Smash It Up 1995477 225982966 2008-07-16T09:20:05Z Nouse4aname 3858210 No article {{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 {{1989-1997 Batman film series}} {{TheOffspring}} [[Category:1979 singles]] [[Category:1982 singles]] [[Category:1995 singles]] [[Category:2004 singles]] [[Category:The Damned songs]] [[Category:The Offspring songs]] [[Category:Batman music]] [[fr:Smash It Up]] [[pt:Smash It Up]] [[sv:Smash It Up]] [[it:Smash It Up]]