Smack My Bitch Up

by Prodigy

Smack My Bitch Up cover art
  • Type: Single
  • Released: 10 November 1997
  • Label: XL
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 21:33
  • Community rating: 3.78/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: DJ Hype, Shahin Badar, Liam Howlett, The Prodigy, Maxim

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Built around a heavily manipulated vocal sample from the Ultramagnetic MCs, this track provoked massive international controversy upon release. Despite widespread bans from radio and television鈥攍argely fueled by its explicit title and Jonas 脜kerlund's notorious first-person, debauchery-filled music video鈥攖he song became an inescapable club anthem. Its ferocious energy and complex breakbeat programming represented the aggressive zenith of the 1990s electronica boom.

Genres

Descriptors: sampling, repetitive, rhythmic, party, hedonism

Tracklist

  1. Smack My Bitch Up - Edit (4:47)
  2. No Man Army (4:46)
  3. Mindfields - Headrock Dub (4:36)
  4. Smack My Bitch Up - DJ Hype Remix (7:23)

Credits

  • The Prodigy - primary artist
  • Nilesh Patel - lacquer cut by
  • JAKe - lettering
  • Joel Botschinsky De Andrade - other [breakdancer]
  • Shahin Badar - vocals
  • Cedric Miller - written-by
  • Keith Matthew Thornton - written-by
  • Maurice Smith - written-by

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