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{{cquote|"The only solace was that through some unfortunate error someone at the record pressing plant made several thousand copies of our original version of the album, thinking it was the new one. Without even listening to them, the record company sent them out as promotional copies to radio stations and journalists before realizing their mistake. Now, they are available to anyone who wants to hear them on the Internet. Though someone at the label actually accused me of plotting it, I wish I was that resourceful. God, however irrelevant he may be to me, works in mysterious ways."<ref name="TLHROHp191-192"/> |source=—Marilyn Manson discussing the state of the removed tracks}}
 
{{cquote|"The only solace was that through some unfortunate error someone at the record pressing plant made several thousand copies of our original version of the album, thinking it was the new one. Without even listening to them, the record company sent them out as promotional copies to radio stations and journalists before realizing their mistake. Now, they are available to anyone who wants to hear them on the Internet. Though someone at the label actually accused me of plotting it, I wish I was that resourceful. God, however irrelevant he may be to me, works in mysterious ways."<ref name="TLHROHp191-192"/> |source=—Marilyn Manson discussing the state of the removed tracks}}
  
Early promotional copies of ''Smells Like Children'' featured unauthorized samples from the films ''Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'' and ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'', as well as other sound bites considered "too extreme", therefore resulting in the tracklisting to be re-edited accordingly for public release, much to Manson's chagrin.<ref name="TLHROHp191-192"/> Interscope was not interested in buying licenses to use the film samples and demanded written affidavits from the participants in the sound bites, certifying their consent to be recorded.<ref name="TLHROHp191-192"/> The removed clips were the original opening track, "[[Abuse, Part 1 (There Is Pain Involved)]]", featuring Tony Wiggins abusing a masochistic girl,<ref>{{harvnb|Manson|Strauss|1998|p=190}}</ref> and "[[Abuse, Part 2 (Confessions)]]", featuring an interview with a girl who confesses to molesting her 6 or 7 year-old male cousin.<ref name="TLHROHp191-192"/> These were replaced by "[[The Hands of Small Children]]" and "May Cause Discoloration of the Urine or Feces", respectively.
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Early promotional copies of ''Smells Like Children'' featured unauthorized samples from the films ''Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'' and ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'', as well as other sound bites considered "too extreme", therefore resulting in the tracklisting to be re-edited accordingly for public release, much to Manson's chagrin.<ref name="TLHROHp191-192"/> Interscope was not interested in buying licenses to use the film samples and demanded written affidavits from the participants in the sound bites, certifying their consent to be recorded.<ref name="TLHROHp191-192"/> The removed clips were the original opening track, "[[Abuse, Part 1 (There Is Pain Involved)]]", featuring the voices of Manson and Wiggins as they attempted to calm down a masochistic girl when things got rather out-of-hand,<ref>{{harvnb|Manson|Strauss|1998|p=190}}</ref> and "[[Abuse, Part 2 (Confessions)]]", featuring an interview with a teenage boy who confesses to molesting his 6 or 7 year-old male cousin.<ref name="TLHROHp191-192"/> These were replaced by "[[The Hands of Small Children]]" and "May Cause Discoloration of the Urine or Feces", respectively.
  
 
The tracks "[[Sympathy for the Parents]]" and "Dancing with the One-Legged..." are distorted sound clips taken from an appearance by Manson, Ramirez and Gacy on ''The Phil Donahue Show''.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47TWt3vi9hc Interview]</ref> The episode discussed the dangers of moshing at concerts. The excerpt used in "Sympathy for the Parents" features Ramirez responding to a question about the appearance of the band's members by playing a cassette tape recording of "[[Scabs, Guns and Peanut Butter]]," before Manson's answer to the same question.
 
The tracks "[[Sympathy for the Parents]]" and "Dancing with the One-Legged..." are distorted sound clips taken from an appearance by Manson, Ramirez and Gacy on ''The Phil Donahue Show''.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47TWt3vi9hc Interview]</ref> The episode discussed the dangers of moshing at concerts. The excerpt used in "Sympathy for the Parents" features Ramirez responding to a question about the appearance of the band's members by playing a cassette tape recording of "[[Scabs, Guns and Peanut Butter]]," before Manson's answer to the same question.

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