So What'cha Want
{{Distinguish|So What You Want?}}
{{Infobox song
| name = So What'cha Want
| cover = SoWhatchaWant.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Beastie Boys
| album = Check Your Head
| B-side =
- "The Skills to Pay the Bills"
- "Groove Holmes"
| released = June 2, 1992
| recorded =
| studio = G-Son Studios, Atwater Village, CA
| venue =
| genre = {{hlist|Rap rock|alternative rap||rapcore|hip hop}}
| length = 3:36
| label = Capitol
| writer = {{hlist|Michael Diamond|Adam Horovitz|Adam Yauch}}
| producer =
- Beastie Boys
- Mario Caldato
| prev_title = Pass the Mic
| prev_year = 1992
| next_title = Jimmy James
| next_year = 1992
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|ru3gH27Fn6E|"So What'cha Want"}}}}
}}
"So What'cha Want" is the second single from the album Check Your Head, the third studio album by American rap rock group the Beastie Boys, released on June 2, 1992. The song appears in the video game Rock Band 2.{{cite web |last1=Snow |first1=Jean |title=The Complete Rock Band 2 Track List |url=https://www.wired.com/2008/07/the-complete-ro/ |website=Wired |accessdate=December 4, 2018 |date=July 14, 2008}}
Music video
The music video, directed by Nathaniel Hörnblowér, simply has the Beastie Boys recite the song in a woodland, addressing the viewer by looking down at the camera which is at ground level, with clips of DJ Hurricane and Money Mark interspersed throughout. It was one of the first music videos to feature slow motion action while the artists' lips remained in sync with the sound track, an effect that would later become a mainstay of music videos.{{cite web|title=How the Beastie Boys Revolutionized Music Videos|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/earshot/adam-yauch-death-beastie-boys-videos-mtv-321720|website=The Hollywood Reporter|accessdate=30 December 2016}} The sky has a photo negative effect which was created by visualist Ash Beck, a direct allusion to the werewolf point-of-view in 1981 horror film Wolfen. Similarly, the infrared style incorporated during the band cutaways are a homage to the hunter vision in Predator.
The video was featured on the 1993 "No Laughing" episode of Beavis and Butt-Head.
Track listing
- "So What'cha Want" (Single version) – 3:37
- "The Skills to Pay the Bills" (Original version) – 3:14
- "So What'cha Want" (Soul Assassin Remix version) (feat. B-Real of Cypress Hill) – 4:06
- "Groove Holmes" (LP version) – 2:34
- "So What'cha Want" (Butt Naked version) – 3:25
- "Groove Holmes" (Live vs. the Biz) – 6:10
- "So What'cha Want" (All the Way Live Freestyle version) – 3:37
Charts
References
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{{Beastie Boys singles}}
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Category:Capitol Records singles
Category:Songs written by Ad-Rock
Category:Songs written by Mike D
Category:Songs written by Adam Yauch
Category:Songs written by Mario Caldato Jr.
Category:Song recordings produced by Mario Caldato Jr.
Category:Music videos directed by Adam Yauch
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