Written by: Beck Hansen, The Dust Brothers
This Version:
- Ghettochip Malfunction (2:39)
Available on Guero and 6 other releases.
Credits8-bit: Remix
Beck Hansen: Vocals
Christina Ricci: Vocals (Spoken)
Lyrics:
YES
Looking for my place on assembly lines
Fake prizes rising out of the bomb holes
Skeleton boys hyped up on purple
Smoke rings blow from across the disco
Bank notes burn like broken equipment
Looking for shelter, readjust your position
Thought control, ghostwritten confessions
Two dimensions, dumb your head down
Duck, don't look now, company missiles
Power is raunchy, rent-a-cops are watching
Makin' their dreams out of paper mache
Cliche wasted hate taste-tested
Hell yes now I'm moving this way, I'm doing this thing
Please enjoy
Hell yes now I'm turning it on, I'm working my legs
Hell yes now I'm calling you out, I'm switching my plates
Please enjoy
Hell yes now I'm cleaning the floor, my beat is correct
Hai
Yea that's it
Yea that's it
Hai
Stretched to the limit, attention spans snap back
Retract, collapse into laugh tracks
Noise response, applause and handclaps
Floodgates open to the sound of the rainbow
Breakin' points on the verge of pointless
Fools anointed to the follower's fanfare
Look for the common, not superficial
Code red Cola War conformity crisis
Perfunctory idols rewriting their bibles
With magic markers running out of their ink
Lives in White Out, turn the lights out
Fax machine anthems, get your damn hands up
Hell yes now I'm moving this way, I'm doing this thing
Please enjoy
Hell yes now I'm turning it on, I'm working my legs
Hell yes now I'm calling you out, I'm switching my plates
Please enjoy
Hell yes now I'm cleaning the floor, my beat is correct
Yes
YES
Hai
HAI
I like your bass
I LIKE YOUR BASS
Your beat is nice
YOUR BEAT IS NICE
Yea that's it
YEA THAT'S IT
YES
BEYATCH
Hell yes now I'm moving this way, I'm doing this thing
Please enjoy
Hell yes now I'm turning it on, I'm working my legs
Hell yes now I'm calling you out, I'm switching my plates
Please enjoy
Hell yes now I'm cleaning the floor, my beat is correct
HELL YES
Looking for my place on assembly lines
Fake prizes rising out of the bomb holes
Skeleton boys hyped up on purple
Smoke rings blow from across the disco
Bank notes burn like broken equipment
Looking for shelter, readjust your position
Thought control, ghostwritten confessions
Two dimensions, dumb your head down
Duck, don't look now, company missiles
Power is raunchy, rent-a-cops are watching
Makin' their dreams out of paper mache
Cliche wasted hate taste-tested
Hell yes now I'm moving this way, I'm doing this thing
Please enjoy
Hell yes now I'm turning it on, I'm working my legs
Hell yes now I'm calling you out, I'm switching my plates
Please enjoy
Hell yes now I'm cleaning the floor, my beat is correct
Hai
Yea that's it
Yea that's it
Hai
Stretched to the limit, attention spans snap back
Retract, collapse into laugh tracks
Noise response, applause and handclaps
Floodgates open to the sound of the rainbow
Breakin' points on the verge of pointless
Fools anointed to the follower's fanfare
Look for the common, not superficial
Code red Cola War conformity crisis
Perfunctory idols rewriting their bibles
With magic markers running out of their ink
Lives in White Out, turn the lights out
Fax machine anthems, get your damn hands up
Hell yes now I'm moving this way, I'm doing this thing
Please enjoy
Hell yes now I'm turning it on, I'm working my legs
Hell yes now I'm calling you out, I'm switching my plates
Please enjoy
Hell yes now I'm cleaning the floor, my beat is correct
Yes
YES
Hai
HAI
I like your bass
I LIKE YOUR BASS
Your beat is nice
YOUR BEAT IS NICE
Yea that's it
YEA THAT'S IT
YES
BEYATCH
Hell yes now I'm moving this way, I'm doing this thing
Please enjoy
Hell yes now I'm turning it on, I'm working my legs
Hell yes now I'm calling you out, I'm switching my plates
Please enjoy
Hell yes now I'm cleaning the floor, my beat is correct
HELL YES
The Song:
"Ghettochip Malfunction" is the name of a remix of "Hell Yes" done by 8-bit, and released on a vinyl single. It is also the "Hell Yes" remix on Guerolito.
This version of the song is very new wave-y, lots of cascading Gameboy beats, and provides a pretty funky background for Beck's vocals.
"Ghettochip Malfunction" is the name of a remix of "Hell Yes" done by 8-bit, and released on a vinyl single. It is also the "Hell Yes" remix on Guerolito.
This version of the song is very new wave-y, lots of cascading Gameboy beats, and provides a pretty funky background for Beck's vocals.
Live:
Played live 98 times:
Earliest known live version: August 22, 2008
Latest known live version: September 15, 2016
2008-2009 Modern Guilt tours
Pretty much any "Hell Yes" played between the August 2008 and March 2009 was done in the "Ghettochip Malfunction" Gameboy arrangement! I believe Brian LeBarton had a part in this, but they arranged Gameboys/synthesizers and the band would all play little tiny electronic instruments, recreating the "Ghettochip" music for Beck to sing over.
2014 Morning Phase tours
Beck took some years off touring in 2010-2011. "Ghettochip" was not done in 2012 or 2013 either, but on the Morning Phase tours, the electro version of "Hell Yes" made its live return. The song always included Beck rapping some of Busta Rhymes' "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" in the middle of it too. (Also, see the main "Hell Yes" page.)
2015-2016 post-Morning Phase tours
The song continued as a near-regular in Beck's sporadic touring of 2015 and 2016 as well.
Played live 98 times:
August 22, 2008
August 24, 2008
August 28, 2008
August 30, 2008
August 31, 2008
September 19, 2008
September 20, 2008
September 22, 2008
September 25, 2008
September 27, 2008
...and 88 more.
August 24, 2008
August 28, 2008
August 30, 2008
August 31, 2008
September 19, 2008
September 20, 2008
September 22, 2008
September 25, 2008
September 27, 2008
...and 88 more.
Earliest known live version: August 22, 2008
Latest known live version: September 15, 2016
2008-2009 Modern Guilt tours
Pretty much any "Hell Yes" played between the August 2008 and March 2009 was done in the "Ghettochip Malfunction" Gameboy arrangement! I believe Brian LeBarton had a part in this, but they arranged Gameboys/synthesizers and the band would all play little tiny electronic instruments, recreating the "Ghettochip" music for Beck to sing over.
2014 Morning Phase tours
Beck took some years off touring in 2010-2011. "Ghettochip" was not done in 2012 or 2013 either, but on the Morning Phase tours, the electro version of "Hell Yes" made its live return. The song always included Beck rapping some of Busta Rhymes' "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" in the middle of it too. (Also, see the main "Hell Yes" page.)
2015-2016 post-Morning Phase tours
The song continued as a near-regular in Beck's sporadic touring of 2015 and 2016 as well.