"Mixed Bizness" is a song by American musician

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. It was released as the second single from his 1999 album ''

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''. Released in 2000, the CD single included five non-album tracks/remixes. It peaked at number 34 in the UK Singles Chart. The song was featured in an episode of ''

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'' and '' American Dad''. The primary drum beat heard throughout the track is a sample from “

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” by

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Live history

The song has been performed over 300 times by Beck. It has been performed fairly regularly since its release, with the exception of 2010 to 2014, when Beck only played it once in 2011. Beck performed the song 54 times on his ''

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'' tour.

Track listings

United States

CD #"Mixed Bizness" #"Mixed Bizness" (Nu Wave Dreamix by

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) #"Mixed Bizness" ( Cornelius remix) #"Mixed Bizness" (DJ Me DJ You remix) #"Dirty Dirty" #"Saxx Laws (Night Flight to Ojai)" 12" #"Mixed Bizness" #"Mixed Bizness" (Nu Wave Dreamix by Les Rythmes Digitales) #"Mixed Bizness" (Dirty Bixin Mixness Remix by Bix Pender) #"Mixed Bizness" ( Cornelius remix) #"Dirty Dirty"

United Kingdom

CD1 # "Mixed Bizness" – 3:48 # "Mixed Bizness" ( Cornelius Remix) – 4:48 # "Mixed Bizness" (DJ Me DJ You remix) – 3:58 # "Mixed Bizness" (CD-ROM video, directed by

Stéphane Sednaoui Stéphane Sednaoui () is a French music video director, photographer, film producer and actor. He has worked in various forms of media, including music videos, photojournalism, portrait photography, fashion and pop culture. Sednaoui's career ...

) CD2 # "Mixed Bizness" (Nu Wave Dreamix by

) – 4:22 # "Dirty Dirty" – 4:41 # " Sexx Laws" (CD-ROM video) 7" # "Mixed Bizness" # "Mixed Bizness" (Dirty Bixin Mixness Remix by Bix Pender) CD maxi-single #"Mixed Bizness" #"Mixed Bizness" (Nu Wave Dreamix by Les Rythmes Digitales) #"Mixed Bizness" (Dirty Bixin Mixness Remix by Bix Pender) #"Arabian Nights"

EU

CD single #"Mixed Bizness" #"Arabian Nights"

Japan

CD #"Mixed Bizness" #"Mixed Bizness" (Cornelius Remix) #"Mixed Bizness" (Nu Wave Dreamix by Les Rythmes Digitales) #"Mixed Bizness" (DJ Me DJ You remix) #"Mixed Bizness" (Dirty Bixin Mixness Remix by Bix Pender) #"Dirty Dirty" #"Saxx Laws" (Night Flight to Ojai)

Personnel

– lead vocals, vocoder, horn arrangement *

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– bass, backing vocals, shaker * Roger Joseph Manning Jr. – synthesizer, vocoder, backing vocals *

Smokey Hormel Smokey Hormel (born circa 1959)Cohen (2017) quotes Hormel as saying he was "4 or 5 ears old when "I Want to Hold Your Hand" by The Beatles was "a big hit on the radio"; the song was released in America in December 1963. is an American guitarist ...

– guitar *

Joey Waronker Jon Joseph Waronker (born May 20, 1969) is an American drummer and music producer. He has performed with acts including Beck, R.E.M., Oasis and Roger Waters, and is a member of the experimental rock bands Atoms for Peace and Ultraísta. Back ...

– drums * David Arthur Brown – tenor sax *Jon Birdsong – trumpet *David Ralicke – trombone *

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– guitar

Chart positions

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References

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