The German Group Ost+Front have on their album Adrenalin (2018) the song "Hans guck in die Luft". It is about a person's outlook on his past life and death. The song starts with a similar line as the poem. The German Group Rammstein have on their album Rosenrot (2005) the song "Hilf Mir" "(Help Me)" . It is about a child whose parents are not at home. She discovers matches and sets herself on fire and burns completely. In the story, the girl's name is Pauline. XTC took influence from the book for their song "Scissor Man". from 1979's "Drums and Wires". The British post-punk band Shock Headed Peters, formed in 1982, took their name from the story. The author, Heinrich Hoffmann, worked as a physician and later on as psychiatrist. Some of his stories describe habits of children, which can be in extreme forms signs of mental disorders. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is called Zappel-Philip-Syndrom (Fidgety-Philip syndrome) colloquially in Germany. The story of the Suppen-Kaspar (Soup-Kaspar) is a case example of anorexia nervosa. Uncombable hair syndrome is also called Struwwelpeter syndrome, after the book title.