Violent (song)

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"Violent"
Mix
B-side"California"
ReleasedJuly 19, 1999 (1999-07-19)
Studio
  • Revolver (Auckland, New Zealand)
  • Soundtrax
GenrePop rock
Length3:29
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)Boh Runga
Producer(s)
Stellar*
singles chronology
"
Part of Me
"
(1999)
"Violent"
(1999)
"
Undone
"
(1999)

Violent is a song by New Zealand

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

  • Recorded at Revolver (Auckland, New Zealand) and Soundtrax Studios
  • Mixed at Airforce (Auckland, New Zealand)
  • Mastered at York Street Mastering (Auckland, New Zealand)

Personnel

  • Boh Runga – writing
  • Tom Bailey – production
  • Stellar* – production
  • Luke Tomes – mixing, engineering
  • Gavin Botica – mastering
  • Steve Kennedy – mastering

Charts

References

  1. ^ "New Zealand Music Awards, Winners 2000". Archived from the original on 10 October 2006. Retrieved 29 January 2007.
  2. ^ a b "Stellar*". www.stellar.co.nz. Archived from the original on 28 November 1999. Retrieved 9 June 2023. To view information, click on Music*, then Violent.
  3. Stellar*. Epic Records. 1999. 667527.2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link
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  4. ^ "Stellar* – Violent". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  5. ^ "End of Year Charts 1999". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 4 December 2017.