Wind it up
| Wind it up | |
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| The Prodigy | |
| publication | March 1993 |
| length | 4:33 (Album) 3:29 (Single Edit) |
| Genre (s) | Hardcore |
| Author (s) | Liam Howlett |
| album | The Prodigy Experience |
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Wind It Up is a song written by Liam Howlett . It was first released in 1992 on the album The Prodigy album Experience . In addition to the original version of Wind It Up contained therein, the band's sixth single was released on March 29, 1993, the remix version Wind It Up (Rewound) .
Samples
The eponymous, highly pitched sample "Wind it up!" comes from the track Latoya by the New York rapper Just-Ice . The rest of the text consists mainly of a repeatedly repeated "Equal rights and justice in this time".
Further edition history
The US version of the CD single released on Elektra Records received four remixes that were not otherwise published. It was not re-released like many previous singles because of its exclusivity.
Music video
This topic is also taken up in the video for Wind It Up , in which the beginning of the preamble to the United States Declaration of Independence is faded in ("We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal"), later a homeless man is shown. Otherwise, scenes alternate showing the band at concerts, on a beach, etc.
Versions
- Wind It Up (Rewound) (6:15)
- Wind It Up (The Rewound Edit) (3:29) (CD single)
- Wind It Up (Tightly Wound) (6:03) (CD single Elektra)
- Wind It Up (Forward Wind) (5:57) (CD single Elektra)
- Wind It Up (Unwind) (5:38) (CD single Elektra)
- Wind It Up (Bonus Beats) (1:57) (CD single Elektra)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chart sources: Switzerland - Great Britain