Mobscene
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| Template:Infobox song/link by Marilyn Manson | ||||
| from the album The Golden Age of Grotesque | ||||
| Released | April 2003 | |||
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"Mobscene" (stylized as "mOBSCENE") is a song by American rock band Marilyn Manson. It was released in April 2003 as the lead single from their fifth studio album, The Golden Age of Grotesque (2003). The song was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance, but lost out to Metallica's "St. Anger". As of 2020, the song sold around 50,000 copies in the United Kingdom, where it has also been streamed almost 4 million times.[4] In the US, the song reached number 18 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks and number 26 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.
Composition
Manson has said that "Mobscene" was "pulled from the weirdest parts of my imagination." Prior to writing the song, Manson had seen several Busby Berkeley films with all-female chorus lines. He then met with his band and told them that he wanted to create a song that evoked Berkeley's films, the writings of Oscar Wilde, and an elephant stampede.
Critical reception
In PopMatters, Lance Teegarden deemed "Mobscene" the best track on the band's greatest hits album Lest We Forget: The Best Of (2004), writing "Here Manson finds the little bit of irreverence he is looking for." Teegarden praised Sköld's production.[5] BuzzFeed's Richard James opined that the song "proves nu metal is the greatest gift to music ever".[2]
Track listings
- International CD single
- "Mobscene"
- "Tainted Love" (Re-Tainted Interpretation)
- "Mobscene" (Rammstein's Sauerkraut Remix)
- "Paranoiac"
- US CD single
- "Mobscene"
- "Paranoiac"
Charts
| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
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| Canada (Nielsen SoundScan) | 4 |
| Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[6] | 28 |
| Portugal (Billboard)[7] | 1 |
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sonisphere- biggest UK rock festival announces bill". Louder Than War. February 21, 2012. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.James, Richard (August 5, 2014). "17 Tracks That Justify Your Secret Love Of Nu Metal". BuzzFeed. Retrieved June 22, 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Shepherd, Fiona (November 29, 2012). "Gig review: Marilyn Manson & Rob Zombie, SECC, Glasgow". The Scotsman. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.White, Jack (September 15, 2020). "Marilyn Manson's Official Top 20 biggest UK hits". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on September 16, 2020. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Teegarden, Lance (January 4, 2005). "Marilyn Manson: Lest We Forget: The Best Of". PopMatters. Archived from the original on January 27, 2018. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 16, no. 20. June 21, 2003. p. 10. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Hits of the World". Billboard. May 24, 2003. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 2012-09-15.
External links
- mOBSCENE on YouTube
- Semiotic Analysis of mOBSCENE (in Czech)
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