Intergalactic (song)

Music video

The "Intergalactic" video was directed by Adam Yauch under the pseudonym Nathanial Hörnblowér. The storyline revolves around a giant robot causing destruction by fighting a giant octopus-headed creature in a city while popping, a parody of, or tribute to, Japanese Kaiju films (specifically the series finale of Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot). Various scenes are filmed in the Shibuya and Shinjuku train stations in Tokyo, Japan; the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building No. 1 makes a brief appearance. Throughout the video, the band wear bright uniforms of (Koji) Japanese street construction workers. The opening excerpt from Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain is played during the beginning of the video. The music video was added to MTV on the week ending June 14, 1998. The video was a regular on Total Request Live and won the award for Best Hip-Hop Video at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards. Beastie Boys performed "Three MC's and One DJ" and "Intergalactic" at the 1998 MTV Video Music Awards.

The music video also somewhat parodies Japanese Super Sentai shows, which are the basis for Power Rangers and ranked number 64 on MuchMusic's 100 Best Videos. Complex wrote that, "We get the feeling Godzilla creator Tomoyuki Tanaka, who passed the year before the 'Intergalactic' single was released, would be proud."

Track listings

CD single 1

CD single 2

Vinyl single

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

Other versions

The Japanese girl group Atarashii Gakko! produced a Japanese-language version of "Intergalactic" with a music video shot in Shinjuku, emulating the original music video.

"Weird Al" Yankovic included a part of "Intergalactic" in his song "Polka Power!"

References

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