Worlock

{{Short description|Song by Skinny Puppy}}

{{For|the Archbishop of Liverpool|Derek Worlock}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Worlock

| cover = Worlock_(1990)_cover.png

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Skinny Puppy

| album = Rabies

| released = 1990

| recorded = 1988–1989

| studio = Vancouver Studios and Chicago Trax Studios

| venue =

| genre = Electro-industrial

| length = 21:28

| label = {{hlist|Nettwerk|Capitol Records}}

| writer = Skinny Puppy

| producer = {{hlist|Dave Ogilvie|cEvin Key}}

| prev_title = Tin Omen

| prev_year = 1989

| next_title = Tormentor

| next_year = 1990

| misc = {{Audio sample

| type = single

| file = Worlock_(1989).ogg

}}

}}

{{album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{rating|2|5}}{{cite web|title=Worlock – Skinny Puppy|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/worlock-mw0000204305|website=AllMusic|access-date=March 19, 2018}}

}}

Worlock is a single by the band Skinny Puppy from the album Rabies.{{cite book|last=Kern|first=Jay|title=Skinny Puppy – Synthesis|date=January 2014|publisher=Mythos Press|pages=86}} The song uses a sample of the guitars in "Helter Skelter" by The Beatles, as well as a vocal sample of Charles Manson singing the song.{{cite web|last1=Garber-Paul|first1=Elisabeth|title=Charles Manson's Musical Legacy: A Murderer's Words in 9 Tracks - Skinny Puppy, "Worlock" (1989)|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/lists/charles-mansons-musical-legacy-a-murderers-words-in-9-tracks-w433395/skinny-puppy-worlock-1989-w433400|website=rollingstone.com|publisher=Rolling Stone|access-date=March 19, 2018}} Vocalist Nivek Ogre considered it one of the band's better songs.{{cite interview |last1=Ogre |first1=Nivek |subject-link1=Nivek Ogre|last2=Key|first2=cEvin|subject-link2=cEvin Key|last3=Goettel|first3=Dwayne|subject-link3=Dwayne Goettel|title=Global Jungle Interviews Skinny Puppy |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruhHMba_qys |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227155046/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruhHMba_qys |archive-date=2013-12-27 |url-status=dead|location=San Antonio |date=May 25, 1992 |work=Global Jungle Intuitive Magick Company |access-date=May 16, 2018}}{{cite interview |last=Ogre |first=Nivek |subject-link=Nivek Ogre |interviewer=Chris Alexander |interviewer-link=Chris Alexander (editor) |title=He Played The Killing Game First – Nivek Ogre Q&A |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJXCLfItrcE |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918151557/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJXCLfItrcE |archive-date=2018-09-18 |url-status=dead|publisher=Texas Frightmare Weekend |date=May 4, 2014 |access-date=May 21, 2018}}{{cite interview |last1=Ogre |first1=Nivek |subject-link1=Nivek Ogre|last2=Alacrity|first2=Jason |interviewer=Corey Goldberg |title=Litany webchat with Ogre and Jason Alacrity |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KXsljF0a50 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/5KXsljF0a50 |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|publisher=Litany.net |date=November 18, 2013|access-date=May 21, 2018}}{{cbignore}}

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