
Under the new title "Tage wie diese" this song was recorded as the first one for the album which should be released to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the band. It took the help of Birgit Minichmayr in the summer of 2011 to get things going again. But the band was not convinced at first - neither did the tune catch their ears nor could Campino come up with suitable lyrics to it. He had already composed a first draft of the song with the title "Kreise drehen" (engl.: Moving in circles) in 2010 and recorded it in his own recording studio in his cellar. Retrieved 15 March 2019.For this song, Andreas von Holst had been inspired by the field holler Black Betty, which he knew in the Ram Jam-Version from 1977.

^ 'Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Die Toten Hosen 'Ballast der Republik')' (in German).^ 'Austrian album certifications – Die Toten Hosen – Ballast der Republik' (in German).Retrieved 31 December 2019 – via Twitter. Dort stehen der WM-Song 'Auf uns' von Andreas und Michel Telós 'Ai Se Eu Te Pego' (Single) sowie 'Muttersprache' von und 'Ballast der Republik' von (Album)' (in German). ^ 'Nun geht's ans Eingemachte - mit den Plätzen 10 und 9 unseres Jahrzehnte-Rankings.^ ' – Die Toten Hosen – Ballast der Republik'.^ ' – Die Toten Hosen – Ballast der Republik' (in German).^ 'Austriancharts.at – Die Toten Hosen – Ballast der Republik' (in German).^shipments figures based on certification alone *sales figures based on certification alone Text: Graf Zirben, Destilie van der Vogelbeer) 'Lasset uns singen' ('Let us sing') – 3:33.'Stimmen aus dem Massengrab' ('Voices from the mass grave') – 2:18.'Innenstadt Front' ('Inner city front') – 1:05 (Mittagspause).'Manche Frauen' ('Some women') – 2:49 (Funny van Dannen).'Schrei nach Liebe' ('Cry for love') – 3:24 (Die Ärzte).'Einen großen Nazi hat sie!' ('She's got a big Nazi') – 2:14.'Keine Macht für Niemand' ('No power for nobody') – 2:34 (Ton Steine Scherben).'Heute hier, morgen dort' ('Here today, gone tomorrow') – literally: Today here, tomorrow there – 2:16 (Hannes Wader).'Im Nebel' ('In the fog') – 2:42 (Musik: Campino / Text: Hermann Hesse).(Rudi Goguel / Johann Esser, Wolfgang Langhoff) 'Die Moorsoldaten' ('Peat Bog Soldiers') – 3:17.'Das Model' ('The model') – 2:28 (Kraftwerk).'Computerstaat' ('Computerstate') – 2:30 (Abwärts).'Vogelfrei' ('Outlawed' – literally: 'free as a bird') – 3:37ĭie Geister, die wir riefen (The spirits that we summoned).'Alles hat seinen Grund' ('There's a reason for everything' – literally: 'Everything has its reason') – 3:38.

'Ein guter Tag zum Fliegen' ('A good day for flying') – 3:31.'Das ist der Moment' ('This is the moment') – 3:00.'Draußen vor der Tür' ('Outside at the door') – 3:03.'Schade, wie kann das passieren?' ('Pity, how can this happen?') – 3:40.'Reiß Dich los' ('Tear yourself away') – 2:54.'Zwei Drittel Liebe' ('Two thirds of love') – 3:32.'Traurig einen Sommer Lang' ('Sad for a whole summer') – 3:03.'Tage wie diese' ('Days like these') – 4:28.'Ballast der Republik' ('Burden of the Republic') – 2:39.'Drei Kreuze (dass wir hier sind)' ('Three crosses (that we're here)') – 1:27.A single release of 'Altes Fieber' was successful and appeared on the Billboard Hits of the World chart for Germany.
