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Wikipedia article




"'Sissyneck'" is a song by American musician Beck, released as the fourth single from his fifth album, 'Odelay' (1996). For the bass line of the song, the Dust Brothers sampled "A Part of Me" by the band 'Country Funk'. The whistling in the introduction comes from "The Moog and Me" by Dick Hyman. The organ line is from "Life" by Sly & the Family Stone. The song peaked at No. 30 on the UK Singles Chart.

Critical reception



British magazine 'Music Week' rated the song three out of five, picking it as Single of the Week. They added, "Gaining converts by the day, Beck's maverick touch has now felt fully by the mainstream and this typically languid effort will reinforce his growing reputation as a very cool cat." David Sinclair from 'The Times' described it as a "gloriously off-kilter combination of country-rock tune and street-hustle percussion."Sinclair, David (17 May 1997). "The week's top pop releases; Records". 'The Times'.

Controversy



In the early versions of this song, Beck sampled a talking Barbie doll, but Mattel did not grant permission to include the audio.

Track listing



Three-track single

# "Sissyneck" 3:55

# "The New Pollution" (Remix by Mickey P.) 4:08

# "Feather in Your Cap" 3:46

#* This version can be found on the 'SubUrbia' soundtrack.

Alternate pressing

# "Sissyneck" (LP version) 3:58

# "Burro" (Mariachi Version of "Jack-Ass") 3:11

# "Dark and Lovely" (Remix by Dust Brothers) 3:38

# "Devil Got My Woman" (Skip James cover) 4:34

# "Brother" 4:45

UK 7" vinyl

# "Sissyneck" (LP version) 3:58

# "Feather in Your Cap" 3:46

Cassette

# "Sissyneck" (LP version) 3:55

# "The New Pollution" (Remix by Mickey P.) 4:08

Personnel



*Beck vocals, guitars, bass, organ, congas, programming, composition

*Mike Boito organ

*Gregory Liesz pedal steel guitar

*The Dust Brothers programming, composition

References



Category:Beck songs

Category:Songs written by Beck

Category:1997 singles

Category:1996 songs

Category:Song recordings produced by Dust Brothers

Category:Songs written by John King (record producer)

Category:Songs written by Michael Simpson (producer)


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