Smack My Bitch Up
1997
Songwriters:
Liam Howlett; Cedric Miller (Ced Gee); Trevor Randolph (TR Love); Maurice Smith (Moe Love); Keith Thornton (Kool Keith)
Full mix
Drums
Electronic Drum Kit
Drums
Percussion
Bass
Synth Bass
Drums
Sound Effects
Guitar
E-Guitar
Keys
Synth Dist
Keys
Synth Pad
Keys
Synth Lead
Vocals
Male Vox WOW
Vocals
Female Vox LIKE
Vocals
Female Lead Vocals
Vocals
Male Lead Vocals
The Prodigy’s 1997 single pairs a brutal big-beat groove with the infamous sampled refrain “Change my pitch up / Smack my bitch up” lifted from Ultramagnetic MCs’ “Give the Drummer Some.” Wordless female vocals were performed by Shahin Badar (replacing an earlier Sheila Chandra sample), and Jonas Åkerlund’s first-person video—initially restricted to late-night MTV—made the track a lightning rod for controversy while becoming one of the era’s defining dance anthems.