Mel Brooks - To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) Album

Tracklist

1	To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) Pt. I	4:32
2	To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) Pt. II - Instrumental Mix	5:11

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
IS 158	Mel Brooks	To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) ‎(7", Single)	Island Records	IS 158	UK	1983
K-9373, IS 158	Mel Brooks	To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) ‎(7", Single)	Island Records, Island Records	K-9373, IS 158	Australia	1983
A-106.087	Mel Brooks	To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) ‎(7", Single, Promo, W/Lbl)	Island Records	A-106.087	Spain	1984
K-9373	Mel Brooks	To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) ‎(7")	Island Records	K-9373	Australia	1983
K-9373	Mel Brooks	To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) ‎(7", Single)	Island Records	K-9373	New Zealand	1983

Credits

• Engineer – Chris Birkett
• Written-By, Producer, Arranged By – Pete Wingfield
• Written-By, Rap – Mel Brooks

Notes

Inspired by the film "To Be Or Not To Be"
℗ 1983 Original sound recording made by Jo Lustig Ltd.

Barcodes

• Matrix / Runout (side A/B, matrix on label): ISL 97000
• Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched runout): ISL 97000-A TLC-T (CR)
• Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched runout): ISL-97000-B TLC-T (CR)
• Pressing Plant ID (Cinram, stamped in runouts): (CR)

Companies

• Recorded By – Jo Lustig Ltd.
• Produced For – Jo Lustig Ltd.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Jo Lustig Ltd.
• Published By – Bee Bee Music
• Published By – Island Music Ltd.
• Manufactured By – MCA Records (Canada)
• Distributed By – MCA Records (Canada)
• Record Company – Antilles Communications Ltd.
• Pressed By – Cinram

Short intro

To Be or Not to Be also known as The Hitler Rap is a song recorded by Mel Brooks in 1983 for Island Records. The song appeared on the soundtrack album for the movie of the same name. It was derived from the burlesque show within the film but did not appear within it. It also echoes Brooks' 1967 film The Producers, with the lines Don't be stupid, be a smarty. Come and join the Nazi Party, taken from the song Springtime for Hitler. On the movie's soundtrack album, but not in the movie, is a novelty rap song entitled To Be or Not to Be The Hitler Rap. This song was released as the word started getting around So I said to Martin Bormann, I said Hey Marty Why don't we throw a little Nazi party So we had an election, well, kinda sorta And before you knew it, hello new order To all the little mothers in the Fatherland I said Achtung baby I got me a plan. They said What you got, Adolf . Listen album. Mel Brooks. The Producers - OST, Продюсеры - Саундтрек. Musical OST. Mel Brooks raps as Adolf Hitler reminiscing on his life. Mel Brooks brings his one-of-a-kind comic touch to the history of mankind covering events from the Old Testament to the French Revolution in a series of episodic comedy vignettes. Director: Mel Brooks. Stars: Mel Brooks, Gregory Hines, Dom DeLuise. Next . Продюсеры 2005. Comedy Musical. From The Album. Play album. To Be Or Not To Be The Hitler Rap. 39 listeners. 1 more album featuring this track. Mel Brooks born June 28, 1926 is an American actor, writer, director, and producer best known as a creator of broad film farces and comedy parodies, or as he says, spoofs. View wiki. Complete your Mel Brooks collection. The Third Reich would have surely dissapproved especially of the video, complete with camp SS officers, and suspender-clad beauties echoing 'Cabaret', making this record all the more delicious. It's as good, if not better, than 'Springtime for Hitler' - the lyrics are wonderful packed with cracking lines like why don't we throw a little nazi party etc and, as a bonus, our Mel chucks in a potted history of Hitler's rise and fall, to boot a jackboot, naturally. by Mel Brooks. Album: Ultimate Broadway 1983. Charted: 12. Get the Sheet Music License This Song . songfacts . Only one Jew could dress up as Hitler and rap in a voice reminiscent of Louis Armstrong. This is Mel Brooks at his bad taste worst relating the short but spectacular history of the Third Reich. The title is of course lifted from the Shakespeare play Hamlet it is also the title of the 1983 film which Brooks produced and starred in with his wife, Anne Bancroft. This song is by Mel Brooks. WellHi there peopleYou know me. I used to run a little joint called Germany. I was number oneThe people's choiceAnd everybody listened to my mighty name is AdolfI'm on the mike. I'm gonna hip you to the story of the New Third all began down in Munich town and pretty soonThe word started gettin' I said to Martin BoormanI saidHey Marty, why don't we throw a little nazi partyWe had an electionWellKinda sortaAnd. Текст песни Mel Brooks To Be Or Not To Be The Hitler Rap. Well, Hi there people, You know me, I used to run a little joint called Germany. I was number one, The people's choice