Violent (song)

Violent is a song by New Zealand pop rock band Stellar*, released as the third single from their debut album, Mix (1999), in July 1999. The single spent six weeks within the top 20 of New Zealand's RIANZ Singles Chart, peaking at number 11, and won the Single of the Year award at the 2000 New Zealand "Tui" Music Awards.^[1] The music video to the song depicts the band playing within a small room, amongst other scenes such as one in which Boh Runga plays the role of a nurse in surgery.

"Violent"
Single by Stellar*
from the album Mix
B-side	"California"
Released	July 19, 1999 (1999-07-19)
Studio	Revolver (Auckland, New Zealand) Soundtrax
Genre	Pop rock
Length	3:29
Label	Epic
Songwriter(s)	Boh Runga
Producer(s)	Tom Bailey Stellar*
Stellar* singles chronology
"Part of Me" (1999) "Violent" (1999) "Undone" (1999)

Background

According to band member Andrew Maclaren, "Violent" was the song that took Stellar* the longest amount of time to record, as they did not want to finish it until they were all satisfied with the results. A pop rock song, "Violent" was sent to New Zealand radio in late June 1999 and was released as a CD single on 19 July 1999.^[2]

Track listing

New Zealand CD single^[3]

1. "Violent"
2. "California"
3. "Violent" (Deluded mix)
4. "Violent" (House of DownTown remix)

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the Stellar* website.^[2]

Studios

• Recorded at Revolver (Auckland, New Zealand) and Soundtrax Studios
• Mixed at Airforce (Auckland, New Zealand)
• Mastered at York Street Mastering (Auckland, New Zealand)

Personnel

• Boh Runga – writing
• Tom Bailey – production
• Stellar* – production
• Luke Tomes – mixing, engineering
• Gavin Botica – mastering
• Steve Kennedy – mastering

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1999) Peak position New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[4] 11

Year-end charts Chart (1999) Position New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[5] 45

References

1. "New Zealand Music Awards, Winners 2000". Archived from the original on 10 October 2006. Retrieved 29 January 2007.
2. "Stellar*". www.stellar.co.nz. Archived from the original on 28 November 1999. Retrieved 9 June 2023. To view information, click on Music*, then Violent.
3. Violent (New Zealand CD single liner notes). Stellar*. Epic Records. 1999. 667527.2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
4. "Stellar* – Violent". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
5. "End of Year Charts 1999". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 4 December 2017.