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The keyword search for reveals a truth: people still want what they cannot have. The track remains a paradox. It is a dance anthem that is impossible to dance to without guilt. It is a piece of art that hurts as much as it exhilarates.

Today, "Smack My Bitch Up" stands as a landmark of the "Big Beat" genre. In 2011, the video was voted the most controversial of all time by NME readers. Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up -uncensored - banne...

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After 3 minutes and 30 seconds of assumed male aggression, the camera pans to a mirror in the final ten seconds to reveal the protagonist is actually a young woman. The entire video was a comment on gender assumptions and the hypocrisy of “acceptable” female vs. male behavior. But most censors had already made their decision before watching to the end. It is a piece of art that hurts as much as it exhilarates

Television was even more restrictive. MTV in the United States refused to air the video during daytime or primetime hours. However, the demand from viewers was so overwhelming that the network eventually relented, scheduling a single, highly publicized airing at 1 a.m., preceded by a stark on-air warning from MTV News correspondent Kurt Loder. In his warning, Loder explicitly cautioned viewers that the video contained violence, drug use, and full-frontal nudity, urging anyone who might be offended to simply "turn off your TV". For years after, the video was only ever shown in a heavily edited version or late at night. The uncensored cut was so toxic that for decades, it was nearly impossible to find on mainstream platforms like YouTube.

The controversy reached its absolute boiling point with the release of the music video, directed by Swedish filmmaker Jonas Åkerlund. Shot entirely from a first-person, point-of-view (POV) perspective, the video tracks a wild, hedonistic night out in London.

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