Sex Type Thing
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| "Sex Type Thing" | ||
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| Single by Stone Temple Pilots | ||
| from the album Core | ||
| B-side(s) | "Piece of Pie" "Wicked Garden (live)" "Sin (live)" |
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| Released | 1992 | |
| Format | CD single, Cassette, Vinyl |
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| Recorded | 1992 | |
| Genre | Grunge,Hard Rock | |
| Length | 3:35 | |
| Label | Atlantic | |
| Writer(s) | Music: Dean DeLeo & Eric Kretz Lyrics: Scott Weiland |
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| Producer(s) | Brendan O'Brien | |
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| Stone Temple Pilots singles chronology | ||
| "Sex Type Thing" (1992) |
"Plush" (1993) |
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| Core track listing | ||
| "Dead & Bloated" (Track 1) |
"Sex Type Thing" (Track 2) |
"Wicked Garden" (Track 3) |
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"Sex Type Thing" was the first single released by the rock band Stone Temple Pilots in 1992 off their debut album Core. The song spawned a music video which received moderate rotation on MTV (at the height of the early 1990s grunge music scene) and is still heard on most rock radio stations today. Singer Scott Weiland wrote the song as an anti-rape statement, not as a song simply about sex. The song features an aggressive main riff that is instantly recognizable, and is one of the hardest songs in the STP library.
[edit] Music Video
During the grunge explosion of the 90's, the music video for "Sex Type Thing" is usually denoted as the single factor that drove Stone Temple Pilots into the scene. The video was in medium-heavy rotation on MTV during the time, and helped make STP a contender in the grunge war. The video itself hosts a very dark motif, with Scott Weiland (who bleached his hair blond) being tortured in a rather BSDM fashion, with the band members playing their various instruments in the background. Various shots of women are showing being hanged by chains. This video is rather unique, for it is the first to showcase Scott Weiland's trademark "dance".
| Stone Temple Pilots |
| Scott Weiland | Dean DeLeo | Robert DeLeo | Eric Kretz |
| Discography |
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| Studio albums: Core | Purple | Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop | No. 4 | Shangri-La Dee Da |
| Compilations: Thank You |
| Singles: "Sex Type Thing" | "Wicked Garden" | "Plush" | "Creep" | "Big Empty" | "Vasoline" | "Interstate Love Song" | "Unglued" | "Pretty Penny" | "Dancing Days" | "Big Bang Baby" | "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" | "Lady Picture Show" | "Tumble In The Rough" | "Down" | "Sour Girl" | "No Way Out" | "Days of the Week" | "Hollywood Bitch" | "Revolution" | "All In The Suit That You Wear" |
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