"Shut Me Up" | ||||
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Single by Mindless Self Indulgence | ||||
from the album You'll Rebel to Anything | ||||
Released | September 12, 2006 | |||
Recorded | 2004 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 2:48 | |||
Label | Uppity Cracker/Metropolis | |||
Songwriter(s) | Little Jimmy Urine | |||
Mindless Self Indulgence singles chronology | ||||
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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]
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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