Protect Ya Neck

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"Protect Ya Neck"
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Single by Wu-Tang Clan
from the album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
B-side "After the Laughter Comes Tears"
"Method Man" (reissue)
ReleasedDecember 14, 1992 [1]
Recorded1992
Genre Hardcore hip-hop
Length4:37 (Radio edit)
5:01 (Original, uncensored aka "Bloody Version")
4:52 (Album version)
Label
Songwriter(s) Wu-Tang Clan
Producer(s) RZA
Wu-Tang Clan singles chronology
"Protect Ya Neck"
(1992)
"C.R.E.A.M."
(1994)
Alternative cover
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1993 re-release
Wu-Tang Side
No.TitleLength
1."Protect Ya Neck" (Radio Edit)4:37
2."Protect Ya Neck" (Bloody Version)5:01
3."Protect Ya Neck" (Instrumental)2:00
Shaolin Side
No.TitleLength
1."After the Laughter Comes Tears" (Vocal)3:17
2."After the Laughter Comes Tears" (Instrumental)3:17

Loud Records release

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Protect Ya Neck" (Radio Edit)4:30
2."Protect Ya Neck" (Shao Lin Version)4:36
3."Protect Ya Neck" (Bloody Version)5:03
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Method Man" (Radio Edit)4:15
2."Method Man" (Smoked Out Version)5:02
3."Method Man" (Home Grown Version)5:08
4."Method Man" (Bonus Beats)0:57

Personnel

Credits adapted from single's label. [7]

Production

Additional personnel

References

  1. Gross, Joe (15 February 2021). "Watch Ya Step, Kid: 'Protect Ya Neck'". Downtown Music Services . Archived from the original on 20 February 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Today in Hip Hop in History: Wu-Tang Clan Releases Debut Single 'Protect Ya Neck'". The Source . Kiah Fields. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
  3. Check The Technique: Linear Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies by Brian Coleman. Page 463.
  4. "Grand Daddy I.U." halftimeonline.net. Half Time. Retrieved 2015-05-10.
  5. "100 Best Singles: The Top Hip-Hop Songs of All Time". The Source . No. 100. New York. January 1998. p. 36.
  6. Pitchfork Top 200 Tracks of the 90s
  7. Protect Ya Neck (liner notes). Wu-Tang Clan. New York, New York: Wu-Tang Records. 1992. PR234.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)