Benny Benassi - Satisfaction (2002)

Alternative CD Single Cover

'Satisfaction' is the first and (to date) most successful single release of Grammy Award winning Italian DJ and producer Marco 'Benny' Benassi, included in his 2003 album Hypnotica and used in a TV commercial for an Australian beer as well as Wendy's hamburgers. It was certified Gold in Australia, Belgium, France and the US. The track, although well composed for it's Electro genre, took off to a relatively slow start. It was after the Record Label of London's nightclub Ministry of Sound replaced it's orginal video, which was almost a still picture of the band overlayed with graphics, with a video of models using power tools, that it went on to worldwide success. In a way, it was a social study and proofed that sex indeed does sell.

Music Videos:

Version 1: The first version of the music video feature the three men and the woman in the cover of Hypnotica. It consists of one three-second take of the four people turning to face the camera and smile, played in slow-motion to match the length of the song. Inserted overtop are clips of a man and a woman singing along to the song. This music video was barely played on music channels, although in some countries, it replaced the 'construction' version.

Version 2: The second and most infamous version of the music video features women in skimpy construction outfits. The video plays almost like a virtual advertisement for a variety of power tools. This version was mainly relegated to nighttime hours. Although, in Costa Rica, Belgium and the UK the music video received airplay, running day and night. It stars models Jerri Byrne, Thekla Roth, Natasha Mealey and Lena Frank.

Version 3: The third version of the clip is animated. It shows animations of people dancing, singing and drinking. Very few music stations played this version. On selected music channels in Costa Rica, this was the version that was released, because of the channels refusing to play the 'construction' version.

Original CD Single Cover

Version 4: The fourth and final X-rated version of the music video features the same construction clips as version 2 with extra clips added of a man and woman having sex. This video was broadcast on TMF UK.

Spoof Version: In 2010 a hilarious joke version of the video surfaced, with the boys of the Haileybury Revue re-enacting the construction version.

Benny Benassi - Satisfaction (2002)
UK#2, BE#4, FR#4, AUS#10, IRL#11, NL#16, DK#17, DE#38, CH#44



Haileybury Revue - Satisfaction