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Mixed Bizness

{{Infobox song

| name = Mixed Bizness

| cover = Beck - Mixed Bizness.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Beck

| album = Midnite Vultures

| B-side = "Mixed Bizness" remixes / "Dirty Dirty" / "Saxx Laws (Night Flight to Ojai)" / "Arabian Nights"

| released = 7 March 2000 (US)
27 March 2000 (UK)
19 April 2000 (Japan)

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

  • Funk rock
  • R&B{{cite book|title=33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute - A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era, 1955–1999|first=Mike|last=Segretto|date=2022|chapter= 1999|pages= 576–577|publisher=Backbeat|isbn=9781493064601|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jtNtEAAAQBAJ}}

| length = 3:38

| label = Geffen
0694972721 (US, 12")
0694972722 (US, CD)
497 300-2 (UK, CD1)
497 301-2 (UK, CD2)
497 312-7 (UK, 7")
0694972852 (OZ, CD)

| writer = Beck Hansen

| producer = Beck Hansen, Tony Hoffer

| prev_title = Sexx Laws

| prev_year = 1999

| next_title = Nicotine & Gravy

| next_year = 2000

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|OdqKQRhi6qU|"Mixed Bizness"}}}}

}}

"Mixed Bizness" is a song by American musician Beck. It was released as the second single from his 1999 album Midnite Vultures. Released in 2000, the CD single included five non-album tracks/remixes. It peaked at number 34 in the UK Singles Chart. The song was featured in an episode of Malcolm in the Middle and American Dad. The primary drum beat heard throughout the track is a sample from “Honky Tonk Women” by The Rolling Stones.{{cite web | url=https://www.whosampled.com/sample/1922/Beck-Mixed-Bizness-The-Rolling-Stones-Honky-Tonk-Women/ | title=Beck's 'Mixed Bizness' - Discover the Sample Source | website=WhoSampled }}

Live history

The song has been performed over 300 times by Beck. It has been performed fairly regularly since its release, with the exception of 2010 to 2014, when Beck only played it once in 2011.{{Cite web|url=http://www.whiskeyclone.net/hijacked/results.php?column=songID&criterion=191&recorded=0|title=Hijacked Flavors - Search Results}}

Beck performed the song 54 times on his Colors tour.{{Cite web|url=http://whiskeyclone.net/ghost/songinfo.php?songID=191|title = Beck Song Information - Mixed Bizness}}

Track listings

=United States=

CD

  1. "Mixed Bizness"
  2. "Mixed Bizness" (Nu Wave Dreamix by Les Rythmes Digitales)
  3. "Mixed Bizness" (Cornelius remix)
  4. "Mixed Bizness" (DJ Me DJ You remix)
  5. "Dirty Dirty"
  6. "Saxx Laws (Night Flight to Ojai)"

12"

  1. "Mixed Bizness"
  2. "Mixed Bizness" (Nu Wave Dreamix by Les Rythmes Digitales)
  3. "Mixed Bizness" (Dirty Bixin Mixness Remix by Bix Pender)
  4. "Mixed Bizness" (Cornelius remix)
  5. "Dirty Dirty"

=United Kingdom=

CD1

  1. "Mixed Bizness" – 3:48
  2. "Mixed Bizness" (Cornelius Remix) – 4:48
  3. "Mixed Bizness" (DJ Me DJ You remix) – 3:58
  4. "Mixed Bizness" (CD-ROM video, directed by Stéphane Sednaoui)

CD2

  1. "Mixed Bizness" (Nu Wave Dreamix by Les Rythmes Digitales) – 4:22
  2. "Dirty Dirty" – 4:41
  3. "Sexx Laws" (CD-ROM video)

7"

  1. "Mixed Bizness"
  2. "Mixed Bizness" (Dirty Bixin Mixness Remix by Bix Pender)

CD maxi-single

  1. "Mixed Bizness"
  2. "Mixed Bizness" (Nu Wave Dreamix by Les Rythmes Digitales)
  3. "Mixed Bizness" (Dirty Bixin Mixness Remix by Bix Pender)
  4. "Arabian Nights"

=EU=

CD single

  1. "Mixed Bizness"
  2. "Arabian Nights"

=Japan=

CD

  1. "Mixed Bizness"
  2. "Mixed Bizness" (Cornelius Remix)
  3. "Mixed Bizness" (Nu Wave Dreamix by Les Rythmes Digitales)
  4. "Mixed Bizness" (DJ Me DJ You remix)
  5. "Mixed Bizness" (Dirty Bixin Mixness Remix by Bix Pender)
  6. "Dirty Dirty"
  7. "Saxx Laws" (Night Flight to Ojai)

Personnel

Chart positions

class="wikitable sortable"
Chart (2000)

!Peak
position

UK Singles Chart{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/beck/ |title=BECK {{!}} Artist |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=March 5, 2014}}

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US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard){{cite magazine |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=beck|chart=Alternative Songs}} |title=Beck – Chart History: Alternative Songs |magazine=Billboard |accessdate=June 23, 2013}}

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External links

  • {{MusicBrainz release|mbid=8bab8adf-36a2-4314-b055-11e2d3268da1|name=Mixed Bizness (US CD)}}
  • {{MusicBrainz release|mbid=d89aaf3c-600b-4c27-85cb-6f5ac738701c|name=Mixed Bizness (UK CD1)}}
  • {{MusicBrainz release|mbid=70c01fcd-e628-4fe9-a480-b30639bfa953|name=Mixed Bizness (UK CD2)}}

References

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{{Beck}}

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Category:Beck songs

Category:1999 songs

Category:2000 singles

Category:Music videos directed by Stéphane Sednaoui

Category:Songs written by Beck

Category:Geffen Records singles

Category:LGBTQ-related songs