Deadweight (song)

"Deadweight"
Single by Beck
from the album A Life Less Ordinary Soundtrack
Released	1997
Genre	Rock
Beck singles chronology
"Jack-Ass" (1997) "Deadweight" (1997) "Tropicalia" (1998)

"Deadweight" is a single by Beck, taken from the soundtrack to the film A Life Less Ordinary. The song was nominated for Best Song from a Movie at the 1998 MTV Movie Awards, but lost out to Will Smith's "Men in Black". The song can also be found on the Deluxe Edition of Odelay.

Track listing

1. "Deadweight" (edit) - 4:07
2. "Erase the Sun" - 3:16
3. "SA-5" - 1:52

Music video

This song has a music video directed by Michel Gondry. It interweaves footage from A Life Less Ordinary with images of Beck, who lives in a paradoxical world.

Charts

In the United Kingdom, the song reached number 23 on the UK Singles Chart. In the United States, it charted on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, peaking at number 16.