Counterfeit (song)

Counterfeit (song)
"Counterfeit"
Single by Limp Bizkit
from the album Three Dollar Bill, Yall$
B-side Nobody Loves Me
Released 1997
Format CD
Recorded May 1997 at Indigo Ranch Studio in Malibu, California
Genre Nu metal, rapcore
Length 5:10
Label Flip, Interscope
Producer Fred Durst, Ross Robinson, DJ Lethal
Limp Bizkit singles chronology
"Counterfeit"
(1997)
"Sour"
(1998)

"Counterfeit" is a song by Limp Bizkit from their debut album Three Dollar Bill, Yall$. The song can be traced back to one of the band's early demo tapes in 1996, but it could have been written as early as 1995, when guitarist Wes Borland first joined.

Contents

Cover art

The cover art for the Counterfeit Countdown single was produced by Christopher Karl Salat "BeZerk" and M. Figueroa "GONZO247" of the Aerosol Warfare graffiti crew from Houston, Texas. The sculpture was created by "BeZerk" using spray paint cans, clock parts, colored tape and white/red audio cords. The piece is entitled "Aerosol Warfare 2" (US Copyright: VA0001131224) and was displayed by Christopher in many art galleries all over the U.S. before appearing on the single used to promote Limp Bizkit’s song "Counterfeit". The photograph of the sculpture used on the single was taken by "GONZO247" at the “Worship Center”, in Houston’s downtown metropolitan area. Aerosol Warfare was also an underground video documentary about hip hop culture that circulated the underground during the 90's golden age of hip hop. The video kept up with current underground subjects such as; MC/Beatbox battles, graffiti marathons, graffiti artist interviews, breakdancing, and the new styles of the current graffiti movement.

Music video

There were several music videos of the song and its remixes. The original video portrays a teenage boy with bleached hair who is harassed by others. Wanting to fit in, he starts by cutting his hair short. He then takes his shirt off, and starts to cover himself with a black tar-like substance. He puts on a fly mask, as he continues to cover himself with the tar, with Fred Durst suddenly watching him in the background with a disgusted look on his face. The boy then exits his room and comes down the stairs, now mutated into some sort of human fly. He enters the kitchen, where his family simply ignores him. He jumps onto the kitchen table, and begins to throw around the food on the table, while rubbing some into his face. The band plays the song in a musty basement throughout the video.

Legacy

There were two single releases. The first was Counterfeit/Nobody Loves Me in 1997, and the second was Counterfeit Countdown in 1999, when the group suddenly broke through into the mainstream. Counterfeit Countdown contained a collection of remixes of the song. DJ Lethal's Extreme Guitar Remix of the song later made it onto New Old Songs, the band's remix album.

Big Dumb Face recorded a version of this song on one of their demos.[1]

The song was later part of the band's 2005 Greatest Hitz compilation.

Track listing

Counterfeit / Nobody Loves Me (1997)

  1. Counterfeit (Radio Edit) - 4:14
  2. Nobody Loves Me - 4:01
  3. Counterfeit (Album Version) - 5:08

Counterfeit Countdown (1999)

  1. Counterfeit (Lethal Dose Extreme Guitar Mix) - 3:32
  2. Counterfeit (Lethal Dose Remix) - 3:24
  3. Counterfeit (Phat Ass Remix) - 3:04
  4. Counterfeit (Radio Edit) - 4:15

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