Demagogue (song)

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"Demagogue"
Single by Urban Dance Squad
from the album Persona Non Grata
B-side
  • "Alienated (Instrumental)"
  • "Demuffgogue"
  • "Downer (Bordeaux Live 24-06-93)"
Released 5 April 1994
Studio Ridge Farm Studios, Studio 4 Recording
Genre
Length 4:06
Label BMG Ariola Benelux / Virgin
Songwriter(s) Michel Schoots, Patrick Tilon, René van Barneveld, Silvano Matadin
Producer(s) Phil Nicolo, Stiff Johnson
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"Grand Black Citizen"
(1992)
"Demagogue"
(1994)
"Candy Strip Experience"
(1994)

"Demagogue" is a single by Dutch band Urban Dance Squad. It was released as the lead single for the band's third studio album, Persona Non Grata. It is a rap metal song.[1] The song reached number 31 on the Dutch Charts, becoming their highest-charting song in the region.[2] It also reached number 38 on the Belgian charts.[3]

The single was released by Virgin Records in the United States on 7 March 1995,[4] to coincide with a limited tour of small clubs in America.[5] The song received airplay on college, metal and modern rock stations in the United States but failed to chart on any of the mainstream music charts.

The B-side to the single contained two main remixes by the Dust Brothers, a metal style and a hip-hop version.[5] The song's video also received airplay on MTV.

Rick Anderson at Allmusic wrote: "Demagogue, the album's opener and centerpiece, is an utterly bracing concoction of raw-throated rap and spare, bright metal guitar, all underlaid with minimalist funk drums."[1]

Track listing

  1. "Demagogue" (4:06)
  2. "Alienated (Instrumental)" (5:44)
  3. "Demuffgogue" (4:33)
  4. "Downer (Bordeaux Live 24-06-93)" (10:36)

References

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