Mobscene

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title: "Mobscene" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["2003-singles", "2003-songs", "marilyn-manson-(band)-songs", "interscope-records-singles", "nothing-records-singles", "nu-metal-songs", "songs-written-by-marilyn-manson", "songs-written-by-tim-sköld"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobscene" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Mobscene
cover	marilyn_manson_mobscene.png
type	single
artist	Marilyn Manson
album	The Golden Age of Grotesque
released	April 2003
* Industrial metal{{Cite web	date
* nu metal<ref name	Richard/
* glam punk{{Cite web	last
length	3:25
prev_title	Tainted Love
prev_year	2001
next_title	This Is the New Shit
next_year	2003
misc	{{Audio sample
type	single
file	Marilyn Manson - mOBSCENE.ogg
description	"Mobscene"
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| name = Mobscene | cover = marilyn_manson_mobscene.png | alt = | type = single | artist = Marilyn Manson | album = The Golden Age of Grotesque | released = April 2003 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre =

• Industrial metal
• nu metal
• glam punk | length = 3:25 | label =
• Nothing
• Interscope | writer =
• John 5
• Marilyn Manson | producer =
• Marilyn Manson
• Tim Sköld | prev_title = Tainted Love | prev_year = 2001 | next_title = This Is the New Shit | next_year = 2003 | misc = {{Audio sample | type = single | file = Marilyn Manson - mOBSCENE.ogg | description = "Mobscene"

"Mobscene" (stylized as "mOBSCENE") is a song by American rock band Marilyn Manson. It was released in April 2003 as the lead single from their fifth studio album, The Golden Age of Grotesque (2003). The song was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance, but lost out to Metallica's "St. Anger". As of 2020, the song sold around 50,000 copies in the United Kingdom, where it has also been streamed almost 4 million times. In the US, the song reached number 18 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks and number 26 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.

Composition

Manson has said that "Mobscene" was "pulled from the weirdest parts of my imagination." Prior to writing the song, Manson had seen several Busby Berkeley films with all-female chorus lines. He then met with his band and told them that he wanted to create a song that evoked Berkeley's films, the writings of Oscar Wilde, and an elephant stampede.

Critical reception

In PopMatters, Lance Teegarden deemed "Mobscene" the best track on the band's greatest hits album Lest We Forget: The Best Of (2004), writing "Here Manson finds the little bit of irreverence he is looking for." Teegarden praised Sköld's production. BuzzFeed's Richard James opined that the song "proves nu metal is the greatest gift to music ever".

Track listings

• International CD single

1. "Mobscene"
2. "Tainted Love" (Re-Tainted Interpretation)
3. "Mobscene" (Rammstein's Sauerkraut Remix)
4. "Paranoiac"

• US CD single

1. "Mobscene"
2. "Paranoiac"

Charts

::data[format=table] | Chart (2003) | Peak position | |---|---| | Canada (Nielsen SoundScan) | 4 | | Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) | 28 | | Portugal (Billboard) | 1 | ::

References

References

1. (February 21, 2012). "Sonisphere- biggest UK rock festival announces bill".
2. Shepherd, Fiona. (November 29, 2012). "Gig review: Marilyn Manson & Rob Zombie, SECC, Glasgow".
3. White, Jack. (September 15, 2020). "Marilyn Manson's Official Top 20 biggest UK hits". [[Official Charts Company]].
4. Teegarden, Lance. (January 4, 2005). "Marilyn Manson: Lest We Forget: The Best Of".
5. (August 5, 2014). "17 Tracks That Justify Your Secret Love Of Nu Metal". [[BuzzFeed]].
6. (June 21, 2003). "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles".
7. (May 24, 2003). "Hits of the World".

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