Revolving Door

Album: The Gift Of Game (2000)
Charted: 23
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Songfacts®:

  • This was the follow-up to Crazy Town's breakthrough hit "Butterfly." Unlike "Butterfly," which is about finding one special girl, "Revolving Door" is about going through lots of women.
  • "Revolving Door" is more typical of Crazy Town's music than "Butterfly," which is what most people knew them for. After "Butterfly," Crazy Town wanted to release something that represented what they truly sound like so people would not be surprised by the hard sound on their album and live shows. "Butterfly" ended up being their only hit; lead singer Shifty Shellshock died in 2024 at 49.
  • Band members Seth Binzer and Brett Mazur (better known as Shifty Shellshock and Epic Mazur) wrote this. Stephen Costantino plays guitar on this song. >>>
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    Nick - Paramus, NJ
  • This was their fourth single. The first two, "Toxic" and "Darkside," flopped before "Butterfly" became a hit.
  • The video makes fun of hip-hop videos that objectify women. It was shot at a California estate that was made to look like the Playboy mansion.
  • Rod Stewart's daughter Kim is in the video along with Verne Troyer, who played "Mini Me" in the second Austin Powers movie.

Comments: 5

  • Cee Kay from GreeceThe sample is from RHCP's song Pretty Little Ditty , Mothers Milk album , released in 1998 (sample appears at 02:02)
  • George from London, United KingdomBy the way, it's Crazy Town - Revolving Door (The Gift of Game / 1999), the hungarian band Ganxsta Zolee és a Kartel - A való világ (Helldorádó / 1999) and the german hip hop band Creme de la Creme - Letzte Nacht (Porno Funk [LP] / 1999). You can see it in this video:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-iIZAiQXtY
  • George from London, United KingdomI've been looking for the original guitar sample and found "Ganxsta Zolee és a Kartel" as well, but on Wikipedia, they say Crazy Town sampled it from the "Siouxsie & the Banshees". I'm lost, I can't find which song they mean by the band "Siouxsie & the Banshees". Anyone can help me out?
  • Dirk from Waukegan, IlThis song was written about me. He dated me for 6 months
  • Kovács from Budapest, HungaryThe original music is from a hungarian band called Ganxsta Zolee és a Kartel and it's song is Való Világ, which was debut in 1999.
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