A Small Victory (song)

Infobox Single
Name = A Small Victory


Artist = Faith No More
Album = Angel Dust
Released = start date|1992|8|3
Format = CD, Cassette, Vinyl
Recorded = Coast Recorders and Brilliant Studios, San Francisco, California January – March 1992
Genre = Alternative metal
Length = 4:57
Label = Slash
Producer = Matt Wallace
Writer =

Lyrics:
Mike Patton

Music:
Mike Bordin
Roddy Bottum
Billy Gould
Mike Patton
Last single = "Midlife Crisis" (1992)
This single = "A Small Victory" (1992)
Next single = "Everything's Ruined" (1992)
Misc = Extra track listing
Album = Angel Dust
Type = studio
Tracks =
#"Land of Sunshine"
#"Caffeine"
#"Midlife Crisis"
#"RV"
#"Smaller and Smaller"
#"Everything's Ruined"
#"Malpractice"
#"Kindergarten"
#"Be Aggressive"
#"A Small Victory"
#"Crack Hitler"
#"Jizzlobber"
#"Midnight Cowboy"
#"Easy"
#"As the Worm Turns" Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Remix Cover
Type = single


Lower caption = Released: September 1, 1992

"A Small Victory" is the tenth track and the second from Faith No More's fourth studio album "Angel Dust". It was released as a single on August 3, 1992 in Europe and 16 days later, on august 19, 1992, in Japan. It was later remixed by Youth of Killing Joke and released on september 1, 1992 in Europe and almost two months later, on october 29, 1992, in the USA. It was their last single to chart in the Billboard Modern Rock charts, peaking at #11, and one of their lowest charting singles in Australia, only making it to #84 on the ARIA Charts. When asked about the song's meaning, Mike Patton said:

Music video

The song has been described as their "most radio-friendly song" [cite web |url=http://negele.org/db/index.php3?band=2&year=1993&month=1&day=27&id=815 |title=Talking music and zoning with Roddy Bottom of Faith No More |accessdate=2008-08-07 |first= |author=Nathan Ammons |coauthors=Tim Newman |date=1993-01-27 |publisher=Public News, Houston, Texas] and stylistically more of a "dance song" than their other works.cite web |url=http://negele.org/db/index.php3?band=2&year=1992&id=1285 |title=Faith No More: The Long & Dusty Road |accessdate=2008-07-25 |last= |first= |author=Marina Zogbi |date=1992] For this reason the band wanted a music video "visual to complement it."

On September 2 1993 the music video was nominated for the MTV Video Music Awards for Best Art Direction, but lost to Madonna's song "Rain" off her album "Erotica". [ [http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1993/mtvvmas.htm rockonthenet.com] , page on the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards, retrieved on january 6, 2008]

Track lists

tracklist
collapsed= |headline=Standard track list
music_credits=yes |lyrics_credits=yes
title1=A Small Victory |music1=Bordin, Bottum, Gould, Patton |lyrics1=Patton |length1=4:23
title2=A Small Victory |music2=Bordin, Bottum, Gould, Patton |lyrics2=Patton |length2=4:58
title3=Let's Lynch The Landlord |music3=Biafra |lyrics3=Biafra |length3=2:58
title4=Malpractice |music4=Patton |lyrics4=Patton |length4=4:03
note1=Video edittracklist
collapsed= |headline=Remix track list
title1=A Small Victory |length1=4:58
title2=A Small Victory |length2=7:21
title3=Malpractice |length3=4:03
title4=A Small Victory |length4=5:27
title5=A Small Victory |length5=6:05
title6=A Small Victory |length6=3:53
note1=
note2=R-evolution 23 (Full Moon) Mix
note3=
note4=Sundown Mix
note5=Sundown Instrumental
note6=R-evolution 23 Edit

Personnel

Remix release history

References