"We Know Where You Fucking Live" (stylized in
all caps) is a song by American
rock band
Marilyn Manson
Brian Hugh Warner (born January 5, 1969), known professionally as Marilyn Manson, is an American rock musician. He came to prominence as the lead singer of the band which shares his name, of which he remains the only constant member since it ...
. It was released on September 11, 2017 as the
lead single from their tenth studio album, ''
Heaven Upside Down
''Heaven Upside Down'' is the tenth studio album by American rock band Marilyn Manson. It was released on October 6, 2017, by Loma Vista Recordings and Caroline International. The record had the working title ''Say10'' and was initially due t ...
'' (2017).
Composition and style
"We Know Where You Fucking Live" is an
industrial rock song,
and was the first song recorded by
Marilyn Manson
Brian Hugh Warner (born January 5, 1969), known professionally as Marilyn Manson, is an American rock musician. He came to prominence as the lead singer of the band which shares his name, of which he remains the only constant member since it ...
and
Tyler Bates for ''Heaven Upside Down''. Bates later said: "When Manson and I began to speak again about making a new album, I told him 'If we're doing this again, we're gonna make a completely different record
rom ''The Pale Emperor''">The_Pale_Emperor.html" ;"title="rom ''The Pale Emperor">rom ''The Pale Emperor'' You gotta bring the fire! We gotta fuck some shit up!'. He was, of course, all in for it." The song was composed by Bates just several hours before the pair's first recording session, with Bates calling it a "a great starter for the album. I knew that track was the initial seed that I wanted to plant for him to work from."
It is reminiscent of material released by the band in the late '90s, and features subdued, predominantly
electronic Verse (music)">verse
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s coupled with a
chorus consisting of loud, aggressive guitar riff">Refrain">chorus consisting of loud, aggressive guitar riffs and the Marilyn Manson">eponymous vocalists' screamed vocals.
Nerdist Industries called the song "fiercely rocking and in-your-face". Manson said that he was "astonished that a record label put [the song] out as the first single", due to its lyrical content,
which reference
political corruption
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Forms of corruption vary, but can include bribery, lobbying, extortion, cronyism, nepotism, parochialism, patronage, in ...
,
drone warfare and
global surveillance. The track was debuted live during the first date of the
Heaven Upside Down Tour,
which occurred on July 20 in
Budapest.
Release and promotion
Prior to its release, the song was advertised with a series of
fly poster
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campaigns at various music festivals throughout Europe, including the
Reading and Leeds Festivals. These campaigns were financed by
Loma Vista Recordings. The song premiered on
Zane Lowe's
Beats 1
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show on September 11, immediately after which it was made available via
streaming platforms.
Music video
The
music video for the song was directed by Bill Yukich and
Perou,
and was posted onto
YouTube on September 15.
The clip opens with a parental advisory warning for graphic violence and sexual content,
and begins with a quintet of nuns walking down a suburban street during a
solar eclipse
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. The nuns tear off their
habits, revealing them to be wearing
latex undergarments and leather
dominatrix gear, and carrying various
handgun
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s,
assault rifles and
rocket launcher
A rocket launcher is a weapon that launches an unguided, rocket-propelled projectile.
History
The earliest rocket launchers documented in imperial China consisted of arrows modified by the attachment of a rocket motor to the shaft a few in ...
s. The group then encounters Manson and, after an initial standoff, proceed to blow up a van.
The group then
invades the home of a family, and subjects the husband and wife to a violent sexual assault.
Sydney Gore of ''
The Fader'' has hypothesized that the video is a metaphor for religious extremism.
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Heaven Upside Down''.
Credits
* Recorded at Abattoir Studios,
Studio City, California
* Songs of Golgotha (BMI)/Box Cutter Music. (BMI), under exclusive license to
Loma Vista Recordings and
Caroline International
Personnel
*
Marilyn Manson
Brian Hugh Warner (born January 5, 1969), known professionally as Marilyn Manson, is an American rock musician. He came to prominence as the lead singer of the band which shares his name, of which he remains the only constant member since it ...
–
vocals
*
Tyler Bates –
instrumentation,
engineering,
recording,
production,
mixing
*
Robert Carranza – mixing
*
Gil Sharone –
drums
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* Joanne Higginbottom – assistant engineer
* Brian Lucey –
mastering
Charts
References
{{Marilyn Manson
2017 songs
2017 singles
Marilyn Manson (band) songs
Political songs
Songs written by Marilyn Manson
Songs written by Tyler Bates
Loma Vista Recordings singles