[citation needed] After the single's recording both the A and B side tracks were added to the album Neu!

Both tracks were recorded quickly at Conny Plank's studio in Cologne during the summer of 1972, six months after the release of Neu!

When it was released, it was backed by only minimal promotion, and predictably failed to make any impact on the German music charts (though some Krautrock acts – such as Can – did have successful singles in the early '70s).

There have been several conflicting explanations as to why this was done, the most quoted being Dinger's assertion that: When the money ran out, I got the idea of taking the single, play around with it and put the results on side 2 of the album.

[2]However, this has been refuted by Michael Rother, who claims that the second side was made to aggravate their record label, who they felt had insufficiently promoted the original release of the "Super/Neuschnee" single, and not as a result of financial problems.