Smack My Bitch Up / No Man Army / Mindfields [Single]

The Prodigy | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 25, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single
• Label: Warner Bros / Wea
• ASIN: B000002MEW
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  VHS Tape
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #216,301 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Smack My Bitch Up [Radio Edit]

2. No Man Army [Non-Album Track]

3. Mindfields [Hardrock Dub]

4. Smack My Bitch Up [DJ Hype Remix]

Editorial Reviews

Tracks: Smack My Bitch Up (Radio Edit), No Man Army, Mindfields (Headrock Dub), Smack My Bitch Up (Dj Hype Mix). Same as UK.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sex, Drugs, and Violence, July 22, 2000

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J. Taylor "Low-Brow Junkie" (NJ, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Smack My Bitch Up [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is the video that made MTV run a brief 30 second MTVNews spot to warn AMP audiences about the content of the video. They tried to keep it from us by showing it at 2:00 in the morning, now you can own it at home. This video is simply amazing, directed by Jonus Ackerland, who also directed one of Madonnas videos, it won breakthrough dance video at the MTV Video awards in 97. As is its an amzing video and at the end of the video itself is a twist that makes the video the greatest Prodigy video of all time, if not one of the greatest all-round videos of all time, be warned though, its not for the faint of heart, contains, nudity, alcohol use, drug use, and several scenes of grotesque acts (vomitting for instance).

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't Believe the Hype, December 5, 2002

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Luis Hernandez (New York, New York, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Smack My Bitch Up (Audio CD)

One of the best bands to be signed on Madonna's Maverick label, Prodigy produced a smash hit song and plenty of controversy when "Smack My Bitch Up" was released in the United States in 1997. The song which was used in a major scene in the film "Charlie's Angels" incorporates eletronica, rock, and Middle Eastern music in providing the listener with a throbbing, enjoyable tune. This maxi-single contains several versions of the song, however I am still a big fan of the original album version. The other remixes are okay.

However, with the political correctiveness that runs the world today, many feminists and anti-domestic violence advocates caused a stir in the media saying that this song was sexist and degrading. With media news hounds interviewing such people and groups as Denise Brown (sister of murder victim Nicole Brown Simpson) and N.O.W., many rush to criticize Prodigy when in fact the title totally means something else in British slang (a similar case was when the film "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me" was released in the USA; the term "shag" doesn't mean anything offensive in the USA, however the film was retitled for release in the United Kingdom, because the term "shag" is used as an expletive in that country's lingo).

Overall, "Smack My Bitch Up" was one of 1997's best songs. Madonna is one smart business woman if she is able to sign this great band on her label before anyone else could. What a great band and song!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Review of it, November 22, 2005

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Ivy League Student (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Smack My Bitch Up / No Man Army / Mindfields (Audio CD)

The excellent rave/techno song "Smack My Bitch Up" is often misunderstood. Case in point: N.O.W. claiming that it promoted violence against women. Rather, the song is about the drug heroin. "Smack" is slang for heroin; "my bitch" refers to the vein/artery in the arm used to inject the drug. The controversial video for the song explicitly shows someone shooting up heroin, then going club-hopping, to a strip-club, throwing up, and basically having a drugged-up night. This explains the mood of the song. So don't worry that the song promotes misogynistic attitudes; rather, it's a very thinly veiled "When I got high..." story, as evidenced by the video.