Midlife Crisis
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| Single by Faith No More from the album Angel Dust |
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| Released | May 26, 1992 | ||||
| Format | CD Cassette Vinyl |
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| Recorded | Coast Recorders in Brilliant Studios, San Francisco, California 1991 | ||||
| Genre | Alternative Metal | ||||
| Length | 4:32 | ||||
| Label | Slash Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Music: Roddy Bottum Mike Bordin Billy Gould Mike Patton Lyrics: |
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| Producer | Matt Wallace | ||||
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"Midlife Crisis" is a song by the alternative metal band Faith No More, from their fourth studio album Angel Dust. According to singer Mike Patton "The song is based on a lot of observation and a lot of speculation. But in sort of a pointed way its kind of about Madonna... I think it was a particular time where I was being bombarded with her image on TV and in magazines and her whole schtick kind of speaks to me in that way... like she's going through some sort of problem. It seems she's getting a bit desperate."[1] The song also had a working title of 'Madonna'.[citation needed]
Patton has also denied that the song is about having a midlife crisis, as he didn't know what one would feel like, but says "it's more about creating false emotion, being emotional, dwelling on your emotions and in a sense inventing them."[1]
The song contains a sample from "Cecilia", as performed by Simon and Garfunkel and another from "Car Thief", as performed by The Beastie Boys.[2]
"Midlife Crisis" is featured on the soundtrack for the videogames Tony Hawk's Underground 2 and also Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, on the fictional Alternative station Radio X.
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[edit] Cover versions
- This song was covered by the industrial metal band Bile on their 2002 cover album, The Copy Machine.
- It was covered by American Rock band Disturbed on their album Indestructible (as a B-side track).
[edit] Music video
The video for this song was directed by Kevin Kerslake, who also directed their shoestring video for the song "Everything's Ruined". The version on the Who Cares a Lot?: Greatest Videos collection features the uncensored version that contains some shots omitted from pre-watershed broadcasts of the video. Most noticeably during the bridge which shows a man being stretched by four horses (alluding to an old French punishment for regicide, known as "quartering") - the censored version features additional shots of choirboys running to a big cross instead.
For the video, the sound mix of this song is slightly different than the album version (on certain promotional releases it is referred to as 'The Scream Mix'). For the DVD re-release of Who Cares a Lot?: Greatest Videos, the album version of the song is used instead, with the accommodating edits made.
[edit] Track list
- "Midlife Crisis (The Scream Mix)" – 3:56
- "Crack Hitler" – 4:39
- "Midnight Cowboy" – 4:13
[edit] Charts
| Chart | Peak |
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 Modern Rock[3] |
1 |
 Austrian Singles[4] |
9 |
 UK Singles[5] |
10 |
 Irish Singles Chart[6] |
13 |
 Australian Singles[7] |
31 |
| Mainstream Rock[3] |
32 |
| Preceded by "Good Stuff" by The B-52's |
Modern Rock Tracks number-one single August 8, 1992 |
Succeeded by "Tomorrow" by Morrissey |
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ a b Q30 on the FAQ on the Faith No More website
- ^ Q40 on the FAQ on the Faith No More website
- ^ a b Billboard.com album charts for Faith No More
- ^ austriancharts.at, Austrian charts page for Angel Dust and singles
- ^ everyhit.co.uk, an archive containing all UK top 40 charts
- ^ irishcharts.ie, Irish charts search engine, retrieved on 28 May 2008
- ^ australian-charts.com, Faith No More singles search
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