Violent (song) explained

Violent
Cover:Stellar_Violent.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Stellar*
Album:Mix
B-Side:California
Studio:
  • Revolver (Auckland, New Zealand)
  • Soundtrax
Genre:Pop rock
Length:3:29
Label:Epic
Producer:
Prev Title:Part of Me
Prev Year:1999
Next Title:Undone
Next Year:1999

Violent is a song by New Zealand pop rock band Stellar*, released as the third single from their debut album, Mix (1999), in July 1999. The single spent six weeks within the top 20 of New Zealand's RIANZ Singles Chart, peaking at number 11, and won the Single of the Year award at the 2000 New Zealand "Tui" Music Awards.[1] The music video to the song depicts the band playing within a small room, amongst other scenes such as one in which Boh Runga plays the role of a nurse in surgery.

Background

According to band member Andrew Maclaren, "Violent" was the song that took Stellar* the longest amount of time to record, as they did not want to finish it until they were all satisfied with the results. A pop rock song, "Violent" was sent to New Zealand radio in late June 1999 and was released as a CD single on 19 July 1999.[2]

Track listing

New Zealand CD single[3]

  1. "Violent"
  2. "California"
  3. "Violent" (Deluded mix)
  4. "Violent" (House of DownTown remix)

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the Stellar* website.[2]

Studios

Personnel

Charts

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New Zealand Music Awards, Winners 2000. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20061010210332/http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/awards2006/history2000.html. 10 October 2006. 29 January 2007.
  2. Web site: Stellar*. www.stellar.co.nz. https://web.archive.org/web/19991128081547/http://www.stellar.co.nz/initial.html. 28 November 1999. 9 June 2023. To view information, click on Music*, then Violent.
  3. Violent. Stellar*. 1999. New Zealand CD single liner notes. Epic Records. 667527.2.
  4. Web site: End of Year Charts 1999. Recorded Music NZ. 4 December 2017.