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Song Of The Moment: Smack My Bitch Up"The Chicago Cubs have fired a DJ who played The Prodigy's 'Smack My Bitch Up' after reliever Aroldis Chapman left the mound against the St Louis Cardinals on Sunday," AP reports. "Chapman served a 29-game suspension to begin the season under Major League Baseball's new domestic violence policy." Oy. Let's take a look. - Artist: The Prodigy Writer/Producer: Liam Howlett Released: November 24, 1997 Length: 4:45 Album: The Fat of the Land Charts: Reached No. 89 on the Billboard Hot 100 Mixmag: No. 3 dance record of all-time * Wikipedia: "Although the song wasn't as big a commercial success as their previous singles, it gained a cult following. "The song caused considerable controversy because of its suggestive title and respective music video, which depicted scenes of drunken and drug-fueled sexual excess and violence." * Rock On The Net: "Time-Warner, Prodigy's parent company, was feeling the heat from the National Organization for Women (NOW) over the track. Although the tune's lyrics are few but repetitive ('Change my pitch up. Smack my bitch up'), NOW has stated that the lyrics are a ' . . . a dangerous and offensive message advocating violence against women.' "Prodigy member Liam Howlett responded to the attacks by claiming that the song's lyrics are being misinterpreted: '[The song means] doing anything intensely, like being on stage - going for extreme manic energy.' "The lyrics are also not a product of Prodigy's songwriting abilities, but are sampled from an Ultramagnetic MCs' track. "Several radio stations defended the song's message, yet only play the track at night. The video for the song also featured women being pushed and images of injecting drugs. MTV only aired the video between 1 and 5 a.m. in order for mature viewers to see the 'groundbreaking' images. "Walmart and Kmart later announced they would pull Prodigy's The Fat Of The Land off their shelves." Songfacts: "The band took every opportunity to explain that the title is not to be taken literally, as it means to do something with vigor and intensity. The Prodigy didn't shy away from the controversy this song caused, and the resulting media attention gave their sales a boost . . . "Howlett told Q magazine, June 2009: 'The Americans picked up on it and wanted to make out it was a song about violence. We thought we'd have a laugh with it and set out to make an extreme video. That's the one time we thought we'd be controversial.'" * Sarah Spain:
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* Lyrics: Change my pitch up * Video . . . Official. * Live. * Major Lazer remix. * South Park. - Previously in Song of the Moment: - Plus: - See also: - Posted on August 16, 2016 |
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