singles Chart	1
Dutch Top 40 Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...	4
French SNEP Singles Chart	9
German Singles Chart	1
Irish Singles Chart	19
Norwegian Singles Chart	1
Swedish Singles Chart	5
Swiss Singles Chart	1
UK Singles Chart	18
Chart (1995) 1	Peak position
Finnish Singles Chart	10
Swedish Singles Chart	53
Chart (2001) 2	Peak position
Austrian Singles Chart	12
Swiss Singles Chart	41

¹ "Das Boot II"

² "Das Boot 2001"

End of year charts

End of year chart (1992)	Position
Austrian Singles Chart	4
Dutch Top 40	33
Swiss Singles Chart	9

Certifications

Country	Certification	Date	Sales certified
Austria	Gold	June 26, 1992	15,000