Smack My Bitch Up 1997
136 BPM - A# Minor
#Breakbeats
Songwriters: Liam Howlett; Cedric Miller (Ced Gee); Trevor Randolph (TR Love); Maurice Smith (Moe Love); Keith Thornton (Kool Keith)
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Full mix
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Drums
Electronic Drum Kit
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Drums
Percussion
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Bass
Synth Bass
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Drums
Sound Effects
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Guitar
E-Guitar
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Keys
Synth Dist
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Keys
Synth Pad
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Keys
Synth Lead
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Vocals
Male Vox WOW
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Vocals
Female Vox LIKE
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Vocals
Female Lead Vocals
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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.