N.W.O.

This article is about the Ministry song. For other uses, see NWO.

"N.W.O."
Single by Ministry
from the album Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs
Released	July 1992
Format	CD single
Recorded	1991
Genre	Industrial metal
Length	5:31
Label	Sire Warner Bros.
Writer(s)	Al Jourgensen Paul Barker
Producer	Hypo Luxa Hermes Pan
Ministry singles chronology
"Jesus Built My Hotrod" (1991) "N.W.O." (1992) "Just One Fix" (1993)

"N.W.O." (New World Order) is a song by the Industrial metal band Ministry, released as the second single off the album Psalm 69. The single was Ministry's biggest hit, topping out on the Billboard Modern Rock chart at #11. The song was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 1993.^[1]

The song is a protest against then President George H. W. Bush. The song features audio samples of his voice, with him repeating "A new world order" over and over again at the end of the song. At this point of the song in the video, Bush is portrayed by an actor with an enormous papier-mâché head, grabbing his crotch and waving his arms. The majority of the video is a mix of police beatings, riots, and gunfights. It also includes a scene in which a woman dressed as the Statue of Liberty is beaten by police in a manner similar to the famous amateur video of Rodney King being beaten by police.

The music video was featured on Beavis and Butt-Head along with "Just One Fix" off the same album, although the credits for each song call the album Psalms 69.

"N.W.O." was featured in the soundtrack of the film Cool World (Songs from the Cool World).

"It's alright! It's alright!" in the song is a clip of Dennis Hopper in Apocalypse Now when he first greets the PBR boat.

Samples

Samples from Apocalypse Now are included in this track: Dennis Hopper's character exclaiming "It's alright!" as the patrol boat is approaching the colonel's fort, as well as the siren that was used during the scene. There is also a loop of the guitar solo coming from a transistor radio in the grenade launcher's bunker.

Footage from the Music video of the Octopus is from the Japanese film Space Amoeba, Monster's name is Gezora.

Track listing

No.	Title	Credit	Length
1.	"N.W.O." (Album Edit)	Jourgensen/Barker	4:40
2.	"Fucked"	Barker/Beno	5:06
3.	"N.W.O." (Extended Dance mix)		8:11

Personnel

Ministry

• Al Jourgensen - vocals (1, 3), guitar (1, 3), programming, production
• Paul Barker - bass guitar (1, 3), programming, production

Additional Personnel

• Bill Rieflin - drums (1, 3)
• Mike Scaccia - guitar (1, 3)
• Howie Beno - programming, editing
• Paul Manno - remix engineer
• Paul Elledge - cover design

References

1. ^ "Ministry Mainman Comments On Fifth Grammy Nomination". Blabbermouth.net. 2008-12-04. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=110243.