So What'cha Want

Not to be confused with So What You Want?.

"So What'cha Want" is the second single from the album Check Your Head, the third studio album by American rap rock group the Beastie Boys, released on June 2, 1992. The song appears in the video game Rock Band 2.^[1]

"So What'cha Want"
Single by Beastie Boys
from the album Check Your Head
B-side	"The Skills to Pay the Bills" "Groove Holmes"
Released	June 2, 1992
Studio	G-Son Studios, Atwater Village, CA
Genre	Rap rock alternative rap rapcore hip hop
Length	3:36
Label	Capitol
Songwriter(s)	Michael Diamond Adam Horovitz Adam Yauch
Producer(s)	Beastie Boys Mario Caldato
Beastie Boys singles chronology
"Pass the Mic" (1992) "So What'cha Want" (1992) "Jimmy James" (1992)
Music video
"So What'cha Want" on YouTube

Music video

The music video, directed by Nathaniel Hörnblowér, simply has the Beastie Boys recite the song in a woodland, addressing the viewer by looking down at the camera which is at ground level, with clips of DJ Hurricane and Money Mark interspersed throughout. It was one of the first music videos to feature slow motion action while the artists' lips remained in sync with the sound track, an effect that would later become a mainstay of music videos.^[2] The sky has a photo negative effect which was created by visualist Ash Beck, a direct allusion to the werewolf point-of-view in 1981 horror film Wolfen. Similarly, the infrared style incorporated during the band cutaways are a homage to the hunter vision in Predator.

The video was featured on the 1993 "No Laughing" episode of Beavis and Butt-Head.

Track listing

1. "So What'cha Want" (Single version) – 3:37
2. "The Skills to Pay the Bills" (Original version) – 3:14
3. "So What'cha Want" (Soul Assassin Remix version) (feat. B-Real of Cypress Hill) – 4:06
4. "Groove Holmes" (LP version) – 2:34
5. "So What'cha Want" (Butt Naked version) – 3:25
6. "Groove Holmes" (Live vs. the Biz) – 6:10
7. "So What'cha Want" (All the Way Live Freestyle version) – 3:37

Charts

Chart (1992/1993)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[3]	64
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[4]	93
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	21
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales^[5]	26
U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Tracks^[5]	18
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks^[6]	22
US Cashbox Top 100^[7]	87

References

1. Snow, Jean (July 14, 2008). "The Complete Rock Band 2 Track List". Wired. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
2. "How the Beastie Boys Revolutionized Music Videos". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
3. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
4. "Beastie Boys Album & Song Chart History". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2011-05-10.
5. "Check Your Head – Beastie Boys – Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-05-10.
6. "Beastie Boys Album & Song Chart History". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2011-05-10.
7. "USA Cashbox Charts Summaries". popmusichistory. Retrieved December 16, 2022.