Smash It Up

Infobox Single
Name = Smash It Up


Artist = The Damned
from Album = Machine Gun Etiquette
B-side = "Burglar"
Released = September 28, 1979
Format = 7" single
Recorded = 1979
Genre = Punk rock
Length = 2:53
Label = Chiswick CHIS 116
Producer = Roger Armstrong, The Damned
Chart position = * #35 (U.K.)
Last single = "Love Song"
(1979)
This single = "Smash It Up" (1979)
Next single = "I Just Can't Be Happy Today"
(1979)

"Smash It Up" is a song by The Damned, released as a single in 1979.

The single was the second release from the band's "Machine Gun Etiquette" album, where it was listed as "Smash It Up (Part II)". The single was banned from Radio 1's playlist because of its perceived anarchic lyrics, stalling at #35 in the singles chart.

Chiswick reissued the single on their budget Big Beat imprint in February 1982. In November 2004, Ace Records issued the single on CD, with alternate versions of the song (including the previously unreleased 3rd and 4th parts of "Smash It Up") and a video, directed by Martin Baker, added.

The single was also issued in Australia, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain.

The song has appeared in the console-based game "" as a track in the 1978 era.

Track listing

# "Smash It Up" (Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Ward) - 2:52
# "Burglar" (Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Ward) - 3:33

2004 CD release: -

# "Smash It Up" (Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Ward) - 2:52
# "Burglar" (Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Ward) - 3:33
# "Smash It Up Parts 1-4" (Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Ward) - 8:43

Production credits

* Producers:
** Roger Armstrong
** The Damned

* Musicians:
** Dave Vanian: Vocals
** Captain Sensible: Guitar
** Rat Scabies: Drums, vocals on Burglar
** Algy Ward: Bass

Cover versions

Infobox Single
Name = Smash It Up


Artist = The Offspring
from Album = Batman Forever soundtrack
Released = 1995
Format = CD single
Genre = Punk rock
Length = 3:24
Label = Epitaph
Writer = The Damned
Last single = "Kick Him When He's Down"
(1995)
This single = "Smash It Up" (1995)
Next single = "All I Want"
(1996)

In 1995, The Offspring covered the track for the soundtrack of the film "Batman Forever" and it was also released as a single.

The song peaked on number #16 on the U.S. Modern Rock Chart and it peaked on number #47 on the U.S. Hot 100 Airplay.

The song was later released on The Offspring's "Club Me EP".

Track listing

# "Smash It Up" - 3:24