"Deadweight"
Single by Beck
from the album A Life Less Ordinary Soundtrack
Released	1998
Genre	Rock
Chart positions
#16 U.S. Modern Rock #33 (UK sigles chart
Beck singles chronology
"Jack-Ass" (1997)	"Deadweight" (1998)	"Tropicalia" (1998)

"Deadweight" is a single by Beck, taken from the soundtrack to the film A Life Less Ordinary. The song was nominated for Best Song From A Movie at the 1998 MTV Movie Awards, but lost out to Will Smith's "Men in Black." Image File history File links Deadweight. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Beck Hansen (born Bek David Campbell, July 8, 1970) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, known by his simple stage name of Beck. ... Movie Poster A Life Loss Ordinary (1997) was directed by Danny Boyle (Trainspotting), and written by Boyle and John Hodge. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... A record chart, also known as a music chart, is a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. ... Modern Rock Tracks is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. ... Beck Hansen (born Bek David Campbell, July 8, 1970) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, known by his simple stage name of Beck. ... Jack-Ass is a single by Beck, taken from the album Odelay. ... Tropicalia is a song by Beck, from the 1998 album Mutations. ... Beck Hansen (born Bek David Campbell, July 8, 1970) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, known by his simple stage name of Beck. ... Movie Poster A Life Loss Ordinary (1997) was directed by Danny Boyle (Trainspotting), and written by Boyle and John Hodge. ... 1998 MTV Movie Awards May 30, 1998 The 1998 MTV Movie Awards were hosted by Samuel L. Jackson. ... Willard Christopher Will Smith, Jr. ... The song Men in Black was recorded by rapper and actor Will Smith (also featuring singer Coko) for the movie Men in Black, in which he also starred. ...

Track listing

1. "Deadweight" (Edit) - 4:07
2. "Erase the Sun" - 3:16
3. "Sa-5" - 1:52

Music video

This song has a music video directed by Michel Gondry. It interweaves footage from "A Life Less Ordinary" with images of Beck, who lives in a paradoxical world. Michel Gondry, 2005 Michel Gondry, born May 8, 1963 (1964 according to some sources), is a French Academy Award winning screenwriter, film, commercial, and music video director noted for his inventive visual style and manipulation of mise en scène. ...