Irresponsible Hate Anthem

"Irresponsible Hate Anthem"
Song by Marilyn Manson
Album	Antichrist Superstar
Released	October 8, 1996
Recorded	1996 at Nothing Studios in New Orleans, Louisiana
Genre	Industrial metal, Thrash metal, Heavy metal, noise rock
Length	4:17
Label	Nothing, Interscope
Writer	Marilyn Manson, Twiggy Ramirez
Composer	Daisy Berkowitz, Madonna Wayne Gacy
Producer	Trent Reznor, Dave Ogilvie, Marilyn Manson
External links	Search ISRC Search at Musicstax

"Irresponsible Hate Anthem" is the first track on the 1996 release Antichrist Superstar. The song attracted attention due to the liner notes of Antichrist Superstar, which state that [Irresponsible Hate Anthem was recorded live on February 14, 1997], despite the fact that the album was released on October 8, 1996 and is a studio recording.

As the album is cyclical, with both opening and closing seconds including the distorted phrase "When you are suffering, know that I have betrayed you," when the album is placed on loop, the pacing between these sentences on "Irresponsible Hate Anthem" matches that of the additional distorted recitation found in the preceding, ninety-ninth track. "Irresponsible Hate Anthem" also contains an additional opening chant, "And all the children sing: 'We hate love, we love hate.'"

Appearances

Albums

• Antichrist Superstar
• Lest We Forget – The Best Of

Versions

• "Irresponsible Hate Anthem" — Appears on Antichrist Superstar.
• "Irresponsible Hate Anthem (edit)" — Appears on Lest We Forget (The Best of).
• "Irresponsible Hate Anthem (Live)" — Appears on Dead to the World.
• "Irresponsible Hate Anthem (Live)" — Appears on God Is in the T.V..
• "Irresponsible Hate Anthem (Live)" — Appears on The Last Tour on Earth and Lost & Found.
• "Irresponsible Hate Anthem (Live)" — Appears on Guns, God and Government World Tour DVD.
• "Irresponsible Hate Anthem (Venus Head Trap Remix)" — Appears on the Saw II soundtrack.
• "Irresponsible Hate Anthem (Development)" — Never officially released but put online by Scott Putesky in 2011
• "Irresponsible Hate Anthem (Demo)" — Appears on Antichrist Final Songs.
• "Irresponsible Hate Anthem (Bass Version)" — Performed twice on November 11, 2015 in Zurich, Switzerland and on November 12, 2015 in Stuttgart, Germany

February 14, 1997

When asked by Guitar World about Zim Zum, who had recently joined the band, Marilyn Manson claimed "He plays the first track on the album, which is a live track. It hasn't really been recorded yet," in reference to "Irresponsible Hate Anthem," with Twiggy Ramirez adding, "We figured out time travel." Manson goes on to explain, "Our keyboardist uses his computer with a lot of old Hebrew Kabbalism and numerology, complicated equations that only he understands. But that, combined with extreme drug abuse, has given us the ability to capture and record things from different eras. We recorded "Irresponsible Hate Anthem" in February of next year."

Lyrics

  I am so all-american, I'd sell you suicide
  I am totalitarian, I've got abortions in my eyes
  I hate the hater, I'd rape the raper
  I am the animal who will not be himself
  fuck it
  Hey victim, should I black your eyes again?
  Hey victim,
  you were the one who put the stick in my hand
  I am the ism, my hate's a prism
  let's just kill everyone and let your god sort them out
  fuck it
  everybody's someone else's nigger/I know you are so am I
  I wasn't born with enough middle fingers/
  I don't need to choose a side
  I better, better, better, better not say this
  better, better, better, better not tell
  I hate the hater, I'd rape the raper
  I am the idiot who will not be himself
  fuck it
  everybody's someone else's nigger/I know you are so am I
  I wasn't born with enough middle fingers/
  I don't need to choose a side

Trivia

• The song has been played on every tour since the Smells Like Children tour in 1995/1996, A year before the official release.
• The song was composed in 1994, over 2 years before the official release.