- The Bates【 68 songs in total 】
- The Bates were a German punk band, founded in Eschwege, federal state of Hessen, Germany in 1987. The name referred to the character Norman Bates from Alfred Hitchcock's film, Psycho.
The Bates were mainly known for their cover versions of songs made famous by other artists. On each of their albums they published at least two such cover songs alongside original compositions. Because the cover versions were particularly well received, The Bates released the album 2nd Skin (2000), which featured cover versions of songs taken from various genres. The Beatles ('Helter Skelter'), Rolling Stones ('Out of Time'), The Cure ('Wailing Wall'), Sailor ('Glass of Champagne'), Aneka ('Japanese Boy'), and Eiffel 65 ('Blue') were covered in the album in typical Bates style.
Amongst The Bates' commercially most successful singles was their cover version of Michael Jackson's 'Billie Jean' (1995), which reached No. 10 in the Swiss charts, and No. 67 in the UK Singles Chart, gaining them the highest charts entries of their career. Some other well-received songs were the Shakespears Sister cover 'Hello (Turn Your Radio On)' (1994), 'A Real Cool Time' (1995), 'It's Getting Dark' (1996), and 'Independent Love Song' (1997). Fan favourites were 'It's Getting Dark', 'Say It Isn't So', 'A Real Cool Time', 'Bitter End', 'I Don't Wanna Love You' and 'Not Like You'.
In 2000, The Bates disbanded. The band members reunited only briefly in December 2006 to play one concert, as a tribute to their former singer Markus 'Zimbl' Zimmer, who had died earlier that year. The concert was filmed and, together with some interviews of family, friends and former acquaintances of Zimbl, made into a movie: Zimbl - a real cool time. A shortened version was first screened a year later on the same date as the concert.
Discography
Studio albums
1989: No Name for the Baby
1990: Shake
1992: Psycho Junior
1993: The Bates
1995: Pleasure + Pain
1996: Kicks 'n' Chicks
1997: Punk?
1998: IntraVenus
1999: Right Here! Right Now!
2000: 2nd Skin
Live albums
1993: Unfucked: Live
1997: Live
Singles
1994: 'Hello'
1995: 'A Real Cool Time'
1995: 'Billie Jean'
1995: 'Say It Isn't So'
1996: 'It's Getting Dark'
1996: 'Poor Boy'
1997: 'Independent Love Song'
1999: 'Bitter End'
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Song
Lyricist
Composer
Date
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1
A Fuck On the Edge of the World
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2
A Real Cool Time
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3
All I Got to Say
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4
All I Got To Say
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5
Baby I Got You(Provided)
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6
Be My Baby
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7
Beautiful Noise
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8
Big Spender
2000
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9
Billie Jean
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10
Der Westen Ist Einsam(Provided)
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11
Do You Care(Provided)
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12
Don't Wanna Be Like You
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13
Drivin' Without Brakes(Provided)
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14
Ferry' Cross The Mersey
2000
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15
Friendship
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16
Fuck the World
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17
Fuck the World
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18
Fuck
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19
Goldfinger
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20
Gone Tomorrow
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21
Gonna Make It Through The Night
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22
Hello
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23
Here We Go
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24
High above the Ground
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25
I Can Handle It(Provided)
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26
I Hate To Go(Provided)
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27
I'm Still Waiting(Provided)
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28
In This Town
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29
In This Town
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30
In Your Head(Provided)
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31
It's Getting Dark
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32
Japanese Girl
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33
Junkie
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34
Let's Get It On (A Tribute to Turbonegro)
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35
Leuchtturm
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36
Lips(Provided)
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37
Not Like You(Provided)
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38
O.k.(Provided)
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39
Off
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40
On My Own(Provided)
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41
One Minute
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42
Over You
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43
Paint My Horse Green
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44
Pay Back
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45
Poor Boy
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46
Poor Little Girl(Provided)
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47
Put the Blame on Me
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48
Rock 'N' Roll Heart
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49
Runaway
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50
Say It Isn't So
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51
Say It Isn't So
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52
She Won't Come Back
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53
She's Mine
1998
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54
Shine
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55
Shine
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56
Something to Do
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57
Song for Michael
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58
The End(Provided)
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59
The Only One
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60
The Only One
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61
The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Any More
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62
Tonight (Remix)
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63
Tonight
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64
Up The Down Escalator
2000
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65
Wallflower
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66
When Will I See You Again(Provided)
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67
Yeah (Acoustic Version)
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68
Yeah