Mobscene

"Mobscene"
Single by Marilyn Manson
from the album The Golden Age of Grotesque
Released	April 22, 2003
Format	Vinyl record 7", 10", CD
Genre	Industrial metal, heavy metal
Label	Interscope
Producer	Marilyn Manson and Tim Skold
Marilyn Manson singles chronology
Tainted Love (2002) Mobscene (2003) This Is the New Shit (2003)
Music sample "Mobscene"

"Mobscene", stylized as "mOBSCENE", is the inaugural single taken from the 2003 Marilyn Manson album The Golden Age of Grotesque. Lines in the song chanted by female vocalists, "Be obscene, be, be obscene..." are inspired by a quote by Oscar Wilde that has been commonly used as a chant among cheerleaders. Many critics have also compared lines in this song to the TV gameshow in the 2000 film, Requiem for a Dream, starring Jared Leto ("Be excited, be, be excited..."). And the idea of the chorus sounding was inspired by Faith No More 'Be Aggressive' song. The song was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance, but lost out to Metallica's, "St. Anger."

Track listing (international)

1. "Mobscene"
2. "Tainted Love" (Re-Tainted Interpretation)
3. "Mobscene" (Rammstein's Sauerkraut Remix)
4. "Paranoiac"

Track listing (United States)

1. "Mobscene"
2. "Paranoiac"