Stadtaffe Lyrics in English Peter Fox

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Stadtaffe by Peter Fox from German to English.

In a city full of apes I'm the king

’Cause I sing for the masses with a crooked grimace

The females screech, all the apes jump

Sweet thing that I'm the hip ape

I hang out, got a wicked day

A couple primates and a keg of Havana Club

I pose, got style in front of the camera

And make lots of banana-na-na-na-na

With my ape power I celebrate street bangers

Chicks get neck shivers

Their dudes get pissed

She makes a kissy face

I flip a bus for her

Stand in the sun and drum on my chest

Red fur, fat head, look like a young god

Moms lock up, mares bolt at a gallop

I see a blonde woman, snatch her from the balcony

And she strokes me all night long

Everything's colorful, loud and blinking

City full of apes is packed and stinks

Smog in my lungs, I'm high and grinning

I climb a house and you hear me sing

Everything's colorful, loud and blinking

City full of apes is packed and stinks

We party for no reason, come smoke and drink

The party's a hit, we're deaf and blind

In a city full of apes it's loud and it stinks

Everything blinks, you go deaf and blind

We party hard, I smoke and drink

Apes party even when they're sad

A harsh wind blows through the city

You meet packs of young dogs that are pissed

They've got too much time, the yappers look for fights

I make sure I'm on the wall by the count of three

Thousand tons of pigeon sh*t, everything's gray and filthy

Every piece of trash poured into their mouths

The apes get lazy and fat

You're not fit and you get eaten

Unchewed, briefly digested and forgotten forever

I don't care, I can't with the dirt

And I can't without it either

I'm hyped like a bunch of kids without supervision

If the noise bugs me

I climb the TV tower and enjoy the view

Everything's colorful, loud and blinking

City full of apes is packed and stinks

Smog in my lungs, I'm high and grinning

I climb a house and you hear me sing

Everything's colorful, loud and blinking

City full of apes is packed and stinks

We party for no reason, come smoke and drink

The party's a hit, we're deaf and blind

Get out of his flight path

He swings round the block, needs plenty of room

He steals the neon letters off the shops

Writes his first and last name into the night

From Neukölln up to Ku'damm

He does the ape and you want encores

A primate doesn't need a job

A city ape's gotta have the city in his blood

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SONG MEANING

Stadtaffe invites you to picture Berlin as a flashing, thumping urban jungle packed with mischievous primates. Peter Fox swings through this concrete canopy as the self-crowned “king of the apes,” bragging about his swagger, booming beats, and banana-sized paychecks. The lyrics paint vivid, cartoon-like scenes: crowds screech with delight, neon signs get snatched, and the narrator beats his chest on rooftops while Havana Club barrels roll. It is a wild, carnival-style celebration where everything is bunt, laut und blinkt – colorful, loud, and blinking.

Yet beneath the party fur lies a sly social commentary. The “apes” symbolize city dwellers numbed by noise, smog, and consumer glitter, partying hard even when they are sad. Fox mocks the emptiness of endless nightlife, the pollution that “stinks,” and the danger of becoming lazy, “fat,” or forgotten in the chaos. In the end, being a Stadtaffe means embracing the raw energy of city life while recognizing its madness – a love-hate anthem for anyone who has ever felt both thrilled and overwhelmed by the big-city jungle.

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