Zug nach Embai

"Zug nach Embai" (ᚶᚢᚷ ᚾᚨᚭ  ᛖᛘᛒᚨᛁ Train to Embai) is a song by Zusian pop rock band Die Scheehunda (the Snowdogs), released on 10 August 1968. It served as the band's official debut single, and was later included on the group's self-titled debut album, which was released exactly three months later, on 10 October 1968. The song, written by Tobias Bauer and Franz Kertz, was recorded at TPK Victoria Studio B in Sommergard on 25 July 1968, and claimed a spot on the Chef Radio "Hit Sounds" playlist only one day after release. The song topped the Neonmusik Sharp-Hundred on 5 November 1968, remained there for three weeks, and returned to the top 10 repeatedly over the next year. The song was also popular internationally and became a globally-recognized example of Zusian Rockmusik after the genre had begun to spread beyond the nation's borders. Lead vocals were performed by Die Scheehunda's drummer, Michael Schäpher. "Zug nach Embai" also featured in eight episodes of the band's eponymous television series, the most for any Scheehunda song.

The song was partly a response to the cutting-edge national constructed after the Endwar in Zusea, often called the Räichsbahnprogramm (imperial rail program). The upgraded rail network provided for much faster travel between the nation's major population centers; for example, the far-western city of Besken (mentioned in the lyrics) became far more accessible as a result of this new infrastructure. The band's lyricist Tobias Bauer said that the inspiration for the song came during a rail trip from Besken to Embai in 1967, during which he crossed through much of the Zusian heartland.

The song had a wide-ranging influence on mid-century Zusian culture, and even spawned colloquialisms: after its release, "the wind blew it away" became a popular way to express having lost something. The acclaimed Entschuldigung, Herr Schaffner, the highest-grossing film of 1989, takes its title from a line in the song.