1996

"1996"
Song by Marilyn Manson
Album	Antichrist Superstar
Released	October 8, 1996
Recorded	1996 at Nothing Studios in New Orleans, Louisiana
Genre	Industrial metal, Heavy metal
Length	4:01
Label	Nothing, Interscope
Writer	Marilyn Manson
Composer	Twiggy, Scott Putesky
Producer	Trent Reznor, Dave Ogilvie, Marilyn Manson

"1996" is the thirteenth track on Marilyn Manson's second studio album, Antichrist Superstar. It was recorded at Nothing Studios in New Orleans, Louisiana during 1996, and was released on October 8, 1996. Both the song's lyrics and music were culled from older poems and demos, respectively.

Appearances

• Antichrist Superstar – "1996" made its first appearance on this 1996 album.

Versions

• "1996" – The album version of this song appears on Antichrist Superstar.
• "1996" (Live, spoken) – A live performance of "1996" appears in the band's first commercial film, Dead to the World, in which Manson recites the song's lyrics as a spoken piece.
• "1996" (Demo) – previously unreleased version but put online by Scott Puttesky in 2011

Live

"1996" was performed by Marilyn Manson throughout the years 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, and again in 2008.

Lyrics

    anti choice
    anti girl
    I am the anti-flag unfurled
    anti white and anti man
    I got the anti-future plan
    anti fascist
    anti mod
    I am the anti-music god
    anti sober
    anti whore
    there will never be enough of anti more
    I can't believe in the things
    that don't believe in me

    now it's your turn to see what I hate about me
    anti people now you've gone too far
    here's your antichrist superstar
    anti money
    anti hate
    anti things I fucked and ate
    anti cop
    anti fun
    here is my anti-president gun
    anti Satan
    anti black
    anti world is on my back
    anti gay and anti dope
    I am the faggot anti-pope
    I can't believe in the things
    that don't believe in me
    now it's your turn to see what I hate about me
    anti people now you've gone too far
    here's your antichrist superstar
    anti peace
    anti life
    anti husband, anti wife
    anti song and anti me
    I don't deserve a chance to be
    anti people now you've gone too far
    here's your antichrist superstar

Trivia

• "1996" features the same riff as "She's Not My Girlfriend", a song from Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids' 1990 cassette Grist-o-Line, albeit played faster. Curiously, Twiggy is given sole credit for writing "1996", despite Scott Putesky having composed the recycled riff in question several years before Twiggy had joined the band.
• The line "light a candle for the sinners, set the world on fire" that is spoken in the beginning of the song is taken from a poem Manson wrote entitled "Stained Glass".

Personnel

• Marilyn Manson – vocals, lyrics
• Twiggy – lead guitar, rhythm guitar, bass, music
• Stephen Bier – keyboards, loops
• Ginger Fish – programming
• Scott Putesky – music