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E-Pro

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{{Infobox song

| name = E-Pro

| cover = Beck - E-Pro.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Beck

| album = Guero

| B-side = {{hlist|"Venom Confection"|"Ghost Range"|"Bad Cartridge"}}

| released = March 14, 2005

| recorded = 2004

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Rap rock{{cite web|url=https://nymag.com/nymetro/arts/music/pop/reviews/11605/|title=White-Boy Shuffle|author=Greg Beato|publisher=New York Magazine|access-date=June 27, 2022}} " “E-Pro,” the album’s opener, is first-generation rap-rock"

| length = 3:25

| label = Interscope
9880052 (UK, CD)
9880053 (UK, 7")

| writer = {{hlist|Beck Hansen|Mike Simpson|John King|Mike Diamond|Adam Yauch|Adam Horovitz}}

| producer = {{hlist|Beck|Dust Brothers}}

| prev_title = Guess I'm Doing Fine

| prev_year = 2002

| next_title = Girl

| next_year = 2005

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|RIrG6xBW5Wk|"E-Pro"}}}}

}}

"E-Pro" is the opening track on Beck's 2005 album Guero. It was released as the lead single from the album in March 2005. The song was Beck's second number 1 on the Modern Rock chart and his first in eleven years. Beck used the rhythm track of the Beastie Boys' "So What'cha Want" as a sample in "E-Pro". Both of those songs are featured in the video game Rock Band 2.

Music video

The music video for the song was created by Shynola. It is set in a computer-animated wireframe environment, where Beck rises from a grave and digs up a dog, only to be pursued by skeletal zombies. He escapes on what appears to be a bike, the wheels of which turn into legs and climb buildings. Near the middle of the video, his head is knocked off and is washed in a washing machine and fished out of a river, only to be shot back onto his neck via cannon. Near the end Beck is seen running from a giant skull made up of the graveyard gate and headstones. He begins jumping up a series of musical notes, finally teetering on the last one as the song abruptly cuts off and the video fades to black. Subsequently, the video was nominated for "Best Music Video" in the 2005 Arias Awards.

Beck suffered a spinal injury during the shooting of the video while harnessed inside a moving wheel. His injuries forced him to limit his touring for a number of years before making a recovery.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/beck-details-spinal-injury-that-nearly-ended-his-touring-career-20140314 |title=Beck Details Spinal Injury That Nearly Ended His Touring Career |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=March 14, 2014 |access-date=August 24, 2017 |archive-date=August 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813114315/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/beck-details-spinal-injury-that-nearly-ended-his-touring-career-20140314 |url-status=live }}

Track listing

=CD=

  1. "E-Pro" – 3:25
  2. "Venom Confection" ("E-Pro" remix by Green, Music & Gold) – 3:05
  3. "Ghost Range" ("E-Pro" remix by Homelife) – 4:26
  4. "E-Pro" video

=7"=

  1. "E-Pro"
  2. "Bad Cartridge" ("E-Pro" remix by Paza)

Charts

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;"

! scope="col"| Chart (2005)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"| Canada Rock Top 30 (Radio & Records){{cite web|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2005/RR-2005-04-22.pdf|title=RR Canada Rock Top 30|page=58|access-date=October 8, 2019}}

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{{singlechart|Italy|46|artist=Beck|song=E-Pro|rowheader=true|access-date=September 26, 2015}}
{{singlechart|Scotland|38|date=20050320|rowheader=true|access-date=March 27, 2023}}
{{singlechart|UKsinglesbyname|38|artist=Beck|rowheader=true|access-date=September 26, 2015}}
{{singlechart|Billboardhot100|65|artist=Beck|rowheader=true|access-date=September 26, 2015}}
{{singlechart|Billboardadultalternativesongs|5|artist=Beck|rowheader=true|access-date=March 30, 2018}}
{{singlechart|Billboardalternativesongs|1|artist=Beck|rowheader=true|access-date=September 26, 2015}}
{{singlechart|Billboardmainstreamrock|31|artist=Beck|rowheader=true|access-date=March 30, 2018}}
scope="row"| US Pop 100 (Billboard){{cite web|title= Beck – Awards |publisher= AllMusic |access-date= March 11, 2022 |url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/beck-mn0000124492/awards |archive-date= April 18, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150418122417/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/beck-mn0000124492/awards}}

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References

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External links

  • {{MusicBrainz release group|id=402f9dce-1bdc-3978-b10c-f1083b47e771|name=E-Pro}} (CD)
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20061020184615/http://www.shynola.com/html/work/pics_framesets/beckimages_frameset.htm "E-Pro" video screenshots] at the Shynola website

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Category:Beck songs

Category:Rap rock songs

Category:Interscope Records singles

Category:Songs written by Beck

Category:Song recordings produced by Dust Brothers

Category:Songs written by John King (record producer)

Category:Songs written by Michael Simpson (producer)

Category:2005 songs

Category:Songs written by Mike D

Category:Songs written by Adam Yauch

Category:Songs written by Ad-Rock

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