Der Erdbeermund

"Der Erdbeermund" (in English: "The Strawberry Mouth") is a song recorded by German Eurodance band Culture Beat.

Written by Torsten Fenslau with Jens Zimmermann and Nosie Katzmann after words by François Villon, it features a spoken vocal in German by Jo van Nelsen.

Disc jockey and music producer Torsten Fenslau, who initially had a desire for becoming an architect, had been working as a DJ at the Frankfurt nightclub Dorian Gray for 11 years, when he decided to form Culture Beat with his friends Jens Zimmermann and Peter Zweier.

After the instrumental was finished, Katzmann didn't have time to record his vocals on it, so initially Fenslau used a reading by German actor Klaus Kinski of the poem "Der Erdbeermund" by French poet François Villon.

Bill Coleman from Billboard wrote about the English version of the song, "Spacious house-based track from Germany soothes with each listen.