Sell Your Body (To The Night)
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"Sell Your Body" is a single
from the Norwegian
band Turbonegro
from their 2003 album Scandinavian Leather
released on 7" Vinyl
(in the UK), CD and enhanced CD in 2003 by Burning Heart Records
.
The "zillion dollar" artwork was done by Are Kleivan with individual dollar designs for each band member on the backside of the sleeve. At Turbonegro's shows in 2003 the band fired loads of these particular dollar bills into the crowd using a cannon
during the song "Sell Your Body".
The video for "Sell Your Body" was shot in Los Angeles
subsequent to their sold out shows in early April, 2003 and was directed by Jeff Tremaine
of Jackass
fame. The video shows the band walking with a Grizzly bear
with several live sequences recorded at their gigs in San Francisco & Los Angeles mixed in.
The Norwegian version came in cardboard jacket and without mpeg videos.
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
from the Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
band Turbonegro
Turbonegro
Turbonegro is a Norwegian punk rock band that was initially active from 1989 to 1998, and later reformed in 2002. Their style combines glam rock, punk rock and hard rock into a style the band describes as "deathpunk"....
from their 2003 album Scandinavian Leather
Scandinavian Leather
Scandinavian Leather is an album by the Norwegian band Turbonegro that followed the band's reunion in 2002 and was released in April 2003 on Burning Heart Records in Sweden, on Bitzcore Records in Germany, on JVC/Victor Records in Japan and on May 6, 2003 on Epitaph Records in the USA.-The...
released on 7" Vinyl
Gramophone record
A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...
(in the UK), CD and enhanced CD in 2003 by Burning Heart Records
Burning Heart Records
Burning Heart Records is an independent record label formed in 1993 and based in Örebro, Sweden. It has a close affiliation with Californian label Epitaph Records, who own the rights to distribute Burning Heart's output in North America...
.
The "zillion dollar" artwork was done by Are Kleivan with individual dollar designs for each band member on the backside of the sleeve. At Turbonegro's shows in 2003 the band fired loads of these particular dollar bills into the crowd using a cannon
Cannon
A cannon is any piece of artillery that uses gunpowder or other usually explosive-based propellents to launch a projectile. Cannon vary in caliber, range, mobility, rate of fire, angle of fire, and firepower; different forms of cannon combine and balance these attributes in varying degrees,...
during the song "Sell Your Body".
The video for "Sell Your Body" was shot in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
subsequent to their sold out shows in early April, 2003 and was directed by Jeff Tremaine
Jeff Tremaine
Jeffery James "Jeff" Tremaine is an American film and television producer/director, and, along with Johnny Knoxville and Spike Jonze, one of the creators of MTV's Jackass. He directed Jackass: The Movie, Jackass Number Two, Jackass 3D, and Jackass spinoff Wildboyz...
of Jackass
Jackass (TV series)
jackass is an American reality series, originally shown on MTV from 2000 to 2002, featuring people performing various dangerous, crude, ridiculous, self-injuring stunts and pranks...
fame. The video shows the band walking with a Grizzly bear
Grizzly Bear
The grizzly bear , also known as the silvertip bear, the grizzly, or the North American brown bear, is a subspecies of brown bear that generally lives in the uplands of western North America...
with several live sequences recorded at their gigs in San Francisco & Los Angeles mixed in.
The Norwegian version came in cardboard jacket and without mpeg videos.
Track listing (Enhanced CD Single)
- "Sell Your Body (To The Night)"
- "The Death Of Me" (Unreleased)
- "Back To Dungaree High" (Live at Quart FestivalQuart FestivalThe Quart Festival was an annual popular music festival that took place in Kristiansand, Norway in the beginning of July. It was the most visited music festival in Norway....
, July 6, 2002) - "Sell Your Body" (MPEG VideoMPEG encodingMPEG encoding is the process of capturing or converting video and/or audio to one of several MPEG video and/or audio standards for distribution or for archiving to optical disc...
) - "Fuck The World (F.T.W.)" (MPEG Video)
Track listing (7" Single)
- "Sell Your Body (To The Night)"
- "Just Flesh" (Live at Quart FestivalQuart FestivalThe Quart Festival was an annual popular music festival that took place in Kristiansand, Norway in the beginning of July. It was the most visited music festival in Norway....
, July 6, 2002)