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More Human than Human
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = More Human than Human
| cover = White Zombie More Human Than Human.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = White Zombie
| album = Astro-Creep: 2000
| B-side = *"More Human than Human (The Jeddak of the Tharks Super Mix)"
*"Blood, Milk and Sky"
| released = May 7, 1995
| recorded = 1994
| studio = NRG, Los Angeles
| genre = *Alternative metal
* industrial rock
* alternative rock
* hard rock
| length = 4:28
| label = Geffen
| writer = *Sean Yseult
*Jay Yuenger
*Rob Zombie
| producer = Terry Date
| prev_title = Black Sunshine
| prev_year = 1993
| next_title = Electric Head Pt. 2 (The Ecstasy)
| next_year = 1995
| misc =
}}
"'More Human than Human'" is a song by the American heavy metal band White Zombie from their album 'Astro-Creep: 2000' (1995). It was released as the first official single from the album and is also included on Rob Zombie's 'Past, Present & Future', the greatest hits album 'The Best of Rob Zombie', and a remix is included on 'Supersexy Swingin' Sounds' and 'Revolutions'.
Music and lyrics
The title and lyrics reference the novel 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?' by Philip K. Dick, adapted in film as 'Blade Runner'. The title was the slogan of the Tyrell Corporation, manufacturers of the very humaniform biological androids, or "replicants" that are the focal point of the story. "I want more life, fucker" (quoted in the lyrics) is one of the last things his creator hears when the replicant designed to be the perfect and disposable soldier (Rutger Hauer) finds him and is denied a reprieve from the programmed 4 year life span.
The song features a repeated slide guitar figure, a technique typically associated with blues music.
The moaning in the intro to the song was sampled from a post-apocalyptic porn movie called 'Caf Flesh' directed by Stephen Sayadian.'Caf Flesh' (1982), Event Occurs 44:11 - 44:24
Reception
"More Human than Human" quickly became the band's highest-charting and most recognizable single in the entirety of their career. The song earned them their second Grammy nomination for Best Metal Performance in 1995. The song was named the 68th best hard rock song of all time by VH1.
The song was listed on 'PopMatters's "The 10 Best Alternative Metal Singles of the 1990s" list.
"More Human than Human" was ranked at number 43 on 'Spin's "The 95 Best Alternative Rock Songs of 1995" list.
Music video
The music video of "More Human than Human," the first video made for 'Astro-Creep: 2000', features White Zombie playing the track in a room and short clips of old home video footage of Rob, his brother, Michael Cummings (better known as Spider One of the band Powerman 5000), and a cousin at a young age. Part of the video was also shot in the halls of Framingham High School, Framingham, Massachusetts, as well as on the streets of Hollywood Boulevard.[https://web.archive.org/web/20000229082600/http://www.rocknet.com/archives/w_zombie.html RockNet Interviews Rob Zombie], cited September 25, 2009 It was the first video that had been completely directed by Rob alone. In 1995, he won the MTV Video Music Award for Hard Rock Video for this music video. At the time, it was Rob's favorite White Zombie music video.Miller, Gerri. "White Zombie Live & Backstage". 'Metal Edge Magazine'. March, 1996. cited October 30, 2008
Charts
See also
*List of 'RPM' Rock/Alternative number-one singles (Canada)
References
Category:White Zombie (band) songs
Category:1995 singles
Category:1995 songs
Category:Industrial rock songs
Category:Geffen Records singles
Category:Song recordings produced by Terry Date
Category:Alternative metal songs
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