Sure Shot
A flute loop from a jazz record and a verse of apology opened the album and became their second most played song.
Beastie Boys, from Ill Communication (1994)
- Written by
- Beastie Boys, DJ Hurricane, Mario Caldato Jr., Jeremy Steig
- Released
- 1994
- Length
- 3:19
- Album
- Ill Communication
The third single from Ill Communication, released on 14 November 1994, it was recorded at G-Son in Atwater Village and at Tin Pan Alley. It loops Jeremy Steig's Howlin' for Judy, from the album Legwork, which Wikipedia dates to 1970 and one fan site to 1969. A Moms Mabley vocal clip appears after the second verse. One verse apologises for the group's past disrespect toward women. Spike Jonze directed the video.
Steig said he looked at the sample as winning the lottery. In the liner notes of the anthology, Ad-Rock described the track as just straight up hip-hop. It reached 15 in the Netherlands and 27 in Britain. Setlist.fm counts 308 setlists, the second most of any song.
More songs by Beastie Boys
Sabotage, (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!), No Sleep till Brooklyn, Shake Your Rump, Intergalactic
Sources
- Sure Shot, Wikipedia
- Sure Shot, Songfacts
- Prime Samples, Funky16Corners
- Beastie Boys song statistics, setlist.fm
- Sure Shot, SecondHandSongs