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"Sexx Laws" is a song by American singer Beck, from his album Midnite Vultures (1999). It was released as the lead single from the album in October 1999.

"Sexx Laws"
Single by Beck
from the album Midnite Vultures
B-side"This Is My Crew" / "Salt in the Wound"
ReleasedOctober 25, 1999
Recorded1999
GenreFunk rock
Length3:38
LabelGeffen
497 181-2 (UK, CD1)
497 182-2 (UK, CD2)
497 182-7 (UK, 7")
Songwriter(s)Beck Hansen
Producer(s)Beck Hansen, Mickey Petralia
Beck singles chronology
"Nobody's Fault but My Own"
(1999)		 "Sexx Laws"
(1999)		 "Mixed Bizness"
(2000)

Composition


Beck said of the song's lyrics:

It's me playing with the ridiculousness of those entrenched ideas about what a man does and what a woman can do. A lot of soul music comes from a real masculine strength, but there's also this intense vulnerability about it. You have the masculine tough-guy exterior and the emotional openness, which is feminine, as well. I wanted to have fun with that, turn up that contrast a little bit without getting bogged down into preciousness and psychobabble.[1]

Of the song's music, he said:

I think my main interest in using the horns was for performance - so much music today is so guitar heavy. I sought other places to get muscle into the music. Many bands rely heavily on guitar to pump up the sound, but I thought it would be interesting to make the horns into the guitars. I think it was the L.A. Rams. I used to watch them when I was growing up, and it just reminded me of Monday Night Football in 1978.[1]


Reception


In 2014, NME named it the 260th Greatest Song of All Time.[2] Paste and The Guardian both ranked the song number 10 on their lists of the greatest Beck songs.[3][4]



"Sexx Laws" was used in the 2014 Renault Twingo advertisement. The song was also used in the Futurama episode "Bendin' in the Wind" and in Daria.


Live performances


Beck has performed the song close to 300 times. Although it was released on Midnite Vultures in 1999, he performed the song live for the first time as early as June 1998.[5]


Music videos


The music video, directed by Beck himself, contains visual references to films such as Mr. Freedom, Anna, as well as the feature film adaptation of Ganbare!! Robocon.[6][7] Jack Black appears in the music video as a member of the Vision Warrior Men's Circle, along with Neil Strauss and Justin Meldal-Johnsen.[8] Surreal elements of the video include a refrigerator dry humping an oven, Kenny G (played by Meldal-Johnsen) in a room of football players, and a spinning mannequin of a zebra with a banjo.

There are several versions of the video. The original (once posted on Beck's website) was over 18 minutes long and extended the intro of the Men's Circle. The subsequent versions edited out the intro and ending, the latter truncating a pep rally speech by Jack Black's character.


Track listings


CD1

  1. "Sexx Laws" – 3:38
  2. "Salt in the Wound" – 3:24
  3. "Sexx Laws" (Wizeguyz Remix) – 6:03

CD2

  1. "Sexx Laws" – 3:38
  2. "This Is My Crew" – 3:55
  3. "Sexx Laws" (Malibu Remix) – 6:51

7"

  1. "Sexx Laws" – 3:38
  2. "Salt in the Wound" – 3:24

12"

  1. "Sexx Laws" – 3:38
  2. "Sexx Laws" (Malibu Remix) – 6:51
  3. "Salt in the Wound" – 3:24
  4. "Sexx Laws" (Wizeguyz Remix) – 6:03

Personnel



Charts


Chart (1999) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[9] 84
UK Singles (OCC)[10] 27
US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard)[11] 21

References


  1. "Beck Song Information - Sexx Laws". whiskeyclone.net.
  2. "Rocklist.net....NME The 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time.. 2014". rocklistmusic.co.uk.
  3. Bort, Ryan (July 16, 2012). "The 20 Best Beck Songs". Paste. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
  4. Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (July 2, 2020). "Beck's greatest songs – ranked!". The Guardian. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
  5. "Hijacked Flavors - Search Results". whiskeyclone.net.
  6. "Beck's Sexx Laws | Tokusatsu References - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
  7. "Video Hangover: Beck – "Sexx Laws"". Stereogum. January 8, 2008. Retrieved August 4, 2011.
  8. "Beck - "Sexxlaws"". mvdbase.com. Retrieved August 4, 2011.
  9. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  10. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 17, 2019.
  11. "Beck – Chart History: Alternative Songs". Billboard. Retrieved October 27, 2017.



На других языках

- [en] Sexx Laws

[es] Sexx Laws

«Sexx Laws» es una canción del músico estadounidense Beck, incluida en su álbum de 1999, Midnite Vultures. Fue publicada como el primer sencillo del álbum, el 25 de octubre de 1999 a través de la discográfica Geffen Records. Musicalmente, la canción es una combinación inusual de instrumentos de viento-metal de funk con un banjo al estilo bluegrass y una guitarra pedal steel alternativa, con elementos de música electrónica y un interludio instrumental incluido. En 2014, NME incluyó la canción en el puesto 260 de la lista 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time.[1]

[ru] Sexx Laws

«Sexx Laws» (с англ. — «Законы секса») — ведущий сингл американского музыканта Бека из его седьмого студийного альбома Midnite Vultures. Был выпущен в октябре 1999 года на лейбле Geffen Records. В 2014 году журнал New Musical Express поставил эту песня на 260-е место в своём списке «500 величайших песен всех времён»[1]. По статистике, Бек исполнял её на концертах более 300 раз[2].


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