E-Pro

2005 single by Beck

"E-Pro"

Single by Beck

from the album Guero

B-side

"Venom Confection"
"Ghost Range"
"Bad Cartridge"

Released

March 14, 2005

Recorded

2004

Genre

Rap rock^[1]

Length

3:25

Label

Interscope
9880052 (UK, CD)
9880053 (UK, 7")

Songwriter(s)

Beck Hansen
Mike Simpson
John King
Mike Diamond
Adam Yauch
Adam Horovitz

Producer(s)

Beck
Dust Brothers

Beck singles chronology

"Guess I'm Doing Fine"
(2002)

"E-Pro"
(2005)

"Girl"
(2005)

Music video

"E-Pro" on YouTube

"E-Pro" is the opening track on Beck's 2005 album Guero. It was released as the lead single from the album in March 2005. The song was Beck's second number 1 on the Modern Rock chart and his first in eleven years. Beck used the rhythm track of the Beastie Boys' "So What'cha Want" as a sample in "E-Pro". Both of those songs are featured in the video game Rock Band 2.

Music video

The music video for the song was created by Shynola. It is set in a computer-animated wireframe environment, where Beck rises from a grave and digs up a dog, only to be pursued by skeletal zombies. He escapes on what appears to be a bike, the wheels of which turn into legs and climb buildings. Near the middle of the video, his head is knocked off and is washed in a washing machine and fished out of a river, only to be shot back onto his neck via cannon. Near the end Beck is seen running from a giant skull made up of the graveyard gate and headstones. He begins jumping up a series of musical notes, finally teetering on the last one as the song abruptly cuts off and the video fades to black. Subsequently, the video was nominated for "Best Music Video" in the 2005 Arias Awards.

Beck suffered a spinal injury during the shooting of the video while harnessed inside a moving wheel. His injuries forced him to limit his touring for a number of years before making a recovery.^[2]

Track listing

CD

"E-Pro" – 3:25
"Venom Confection" ("E-Pro" remix by Green, Music & Gold) – 3:05
"Ghost Range" ("E-Pro" remix by Homelife) – 4:26
"E-Pro" video

7"

"E-Pro"
"Bad Cartridge" ("E-Pro" remix by Paza)

Charts

Chart (2005)	Peak position
Canada Rock Top 30 (Radio & Records)^[3]	12
Italy (FIMI)^[4]	46
Scotland (OCC)^[5]	38
UK Singles (OCC)^[6]	38
US Billboard Hot 100^[7]	65
US Adult Alternative Songs (Billboard)^[8]	5
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)^[9]	1
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)^[10]	31
US Pop 100 (Billboard)^[11]	56

References

^ Greg Beato. "White-Boy Shuffle". New York Magazine. Retrieved June 27, 2022. " “E-Pro,” the album’s opener, is first-generation rap-rock"
^ "Beck Details Spinal Injury That Nearly Ended His Touring Career". Rolling Stone. March 14, 2014. Archived from the original on August 13, 2017. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
^ "RR Canada Rock Top 30" (PDF). p. 58. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
^ "Beck – E-Pro". Top Digital Download. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
^ "Beck: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
^ "Beck Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
^ "Beck Chart History (Adult Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
^ "Beck Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
^ "Beck Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
^ "Beck – Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on April 18, 2015. Retrieved March 11, 2022.

External links

group E-Pro at MusicBrainz (list of releases) (CD)
"E-Pro" video screenshots at the Shynola website

Beck

Studio albums

Golden Feelings
Stereopathetic Soulmanure
Mellow Gold
One Foot in the Grave
Odelay
Mutations
Midnite Vultures
Sea Change
Guero
The Information
Modern Guilt
Morning Phase
Colors
Hyperspace

Remix albums

Guerolito

EPs

Compilations

Stray Blues

Official singles

Album	"Loser" "Pay No Mind (Snoozer)" "Beercan" "It's All in Your Mind" "Where It's At" "Devils Haircut" "The New Pollution" "Sissyneck" "Jack-Ass" "Tropicalia" "Cold Brains" "Nobody's Fault but My Own" "Sexx Laws" "Mixed Bizness" "Nicotine & Gravy" "Lost Cause" "Guess I'm Doing Fine" "E-Pro" "Girl" "Hell Yes" "Cellphone's Dead" "Nausea" "Think I'm in Love" "Chemtrails" "Gamma Ray" "Youthless" "Blue Moon" "Waking Light" "Say Goodbye" "Heart Is a Drum" "Dreams" "Wow" "Up All Night" "Saw Lightning" "Uneventful Days" "Dark Places" "Everlasting Nothing"
Non-album	"Deadweight" "Timebomb" "Looking for a Sign" "I Just Started Hating Some People Today" "Defriended" "Odyssey"

Album

"Loser"
"Pay No Mind (Snoozer)"
"Beercan"
"It's All in Your Mind"
"Where It's At"
"Devils Haircut"
"The New Pollution"
"Sissyneck"
"Jack-Ass"
"Tropicalia"
"Cold Brains"
"Nobody's Fault but My Own"
"Sexx Laws"
"Mixed Bizness"
"Nicotine & Gravy"
"Lost Cause"
"Guess I'm Doing Fine"
"E-Pro"
"Girl"
"Hell Yes"
"Cellphone's Dead"
"Nausea"
"Think I'm in Love"
"Chemtrails"
"Gamma Ray"
"Youthless"
"Blue Moon"
"Waking Light"
"Say Goodbye"
"Heart Is a Drum"
"Dreams"
"Wow"
"Up All Night"
"Saw Lightning"
"Uneventful Days"
"Dark Places"
"Everlasting Nothing"

Non-album

"Deadweight"
"Timebomb"
"Looking for a Sign"
"I Just Started Hating Some People Today"
"Defriended"
"Odyssey"

Other singles

Promotional	"Orphans" "Wave"
Featured	"Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?" "Heaven Can Wait" "The Valley of the Pagans"

Other notable songs

As performer	"Fuckin with My Head (Mountain Dew Rock)" "Truckdrivin Neighbors Downstairs (Yellow Sweat)" "Steal My Body Home" "Broken Train" "Debra" "Diamond Dogs" "I'm So Glad" "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime"
As writer	"Feel Good Time"

Other projects

Collaborations	Record Club Song Reader Song Reader: The Musical
Albums as producer	Conquest EP Kissin Time IRM Mirror Traffic Demolished Thoughts Stage Whisper 3 Pears Wig Out at Jagbags