Intergalactic

"Intergalactic"
Single by Beastie Boys
from the album Hello Nasty
Released	July 12, 1998 (1998-07-12)
Format	CD
Recorded	1997
Genre	Alternative hip hop, industrial hip hop
Length	3:51
Label	Capitol Records
Writer(s)	Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys singles chronology
"Root Down" (1995) "Intergalactic" (1998) "Body Movin'" (1998)

"Intergalactic" is a single by the Beastie Boys from their album Hello Nasty. It was released on July 12, 1998. The song's music incorporates a portion of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C-sharp minor. The single hit #28 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts and was the band's third Top 40 single, and reached #5 on the UK Singles Chart which remains the bands' biggest hit in that country. The song received a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group in 1999.

Track listings

CD single 1

1. "Intergalactic" (Album version) - 3:33

1. "Hail Sagan (Special K)" - 4:06

1. "Intergalactic" (Prisoners of Technology Mix) - 5:46

1. "Intergalactic" (Fuzzy Logic Re-Mix) - 3:47

CD single 2

1. "Intergalactic" (Album version) - 3:32

1. "Intergalactic" (Remix No. 1) - 3:54

1. "Intergalactic" (Remix No. 2) 4:02

1. "Intergalactic" (Remix No. 1 Instrumental) - 3:56

1. "Intergalactic" (Remix No. 2 Instrumental) - 3:59

Composition

The song samples the theme music for the 1985 film The Toxic Avenger, as adapted from Rimsky-Korsakov's arrangement of Mussorgsky's A Night on Bald Mountain. Elements of Prelude in C# Minor as composed by Rachmaninoff are also used during the verses^[1], and the song also contains elements of the Jazz Crusaders album Powerhouse.^[2] A Shout-out to Mario Caldato (Mario C), the single's producer, is given in the song. The end of the song features Biz Markie doing a freestyle rap.

Music video

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The "Intergalactic" video featured a giant robot causing destruction by fighting a giant octopus-headed creature in a city while popping, a parody of Japanese Kaiju films (specifically the series finale of Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot). Various scenes are filmed in the Shibuya and Shinjuku train stations in Tokyo, Japan in which the band wears the bright uniforms of (Koji) Japanese street construction workers. The video was a regular on Total Request Live and won the award for "Best Hip Hop Video" at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards. It was directed by MCA under the pseudonym of Nathanial Hornblower.

The music video also somewhat parodies Japanese sentai shows, which are the basis for Power Rangers.

In some versions of the video, the introduction is a sample of "Le Sacre du Printemps" by Igor Stravinsky.

Charts

In other media

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• The song was featured on the Futurama episode "Hell Is Other Robots" (in which the members of the band also guest-starred).
• A part of the song was featured in "Weird Al" Yankovic's polka, "Polka Power!", from the album Running with Scissors.
• The song name was a cheat code to unlock MCA in the game Tony Hawk's Proving Ground which one of their song was featured (Electric Worm, from their 2007 album The Mix-Up).
• The video ranked at #64 on MuchMusic's 100 Best Videos.
• The song was mixed with 'Waters of Nazareth' by Justice that has attracted almost 200,000 viewers on youtube
• The song is featured in the video game DJ Hero

References

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