41, and in the United States reaching No. Although not reaching the top 20 in those countries, "Smack My Bitch Up" was a hit in the Netherlands peaking at No. The song performed best in Finland, securing the Prodigy their third Finnish number-one hit alongside " Firestarter" and " Breathe". The song reached the top 15 in several countries, such as Canada, New Zealand, Norway, and Sweden. The track also contains samples from "Funky Man" by Kool & the Gang, "In Memory Of" by Randy Weston, " Bulls on Parade" by Rage Against the Machine and "House of Rising Funk" by Afrique.īritish magazine Music Week gave "Smack My Bitch Up" five out of five, picking it as Single of the Week. Initially Liam Howlett used a direct sample of Chandra's song, but later had the vocal resung after sample clearance issues. Badar's vocals and harmonies are based on "Nana (The Dreaming)" performed by Sheila Chandra. The female vocals in "Smack My Bitch Up" were performed by Shahin Badar. Kool Keith had previously been sampled by the Prodigy in the track " Out of Space". The vocals are sampled and altered from the Ultramagnetic MCs song "Give the Drummer Some" the original lyrics, performed by rapper Kool Keith, are: "Switch up change my pitch up" / "Smack my bitch up, like a pimp".
The lyrics "Change my pitch up / Smack my bitch up" are repeated through the whole song. The Jonny L remix was released through a free CD that came along with an issue of Muzik magazine, while the Slacker remix was never officially released, although it surfaced on a rare and limited set of white labels. Howlett chose the DJ Hype remix to be released on the single. Prior to the release of the single, Liam Howlett was presented with three remixes of the title song, one by Jonny L, one by DJ Hype and one by Slacker. In 2010, the song was voted as the most controversial of all-time in a survey conducted by PRS for Music. The refrain, which consists only of the line "Change my pitch up/Smack my bitch up" was sampled from the song " Give the Drummer Some" by the Ultramagnetic MCs, and it also contains a brief medley of an unidentified female singer vocalising alap. The song caused considerable controversy because of its suggestive title and explicit music video, which depicted scenes of drunken and drug-fuelled sexual assault and violence. In 2013, Mixmag readers voted it the third greatest dance track of all time. It was released in November 1997 as the third and final single from their third album, The Fat of the Land (1997). " Smack My Bitch Up" is a song by English rave group The Prodigy. For the album by Ultramagnetic MCs, see Smack My Bitch Up (album).
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