E-Pro

This article is about a music track. For other uses, see EPRO (disambiguation).

"E-Pro"
Single by Beck
from the album Guero
B-side	"Venom Confection" / "Ghost Range" / "Bad Cartridge"
Released	March 14, 2005
Format	CD, 7"
Recorded	2004
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	3:25
Label	Interscope 9880052 (UK, CD) 9880053 (UK, 7")
Writer(s)	Beck Hansen / Mike Simpson / John King / Mike Diamond / Adam Yauch / Adam Horovitz
Producer	Beck and the Dust Brothers
Beck singles chronology
"Guess I'm Doing Fine" (2002) "E-Pro" (2005) "Girl" (2005)

"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 #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 videogame Rock Band 2.^[1]

Video

The surreal 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.

Track listing

CD

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

7"

1. "E-Pro"
2. "Bad Cartridge" ("E-Pro" remix by Paza)

References

1. ^ List of songs in Rock Band 2

External links

• E-Pro at MusicBrainz (CD)
• "E-Pro" video screenshots at the Shynola website
• "E-Pro" Official music video on YouTube

Preceded by "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" by Green Day

Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single April 2, 2005

Succeeded by "Be Yourself" by Audioslave