More Human Than Human

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"More Human Than Human"

Single by White Zombie
from the album Astro-Creep: 2000
B-side(s)	"More Human Than Human (The Jeddak of the Tharks Super Mix)", "Blood, Milk and Sky"
Released	1995
Format	CD single, Vinyl
Recorded	1995 at NRG Studios, Los Angeles
Genre	Alternative Metal, Groove Metal
Length	4:28
Label	Geffen
Writer(s)	Rob Zombie White Zombie
Producer(s)	Terry Date
Chart positions
# 10 U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks # 7 U.S. Modern Rock Tracks # 51 UK Singles Chart
White Zombie singles chronology
"Electric Head Pt. 2 (The Ecstasy)" (1995)	"More Human Than Human" (1995)	"Real Solution #9" (1992)
Astro-Creep: 2000 track listing
"I, Zombie" (Track 7)	"More Human Than Human" (Track 8)	"El Phantasmo and the Chicken-Run Blast-O-Rama" (Track 9)

"More Human Than Human" is the second official single off the Astro-Creep: 2000 album by White Zombie. The song can also be found on Rob Zombie's Past, Present & Future, the greatest hits album The Best of Rob Zombie, and a remix can be found on Supersexy Swingin' Sounds. In addition to its title, the song bears many references to the cult science fiction film Blade Runner throughout. Indeed many quotes and slogans that can be heard in the movie appear in the song. The song quickly became the band's highest-charting and most recognizable single in the entirety of their career. The single earned the band their second Grammy nomination for Best Metal Performance in 1995. It has also appeared in a fair number of movies such as The Cable Guy in 1996, Can't Hardly Wait in 1998, The Marine in 2006, and the remix featured in The Covenant in 2006.

A notable cover of the song is the Richard Cheese jazz version on his Tuxicity album released in 2002. An electronica band called Razed in Black covered the song featuring Thomas Thorn as a guest performer for the compilation album Signal to Noise: Reinforced Industrial Hits in 2001. Also, Metallica performed a live doodle of "More Human Than Human" at Donington a few months after the release of Astro-Creep: 2000. The song was recorded by Shockwerks for the White Zombie tribute album Super-Charger Hell in 2000 and then again by Transient for The Electro-Industrial Tribute to Rob Zombie in 2002.

1 Music Video
2 First Single Track Listing (1995)
3 Second Single Track Listing (1995)
4 Third Single Track Listing (1995)
5 Fourth Single Track Listing (1995)
6 Personnel
7 Single Chart Position

[edit] Music Video

The music video of "More Human Than Human", the first music video made for a song off the album, features the band playing the track in a room and short clips of old home video footage of Rob, his brother, Michael Cummings (better known as Spider One of the band Powerman 5000), and a cousin at a young age. It was the first music video that had been completely directed by Rob alone. In 1995, Rob Zombie won the MTV Video Music Award for Hard Rock Video for the music video which he had directed himself. At the time, it was Rob's favorite White Zombie music video.