Shut Me Up

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"Shut Me Up"
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Single by Mindless Self Indulgence
from the album You'll Rebel to Anything
ReleasedSeptember 12, 2006
Recorded2004
Genre
Length2:48
Label Uppity Cracker/Metropolis
Songwriter(s) Little Jimmy Urine
Mindless Self Indulgence singles chronology
"Straight to Video"
(2005)
"Shut Me Up"
(2006)
"Mastermind"
(2008)
Music video
"Shut Me Up" on YouTube

"Shut Me Up" is a single by Mindless Self Indulgence, released on September 12, 2006. It is the first track on their third studio album, You'll Rebel to Anything . "Shut Me Up" peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Hot Singles Sales chart and number 1 on the Hot Dance Singles Sales chart. [1] [ permanent dead link ] [2] [ permanent dead link ] The song is considered one of Mindless Self Indulgence's classic songs. [3] [4]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Shut Me Up" (Ulrich Wild Groandome Metal Mix) – 2:56
  2. "Shut Me Up" (VNV Nation 1200 XL Mix) – 5:40
  3. "Shut Me Up" (Tommie Sunshine TSMV Still Filthy Mix) – 5:38
  4. "Shut Me Up" (Original Crappy Demo) – 1:55
  5. "Big Poppa" (Notorious B.I.G. cover) – 3:57
  6. "Adios Amigos" – 2:24
  7. "Straight to Video" (Suicide City More and Faster Mix) – 2:55
  8. "Straight to Video" (Tommie Sunshine Extended Electro Mix) – 5:57

Music video

The music video for "Shut Me Up" was directed by Jhonen Vasquez [5] [6] and stars Joshua Burian-Mohr as a young man who works a monotonous retail job and goes insane shortly after attending a concert by the band, after which he is goaded by a hand puppet (operated by Vasquez) into attacking rude customers. He then experiences seizures and explodes. The video also features clips from Reefer Madness .

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