Smack Jack

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"Smack Jack"
Single by Nina Hagen
from the album NunSexMonkRock
B-side"Cosma Shiva"
Released1982
Recorded
Genre
Length3:28
LabelCBS
Songwriter(s)Ferdinand Karmelk
Producer(s)Mike Thorne
Nina Hagen singles chronology
"Herrmann Hiess Er"
(1980)
"Smack Jack"
(1982)
"New York New York"
(1983)

"Smack Jack" is a song by German singer

AIDS in 1988. It is Hagen's second song addressing this theme after her 1979 song "Herrmann Hiess Er", which is believed to be about her ex-boyfriend Herman Brood
. The music video for the song shows Hagen dressed as a man with two of her other transformations dancing in the background and singing the chorus.

Track listings

  1. "Smack Jack" – 3:28
  2. "Cosma Shiva" – 3:15
  • 12" single (Europe)[2]
  1. "Smack Jack" – 5:10
  2. "Cosma Shiva" – 3:15
  • 12" promo single (US)[3]
  1. "Smack Jack" – 5:14
  2. "Cosma Shiva" – 3:20
  3. "Born In Xixax" – 2:55

References

  1. ^ Smack Jack (European 7-inch Single liner notes). Nina Hagen Band. CBS Records. 1982. CBSA 2357.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ Smack Jack (European 12-inch Single liner notes). Nina Hagen Band. CBS Records. 1982. A-12.2357.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ^ Smack Jack (US 12-inch Single liner notes). Nina Hagen Band. CBS Records. 1982. AS 1506.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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