Junge (boy) is a song by Die Ärzte. It's the sixth track and the first single from their 2007 album Jazz ist anders. It debuted on the radio on 31 August 2007.
The song is about teens experiencing only ignorantly superficial criticism and rejection and being held responsible for everything, including the effects thereof. They are compared to inacceptable role models ("guck dir den Dieter an"), are expected to copy their parents values ("der hat sogar ein Auto") and to beg ("wenn du ihn darum bittest") for jobs. They are rejected for their own taste in looks ("wie du wieder aussiehst / Löcher in der Hose" etc.) and music ("und ständig dieser Lärm"). The criticism is exaggerated and based on prejudice ("Nie kommst du nach Hause / So viel schlechter Umgang", "Ihr nehmt doch alle Drogen"), superficial and injust ("Elektrische Gitarren / und immer diese Texte / Das will doch keiner hör'n" – These lines refer to Junge itself.). The parents' prime concerns are their reputation ("Was soll'n die Nachbarn sagen?"), wealth ("eine eigene Praxis", "Was soll das Finanzamt sagen?"), and they themselves ("Denk an deine Eltern"). This underlying selfishness leaves a hypocritical taste to any interest shown ("Wäre das nichts für dich?") and to any trace of truth in their criticism. The parents do not realise their (and societies) original responsibility for the situation ("du warst so ein süßes Kind") and that their (re)action does not help but causes and worsens it.
A Chinese language version of "Junge" was released on the compilation Poptastic Conversation China on August 1, 2008.
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“Ah, there should be a young man, ein schone Junge carrying Blumen, a bouquet of roses. There should be cold Rhine wine and Strauss waltzes, and on the long way home kisses in the shadow of an archway, like a Cinderella.”
—Laurence Stallings (1894–1968)