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When you think of the most controversial song of all time ever, what do you think? Baby Got Back, in which Sir-Mix-A-Lot waxes and wanes about the underappreciated beauty of women’s behinds? Guns n Roses “One in a Million” which is by far one of the most offensive songs of all time (featuring n words and f words and all kinds of naughty words. So much so that it actually ticked off the ever-mellow Kurt Cobain)? Or maybe Detachable by King Missile which is about… you guessed it… a detachable shlong. If you guessed any of those you’d be dead wrong, at least according to PRS for Music. In 2010 PRS for Music voted for the song we’re talking about today as the “most controversial song of all time”. Another contender was “Relax” by Frankie Goes To Hollywood and of course “God Save The Queen”. WAP would likely be on the list but this list was made 13 years ago.
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The song we’re talking about is by rave-electro-rock pioneers, The Prodigy. It’s the third release from their album “The Fat of the Land” entitled “Smack my B Up”. Of course YouTube is family friendly so I can’t say the full title. Sorry boys and girls. That’s the way the chocolate chip cookie crumbles.
The year was 1997. Chris Farley and Phil Hartman were making us laugh (but not for much longer). I was a young dude living in Montreal making music of my own and working graveyard shifts at a cafe called Second Cup. This is when I myself first heard The Prodigy and I, quite frankly, fell in love. WIth the music not the men in the band. I mean, I respected them but I didn’t swing that way. I’m also not really into parasocial relationships. It’s not my bag. I just really dug their music. The Prodigy, also known as The Godfathers of Rave, had been kickin around since 1990 and they’d built up a pretty dedicated following. In fact, “The Fat of the Land” was released on the same day as they headlined the Glastonbury Festival. Much to their bewilderment, It immediately shot to number one. Not only that but Firestarter, the first single from the album, was such a monster hit that it led to them breaking into the US scene and headlining Lollapolooza as well. I mean, these guys were blowin’ up.
And glowin up! I mean, look at Keith Flint! After seven years of looking like a total normie in the band, he suddenly appeared looking like this. Almost like a Super Punk. More punk than punk itself. Shaved on the top and coloured spikey hair jutting out of each side like an Electro-Rave demon.
Speaking of punk, the Prodigy always had a punk, no figss given attitude. You could hear it in their sound, their lyrics and see it in their onstage look. I mean, check out those pyrotechnics. And when The Fat of the Land” was released, it was also the debut of Keith Flint as the frontman… well, for four of the songs. For years he was just the dancer but with that hair, who wouldn’t give this man a mic?
And then they did it. They dropped the single that brought them a lot of heat and a lot of negative press. After Firestarter and Breathe they graced the world with this song: the third single from the album, the graceful and moving “Smack my B Up”. This was by far the most polarizing and controversial release of the band’s career, even going so far as ticking off the Beastie Boys, which I’ll get into later.
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