"Mittageisen" is a single by English rock band Siouxsie & the Banshees. Originally appearing on the band's 1978 debut album The Scream as "Metal Postcard (Mittageisen)", the track was released as a single the following year with a newly-recorded non-album B-side "Love in a Void". The original album version has the lyrics sung in English, while the single release has the track re-recorded in German. The title "Mittageisen" is a nonsense term based on the German word "Mittagessen" (literally: "noon meal") for lunch and can be translated as "noon iron". The song was inspired by John Heartfield's work [LINK: http://www.towson.edu/heartfield/images/Hurrah_the_Butter_is_all_gone.jpg] Hurrah, die Butter ist Alle! ("Hurray, The Butter is Finished!"). "Mittageisen" was composed by Banshees members Siouxsie Sioux and John McKay and was produced by Steve Lillywhite. Although assigned to the

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