She's a Bitch

She's a Bitch

Single infobox |
Name = She's a Bitch
Artist = Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott


from Album = Da Real World
Released = April 20, 1999
Format = 12" single
Recorded = 1999
Genre = Hip hop
Length = 3:59
Label = Goldmind/Elektra
Writer = Missy Elliott
Tim Mosley
Producer = Timbaland
Chart position =
*#90 (US Hot 100)
*#30 (US R&B/Hip-Hop)
Last single = "I Want You Back"
(1998)
This single = "She's a Bitch"
(1999)
Next single = "All N My Grill"
(1999)

"She's a Bitch" is a 1999 single recorded by Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott for Goldmind/Elektra Records. Produced by Timbaland, "She's a Bitch" was released as the debut single from Elliott's second album, "Da Real World." Despite an expensive music video directed by noted video director Hype Williams, "She's a Bitch" peaked at number 90 on the Billboard Hot 100, with "Da Real World's" other singles ("All N My Grill" and "Hot Boys [Remix] ") going on to greater chart success. The single was not released in the UK.

Overview

Written by Missy Elliott and Tim "Timbaland" Mosley, "She's a Bitch" set the darker tone of "Da Real World", featuring Elliott's angry lyrics and an ominous soundscape courtesy of Timbaland. The song made heavy use of the word "bitch" as a double-edged commentary on its different meanings. It is used in both the negative sense that Elliott's critics would label her as a "female dog", and also in a sense intended by Elliott to be self-empowering.

The "She's a Bitch" video was directed by Hype Williams; similar to his other clips for Elliott, Williams makes extensive use of unique effects, costuming, and sets. Highlights of the video include Elliott and her dancers being raised from underwater on a giant hydraulic "M", and also a complete set made from Electro Luminescent lighting. Although EL lighting is cheap and readily available today, in 1999 it was not. Experts had to be flown in from Germany to construct the set, which even included an EL costume.

Costuming for the video was also unconventional. For much of the video, Missy Elliott and her dancers can be seen dressed in rubber suits with bald heads. The production cost of the video was over $2 million, making it one of the most expensive videos of all time.

Track listings

UK Single

;12" Promo [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/1119972 Missy Elliott - She's A Bitch ] ] "Side A"
#"She's A Bitch" (Radio Edit) - 3:27
#"She's A Bitch" (Clean Version) - 3:27"Side B"
#"She's A Bitch" (Instrumental) - 4:00
#"She's A Bitch" (Acapella) - 3:48

US Single

;12" Promo [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/150923 Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott* - She's A Bitch ] ] [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/224205 Missy Elliott - She's A Bitch ] ] "Side A"
#"She's A Bitch" (Radio Edit) - 3:27
#"She's A Bitch" (Clean Version) - 3:27"Side B"
#"She's A Bitch" (Instrumental) - 4:00
#"She's A Bitch" (Acapella) - 3:48

;CD Promo [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/1209583 Missy Misdemeanor Elliott* - She's A Bitch ] ]
#"She's A Bitch" (Radio Edit) - 3:27
#"She's A Bitch" (Clean Version) - 3:27
#"Audio Bio" - 1:25

Europe Single

;CD Promo [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/800882 Missy Misdemeanor Elliott* - She's A Bitch ] ]
#"She's A Bitch" (Radio Edit) - 3:27
#"She's A Bitch" (Clean Version) - 3:27

Credits

*All vocals by Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott and Timbaland
*Produced by Timbaland
*Co-produced by Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott
*Engineer: Senator Jimmy D (Jimmy Douglass)
*Assistant engineer: Drew Coleman
*Mixed by Timbaland and Jimmy Douglass at Manhattan Center Studios, New York, New York.
*Assistant mixing engineer: Darren S. Moore

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