Jack-Ass (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Jack-Ass


Artist = Beck
from Album = Odelay
B-side =
Released = 1997
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Genre = Rock
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Chart position =

#73 (Billboard Hot 100)

#15 (U.S. Modern Rock)

Last single = "Sissyneck"
(1997)
This single = "Jack-Ass"
(1997)
Next single = "Deadweight"
(1997)
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"Jack-Ass" is a single by Beck, taken from the album "Odelay". The song is based on a sample of "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" performed by Them, from their 1966 album "Them Again". The song was featured in the movie Just Like Heaven.

The B-Side "Strange Invitation" is a re-recorded version of "Jack-Ass", played on acoustic guitar and strings and highly reminiscent of the style Beck would later use on Sea Change in 2002.

Track listing

Original Pressing

# "Jack-Ass" (Butch Vig Mix) - 3:25
# "Feather in Your Cap" - 3:47
# "Lemonade" - 2:23
# "Jack-Ass" (Edit Version) - 3:24

Alternate Pressing

# "Jack-Ass" (Butch Vig Mix) - 3:23
# "Jack-Ass" (Butch Vig Lowrider Mix) - 4:11
# "Burro" - 3:11
# "Strange Invitation" - 4:05
# "Devil Got My Woman" - 4:34
# "Brother" - 4:45

Music video

The music video for the single was directed by Steve Hanft, and has a slightly different mix than that of the album version. [http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=2673] Beck and several other miners are in a black-and-white coal mine. Willie Nelson appears with a dog in a passing mine cart, hinting of chronic fatigue syndrome. Later, Beck's character sees a showgirl atop a pile of coal. At the end of the work shift, the miners emerge into a fully-colored world. A fully-suited beekeeper waves at the passers-by.