Skinny Little Bitch
"Skinny Little Bitch" | ||||
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Henson, Hollywood | ||||
Genre | Alternative rock, punk rock, hard rock | |||
Length | 3:09 | |||
Label | Mercury | |||
Songwriter(s) | Courtney Love, Micko Larkin | |||
Producer(s) | Michael Beinhorn, Micko Larkin | |||
Hole singles chronology | ||||
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"Skinny Little Bitch" is a song by the American alternative rock band Hole. It is the second track and lead single from the band's fourth studio album, Nobody's Daughter, and was released on March 12, 2010 on Mercury Records. Written by vocalist Courtney Love and lead guitarist Micko Larkin, "Skinny Little Bitch" was Hole's first single in a decade and first release not to feature founding member Eric Erlandson.
The song premiered on the
Two official music videos for "Skinny Little Bitch" have been released on Hole's official YouTube channel—a multi-camera version of the band's performance at SXSW in March 2010 and a shortened video of Love performing the song while getting a tattoo. Other plans for a music video, including an animation by Michael Mouris and a video featuring model Sasha Pivovarova, were considered but never received a greenlight from Mercury Records.
"Skinny Little Bitch" was added to the US Active Rock Charts at #32 making it the first song with lead vocals from a female to ever make the chart.[citation needed]
Release and reception
The track was described by NME as,
"a balls-out, low-down dirty rock song, and as fine a signature tune for the new Hole as you could imagine. Tapping the same lyrical vein as 'Samantha', it's The Stooges fronted by a Joan Jett re-imagined as the Bride Of Frankenstein. And it’s the sound of Courtney having fun."[3]
Promotion
"Skinny Little Bitch" was debuted live during Hole's reunion show at London's
Music video
Talking about the music video, Love stated, "there will be a stunning video for SLB as long as the only model that you will all fall in love w that the band needs does it!." She later revealed the model to be Sasha Pivovarova, chosen because "shes the only look that can convey what the SLB goes through a lot of self torture."[4][5]
However, Love has since stated that Mert and Marcus will direct the music video provided that Mercury greenlights the project, while also stating again that Sasha Pivovarova will take on the role of the "Skinny Little Bitch."[6]
On 7 April 2010, Hole's official YouTube channel released a multicamera mix of Hole's performance of "Skinny Little Bitch" at the
Track listing and formats
- Digital download
- "Skinny Little Bitch" – 3:09
- US 10" single (B0014258-11)
- "Skinny Little Bitch" – 3:09
- "Codine" – 3:57
Personnel
All personnel credits adapted from Nobody's Daughter's liner notes.[9]
- Hole
- Courtney Love – vocals, composition, writing
- Micko Larkin - guitar, composition
- Shawn Dailey – bass
- Stu Fisher – drums
- Guest musician
- Jack Irons – drums
- Technical personnel
- Michael Beinhorn – producer
- Owen Lewis – assistant producer
- Karl Egsieker – engineer
- Nico Essig – additional engineer
- Tom Syrowski – additional engineer
- John O'Mahoney – mixing
Chart positions
Chart (2010) | Peak position |
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US Billboard Alternative Songs[10]
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19 |
US Billboard Rock Songs[10]
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29 |
Release history
Region | Date | Format |
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Ireland | 12 March 2010 | Digital download[11] |
Belgium | 15 March 2010 | |
Czech Republic | ||
Denmark | ||
Finland | ||
Italy | ||
Canada | 16 March 2010 | |
Greece | ||
Spain | ||
Sweden | ||
United States | ||
Australia | 19 March 2010 | |
Switzerland | ||
New Zealand | 22 March 2010 | |
Austria | 23 March 2010 | |
Germany | ||
Japan | 24 March 2010 | |
United States | 13 April 2010 | Vinyl
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Portugal | 15 April 2010 | Digital download[11] |
France | 19 April 2010 | |
United Kingdom | 26 April 2010 |
References
- ^ "AllAccess.com Alternative eWeekly". AllAccess. March 2, 2010. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
- ^ Mel (2010-03-15). "Skinny Little Bitch, most added song on alternative radio". courtney-love.org. Archived from the original on 2010-12-29. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
- ^ Martin, Dan (2009-06-18). "The Return Of Hole - Part Two - The New Album Track-By-Track". NME. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
- ^ Love, Courtney (2010-03-18). "CourtneyLoveUK". Twitter. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
- ^ Love, Courtney (2010-03-18). "CourtneyLoveUK". Twitter. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
- ^ Love, Courtney (2010-04-11). "CourtneyLoveUK". Twitter. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
- ^ Hole. Facebook | Hole: Skinny Little Bitch SXSW Video https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=379294974982 Retrieved from Facebook.com on May 11, 2010.
- ^ Hole. Hole Official Website :: Nobody’s Daughter http://holerock.net/news_d.aspx?nid=6704 Retrieved from holerock.net on May 11, 2010.
- ^ Nobody's Daughter (CD). Hole. Mercury Records. 2010. LC 00268.
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- ^ a b "'Skinny Little Bitch' single - available digitally now!". Facebook. 2010-03-16. Retrieved 2010-03-18.