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[Alarm_Uboat]

Currently, there is only a record in terrible quality. As I understand it, the song is quite famous, because you can find the lyrics for it

[Ivan Ž.]

Well, many lyrics were published in various songbooks, but that doesn't mean they were popular/famous. Some were seldom-known or practically unknown. But this particular song was published in really a lot of Third Reich songbooks (usually political), from 1933 all the way to WWII, so it's safe to assume it was a popular tune among the Nazis.

Oddly enough, only one commercial recording of it was made - by Kapelle des S. Sturmbanns 12 under Martin Ewers (with solo and choral singing), for Grammophon, 1933. On the other hand, at least three (non-commercial) recordings were made for the radio, in 1934, 1936 and 1938 (by various performers). As I mentioned before, WWII radio recording lists are missing, so it's possible additional recordings were made in that period.

Cheers,
Ivan

[Alarm_Uboat]

Thanks

[Ivan Ž.]

Cheers. Speaking of popularity estimates: today, we can assume a historical song's popularity based on the number of its recordings, broadcasts and songbooks containing its lyrics. However, we must also leave some space for a doubt there, that it was how many times a song was served to the public, but that it wasn't necessarily accepted. Still, in most cases, songs were distributed in large quantities because there was a demand.

Additional way to research a song's popularity, the slowest of all but potentially more accurate, is to collect various soldiers', veterans' and civilian reports and memories (however, such a research must cover large geographical areas or various army/party branches). We actually have a thread here dedicated to such a topic: viewtopic.php?f=81&t=8914

Ivan