Smash It Up
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{{Infobox Single
| Name = Smash It Up
| Cover =
| Artist = [[The Damned]]
| from Album = [[Machine Gun Etiquette]]
| B-side = "Burglar"
| Released = [[September 28]], [[1979]]
| Format = [[Gramophone Record|7" single]]
| Recorded = [[1979]]
| Genre = [[Punk rock]]
| Length = 2:53
| Label = [[Chiswick Records|Chiswick]] <br/> <small>CHIS 116</small>
| Producer = [[Roger Armstrong]], [[The Damned]]
| Chart position = * #35 <small> ([[UK Singles Chart|U.K.]]) </small>
| Last single = "[[Love Song (Damned)|Love Song]]"<br />(1979)
| This single = "Smash It Up" <br/> (1979)
| Next single = "[[I Just Can't Be Happy Today]]"<br />(1979)
}}
'''"Smash It Up"''' was a single by [[United Kingdom|British]] [[punk rock]] band [[The Damned]].
The single was the second release from the band's ''[[Machine Gun Etiquette]]'' album, where it was listed as "Smash It Up (Part II)". The single was banned from [[BBC Radio 1|Radio 1]]'s playlist because of its perceived anarchic lyrics, stalling at #35 in the singles chart.
[[Chiswick Records|Chiswick]] reissued the single on their budget Big Beat imprint in February 1982. In November 2004, [[Ace Records]] issued the single on CD, with alternate versions of the song (including the previously unreleased 3rd and 4th parts of "Smash It Up") and a video, directed by [[Martin Baker]], added.
The single was also issued in [[Australia]], [[Germany]], the [[Netherlands]] and [[Spain]].
The song has appeared in the console-based game ''[[Driver: Parallel Lines]]'' as a track in the 1978 era.
==Track listing==
# "Smash It Up" (Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Ward) - 2:52
# "Burglar" (Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Ward) - 3:33
2004 CD release: -
# "Smash It Up" (Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Ward) - 2:52
# "Burglar" (Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Ward) - 3:33
# "Smash It Up Parts 1-4" (Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Ward) - 8:43
==Production credits==
* '''[[Record producer|Producer]]s''':
** [[Roger Armstrong]]
** [[The Damned]]
* '''[[Musician]]s''':
** [[Dave Vanian]]: [[Singer|Vocals]]
** [[Captain Sensible]]: [[Guitar]]
** [[Rat Scabies]]: [[Drum]]s
** [[Algy Ward]]: [[Bass guitar|Bass]]
==Cover versions==
{{Infobox Single
| Name = Smash It Up
| Cover = Smash_It_Up.jpg
| Artist = [[The Offspring]]
| from Album = [[Batman Forever (soundtrack)]]
| Released = [[1995]]
| Format = [[CD single]]
| Genre = [[Punk rock]]
| Length = 3:24
| Label = [[Epitaph Records|Epitaph]]
| Writers = [[The Damned]]
| Chart position = * #16 <small> ([[Modern Rock Chart]]) </small>
| Last single = "[[Gotta Get Away]]"<br />(1995)
| This single = "'''Smash It Up'''" <br/> (1995)
| Next single = "[[All I Want (The Offspring song)|All I Want]]"<br />(1996)
}}
In [[1995]], [[The Offspring]] covered the track for the [[soundtrack]] of the film ''[[Batman Forever]]'' and it was also released as a single.
The song peaked on number #16 on the U.S. [[Modern Rock Tracks|Modern Rock Chart]] and it peaked on number #47 on the [[Billboard Hot 100 Airplay|U.S. Hot 100 Airplay]].
The song was later released on The Offspring's [[Club Me (album)|Club Me EP]].
===Track Listings===
# "Smash It Up" - 3:24
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