"Requiem for a Hit" is a song by French recording artist

Miss Kittin Caroline Hervé (born 1973), known professionally as Miss Kittin, is a French electronic music producer, DJ, singer, and songwriter. Since rising to prominence in 1998 for her singles " 1982" and "Frank Sinatra" with The Hacker, she has worked ...

featuring L.A. Williams. It is the second single from the Miss Kittin's first solo album ''

I Com ''I Com'' is the first solo studio album by French singer and DJ Miss Kittin, released on 31 May 2004 by NovaMute Records. It is Miss Kittin's first solo release, having previously released albums in collaboration with The Hacker and Golden Boy. ...

''. Co-written and co-produced by Thies Mynther, Tobias Neumann, it is composed as an

electroclash Electroclash (also known as synthcore, retro-electro, tech-pop, nouveau disco, and the new new wave) is a genre of music that fuses 1980s electro, new wave and synth-pop Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop; ) ...

and

electropop Electropop is a hybrid music genre combining elements of electronic and pop genres. Writer Hollin Jones has described it as a variant of synth-pop with heavy emphasis on its electronic sound. The genre was developed in the 1980s and saw a re ...

song, that is a play on the line "I'll Beat that Bitch with a Bat." The song was later included on her 2005 EP ''

Mixing Me ''Mixing Me'' is a 2005 EP by Miss Kittin to promote her album ''I Com''. ''Mixing Me'' contains remixes of ''I Coms singles. Critical reception Johnny Loftus of Allmusic said, "''Mixing Me'' is a fantastic Miss Kittin entry point. She splic ...

''.

Critical reception

XLR8R ''XLR8R'' (pronounced "accelerator") is a website that covers music, culture, style, and technology. It was originally also a print magazine. History and profile ''XLR8R'' was founded as a newsprint zine in 1993 by publisher Andrew Smith in Sea ...

'' said, "From succulent rhymes to seductively sexual appeal, this girl knows well how to live on charts worldwide." ''

Les Inrockuptibles ''Les Inrockuptibles'' () is a French cultural magazine. Started as a monthly magazine in 1986, it became weekly in 1995. Now it is a monthly again, since 2021. In the beginning, rock music was the magazine's primary focus, though every issue in ...

'' placed "Requiem for a Hit" at #38 on the ''Best Singles of 2004''.

Live performances

performed "Requiem for a Hit (2 Many DJ's Remix)" live at the

Sónar Sónar is a festival dedicated to music, creativity and technology, founded in Barcelona in 1994 by Ricard Robles, Enric Palau, and Sergi Caballero. The festival has been divided into two parts since its inception: Sónar by Day and Sónar b ...

festival and included it on her album ''

Live at Sónar ''Live at Sónar'' is the first live DJ mix album by Miss Kittin. For the Sónar festival, Miss Kittin provided impromptu new vocals to her classic catalogue. During the festival, she was assisted by Aphex Twin, Modeselektor, Boom Bip, and The Ha ...

''.Miss Kittin - Live At Sónar

Discogs Discogs (short for discographies) is a database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. While the site was originally created with a goal of becoming the la ...

. Retrieved 2010-07-15.

Track listing

# "Requiem For A Hit (Original Requiem)" - 5:12 # "Requiem For A Hit (Ge-Gm Mix)" - 6:12 # "Requiem For A Hit (Requiem For A Buzz)" - 6:00 # "Requiem For A Hit (Abe Duque Remix)" - 6:29

Charts

References

{{Miss Kittin 2004 singles Miss Kittin songs Electroclash songs