The opening line of the song's intro and chorus ('"Nun, liebe Kinder, gebt fein Acht. Ich habe euch etwas mitgebracht" 'Now, dear children, pay attention. I have brought something for you') is taken from the 1950s German children's TV show Das Sandmännchen (The Little Sandman).
Mein Kampf | Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147 | Henri Herz | Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi | John H. Herz | John Gordon Mein | Isi Life Mein | Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain | Herz | Helen Herz Cohen | Dein Herz schlägt schneller | Sauerbruch – Das war mein Leben | Mein Kampf (film) | ''Mein Kampf'' | Kya Dill Mein Hai | Chand Chupa Badal Mein | Baton Baton Mein |
DG recorded and released the disc of the resultant 65-minute cycle Mein Herz brennt with bass René Pape, voice Katharina Thalbach and the Dresden Sinfoniker conducted by John Carewe.