| "Skinny Little Bitch" | ||||
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| Single byHole | ||||
| from the albumNobody's Daughter | ||||
| B-side | "Codine" | |||
| Released | March 12, 2010 (2010-03-12) | |||
| Recorded | June 2009 (2009-06) | |||
| Studio | Henson,Hollywood | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock,punk rock,hard rock | |||
| Length | 3:09 | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Songwriters | Courtney Love,Micko Larkin | |||
| Producers | Michael Beinhorn, Micko Larkin | |||
| Hole singles chronology | ||||
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"Skinny Little Bitch" is a song by the Americanalternative rock bandHole. It is the second track and leadsingle from the band's fourth studio album,Nobody's Daughter, and was released on March 12, 2010 onMercury Records. Written by vocalistCourtney Love and lead guitaristMicko Larkin, "Skinny Little Bitch" was Hole's first single in a decade and first release not to feature founding memberEric Erlandson.
The song premiered on theNew York radio stationWRXP on March 3, 2010 and was released to American radio on March 9.[1] During the first week of its radio release, the song became the most added on alternative radio and the second most added on active rock in the United States.[2] Adigital download of the single was officially made available on March 12 and a limited edition colored10" was released as part ofRecord Store Day 2010 on April 17.
Two official music videos for "Skinny Little Bitch" have been released on Hole's officialYouTube channel—a multi-camera version of the band's performance atSXSW in March 2010 and a shortened video of Love performing the song while getting a tattoo. Other plans for a music video, including an animation by Michael Mouris and a video featuring modelSasha Pivovarova, were considered but never received a greenlight from Mercury Records.
"Skinny Little Bitch" was added to the US Active Rock Charts at #32 making it the first song with lead vocals from a female to ever make the chart.[citation needed]
The track was described byNME as,
"a balls-out, low-down dirty rock song, and as fine a signature tune for the new Hole as you could imagine. Tapping the same lyrical vein as 'Samantha', it's The Stooges fronted by a Joan Jett re-imagined as the Bride Of Frankenstein. And it’s the sound of Courtney having fun."[3]
"Skinny Little Bitch" was debuted live during Hole's reunion show at London'sO2 Shepherd's Bush Empire on 17 February 2010. It was also played during two other European dates at Milan's Magazzini Generali, and Amsterdam'sParadiso on 19 February and 21 February 2010 respectively. On February 24, it was played alongside "Samantha" at theNME Awards at London'sO2 Academy Brixton. The song was heard on an episode ofWarehouse 13.
Talking about the music video, Love stated, "there will be a stunning video for SLB as long as the only model that you will all fall in love w that the band needs does it!." She later revealed the model to beSasha Pivovarova, chosen because "shes the only look that can convey what the SLB goes through a lot of self torture."[4][5]
However, Love has since stated thatMert and Marcus will direct the music video provided thatMercury greenlights the project, while also stating again that Sasha Pivovarova will take on the role of the "Skinny Little Bitch."[6]
On 7 April 2010, Hole's official YouTube channel released a multicamera mix of Hole's performance of "Skinny Little Bitch" at theSXSW music festival.[7] The performance is overdubbed with the single version of the song. Less than three weeks later, on 27 April, Hole released "the least expensive Courtney Love video ever", directed by Casey Neistat. It features Love singing "Skinny Little Bitch" while getting a tattoo and is less than two minutes in length.[8]
All personnel credits adapted fromNobody's Daughter's liner notes.[9]
| Chart (2010) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[10] | 180 |
| USBillboard Alternative Songs[11] | 19 |
| USBillboard Rock Songs[11] | 29 |
| Region | Date | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 12 March 2010 | Digital download[12] |
| Belgium | 15 March 2010 | |
| Czech Republic | ||
| Denmark | ||
| Finland | ||
| Italy | ||
| Canada | 16 March 2010 | |
| Greece | ||
| Spain | ||
| Sweden | ||
| United States | ||
| Australia | 19 March 2010 | |
| Switzerland | ||
| New Zealand | 22 March 2010 | |
| Austria | 23 March 2010 | |
| Germany | ||
| Japan | 24 March 2010 | |
| United States | 13 April 2010 | Vinyl |
| Portugal | 15 April 2010 | Digital download[12] |
| France | 19 April 2010 | |
| United Kingdom | 26 April 2010 |
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