Home | Songs By Year | Songs from 1992
So What'cha Want
Buy So What'cha Want now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the song. And once you've experienced the song, tell everyone what you thought about it.
Wikipedia article
{{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 =
| length = 3:36
| label = Capitol
| writer = 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 =
}}
"'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 samples "Just Rhymin' With Biz", by Big Daddy Kane featuring Biz Markie, and "I've Been Watching You" by Southside Movement. The song also appears in the video game 'Rock Band 2'.
Music video
The music video, directed by Nathanial Hrnblowr, 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. 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 also 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) 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
{| class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Chart (1992/1993)
!align="left"|Peak
position
|-
|align="left"|Australia (ARIA)
|align="center"|64
|-
|align="left"|U.S. 'Billboard' Hot 100
|align="center"|93
|-
|align="left"|U.S. 'Billboard' Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
|align="center"|21
|-
|align="left"|U.S. 'Billboard' Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales
|align="center"|26
|-
|align="left"|U.S. 'Billboard' Hot Rap Tracks
|align="center"|18
|-
|align="left"|U.S. 'Billboard' Modern Rock Tracks
|align="center"|22
|-
|}
References
Category:1992 singles
Category:1992 songs
Category:Beastie Boys songs
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.
Buy So What'cha Want now from Amazon
<-- Return to songs from 1992