Urge Overkill - Sister Havana

Music video by Urge Overkill performing Sister Havana. (C) 1993 UMG Recordings, Inc.

[@allenczelusniak8577]

I have played with enough rock drummers to really appreciate how good Blackie Onasis is/was. RIP.

[@nicholasbryant1753]

They were so good. This was one of the best songs of the 90's.

[@frankielopez102]

Too bad they'll forever be known for covering the "girl, you'll be a woman soon." 🤦‍♂️

[@bogeythedog163]

@@frankielopez102 dang

[@tacticalbigfoot]

@@frankielopez102 they should've scrapped that song, but I bet some suit pushed for that song.. this song was awesome..

[@cmdc778]

Yeah. This is just a badass straightforward rock song. Love it.

[@pyenapple]

New album coming January 2022

[@hanoigrillo70]

One of the best tunes of the 90s. RIP Blackie :(

[@robertgomez5248]

That guitar riff is still killing it in 2020.

[@mccanlessdesign]

And in 2021 . . .

[@altonbeckert506]

And in 2022. Damn, went too far in the time machine!@#%?$

[@booknerd1970]

They keep removing my comment, it's almost as if Urge Overkill doesn't want you to know that they blatantly stole this entire song from The Testors single from 1980 kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3ibqHZmiptnq68

[@Foldisfitch]

@@booknerd1970 Verse & Chorus chord progressions are the same but with totally different melodies and the middle break parts are completely different. Those same chord progressions are in many songs. No one owns simple chord progressions like these.

[@TheWinstonSlip]

Damn slick

[@hinjurock]

This album and band were so shamefully underrated and overlooked. It's one of the best hard rock albums of all time and should have gone at least triple platinum.

[@kevinw8688]

Agree, damn good album. Certainly overlooked. One great song after the other. Positive Bleeding is kinda really cool for me, but damn near every song is a banger.

[@jackinthebox6143]

Played this non stop driving around LA in my convertible back in the day. It's a great album because every song is good so you don't have to fumble around driving and changing tracks Crash! I got to see them here in UK they played Reading I think in mid 90s. I was the only English guy who knew their stuff. I could never understand why they weren't bigger. I think maybe their dress sense was too good for the time everyone grungey and low profile and check shirts and that sloppy genx stuff. When I saw them they had glitter suits and werre TOTALLY FUCKIN' ROCK NROLL!!!!!!!!111yEAh

[@michaelkennedy5126]

Tequila Sundae is a hard rock classic imho

[@memothemiddlingguitarist3160]

RIP Blackie O (Johnny “Blackie Onassis” Rowan, the former drummer of Chicago alt-rock band Urge Overkill, has died at the age of 57.)

[@domturiace3973]

This whole album rocked .I miss the 90s so much:(

[@kevincosgrove948]

AWESOME album. Had a great groove all the way through 👍

[@scuba1788]

Everything but nirvana

[@angelcitydevil73]

Totally!. Had to buy it twice on account of wearing out the first one. Saw them at the Troubadour in Hollywood early 2000s and it was fucking phenomenal !!.

[@feldspar3858]

90’s were ok, but 80’s is better.

[@NATEDOG001976]

Great CD, great band. Still sounds fresh!!

[@user-fo1lc8bm1y]

Someone once said this about this brilliant song: "This song accomplishes more in less than 4 minutes than what most people accomplish in their entire life time". I remember seeing them in the early nineties at the Big Day Out in Melbourne, simply brilliant...

[@christiancamlin3249]

I'm sure others have seen it but Nash Kato looks exactly like a Stoner version of Christopher Walken.

[@shellymcelroy6521]

totally! ha

[@johnnyb384]

looks like Uma Thurman's brother

[@SimonRHoule]

Also! Never realised until you mentioned it. But Christopher Walken... Definitely!

[@shawnfarris5361]

Christian Camlin Lol he totally does!!

[@maite8705]

Jajajaja yes he looks like... jajajaja

[@mellowmoods8393]

Man, '93 didn't play! Still kickin' in '23!

[@JamesAlee-no9tq]

I swear this band portalled in from the 70's back in the 90's! awesome sauce!❤

[@tomvain6242]

1993 was a GREAT year for music!!! I was 20 years old and getting to see all of these bands play live. What happened to music?

[@a.champagne6238]

The Telecom Act of 1996 is what happened. It essentially gave Clear Channel (now iHeartRadio) a monopoly on the airwaves.

[@MadmanXXVII]

I heard this song ONCE 20 years and never heard it again...stayed stuck in my head all that time. THAT'S how you know it's a good song! Shame these guys didn't get big. AMAZING TUNE!

[@davehughesfarm7983]

I was looking for it today...I couldnt remember thier name for 8 hours today..And forgot the title..This is my 90's rock.

[@scottcote4010]

It's right here... I've listened to it almost 500 times in the last 3 weeks

[@joereilly8925]

Blackie O was a great drummer, super aggressive but on point! He passed away last month, but we will remember the talent he had, and they are rocking up above!

[@staciecarverd8136]

I've almost forgotten about this song, and I wonder how I could have, it still excellent! And that guitarist is playing a Danelectro -- AWESOME!

[@mrsasshole]

Right? Eddie loves his Danelectro's. I've got a '57 Jade and while I have far more expensive guitars, it's my favorite guitar in my collection.

[@gothfather8741]

One of the greatest songs of the '90's!

[@derekmr78]

that guitar tone! i loved this song back in the day

[@rexolio]

Agreed... was a guitarist in a cover band a couple of years after this song came out and was always trying to get the guys to do this one, but nobody else liked it. Losers!

[@GozerTheGozerian]

Indeed. The tone on this is beautiful.

[@intimatelyrearranged]

i do not care for the song at all but the guitar tone, especially the solo sections toward the end, holy fuck man it's enough to make it a favorite song lol

[@rickc2102]

It's a flanger, y'all. Little or no movement but a lot of resonance.

[@indiglo1971]

You don't need a therapist.

[@adomlee5969]

Walk in beauty, Blackie O. You will be missed. ❤

[@josephfalco3141]

They play this a good amount here in Austin on the local C-rock station 93.7 KLBJ

[@johnryder1713]

Someone get me a time machine to get me back to the 90s

[@dashodell]

Sitting at the PC feeling nostalgic. Still one of my all time favorites. Urge Overkill, one of the greats. Thanks for all the music over the years guys!

[@Crazyfeline]

Remember when this was the shit? Great tune, video friendly group. These guys disappeared faster than my first wife.

[@MrTheHillfolk]

Heh , no doubt, it's was good stuff!! Grunge was what was happenin at about this time though and that probably killed the party.

[@Crazyfeline]

This and Positive Bleeding were on heavy rotation back in the day. Chicago band, I think.

[@shiznicks74]

UO doesn't begin or end with Saturation. All of their records are great.

[@docsavage8640]

Grunge was the year prior but boy did it kill good music for a while.

[@Vaga365]

A little more push from Tarantino and poof!

[@themainmanify]

great music!...miss the these days

[@jodysoldman]

they had style.... they had an edge.... they had attitude...... and they had the fuckin' tunes to back all that shit up

[@derfunkhaus]

The whole song rocks, but can I put in a good word for the bass? Hard to believe this song is over 25 years old now.

[@jotteria79]

this guy gets it

[@deckardplisken]

I've listenened to this song pretty much since it came out & it hasn't lost anything. It holds up as one of the best songs ever written!! The opening riff on the guitar is so memorable & when they all come in together it just becomes legend.

[@mattd6086]

This is one damn solid rock tune. Killer groove.

[@3YearsApart1613]

wish bands were more like this. real rock bands are no more

[@pepper1188]

I wish it was 93 again...

[@brettchong6328]

is it just me or does anyone else keep replaying the opening of this song? awesome song, but the intro fucken rocks, I always remembered the first time I heard this song just coz of the intro

[@DOHC2L]

This album and Offspring Smash were the anthems of my highschool life.

[@dropkickninja5379]

I miss the 80’s and 90’s and want it back.

[@steveheissner]

Back in the 90's I bought the album just for this song. Great song!

[@mrsasshole]

And a great album!

[@killerontheloose80]

Quite possibly the greatest rock song ever done hands down bar none seriously

[@sydbarrett5]

I love how Blackie O gets arrested and Nash and King just keep playing.

[@Dad-Gad]

Wayyyy ahead of their time , and some real hooks on this album .

[@chriscordero1051]

Opened up for Pearl Jam in Little Rock in 93. Hell of a show.

[@jasonmccormack8993]

I saw that same show in boulder colorado!

[@dowens3781]

Quite simply one of the greatest hard rock songs ever written.

[@dowens3781]

@Marcellus Bull Miranda WTF are you talking about?

[@gergnotsloh]

This is hard rock - kzbin.info/www/bejne/rF7WpKWmmt2IZ9E (same era)

[@dowens3781]

@@gergnotsloh Nah, dude - that's death metal/extreme metal. Bands like Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Thin Lizzy, Van Halen, etc are hard rock. I'm sure you know that though - you must just be trolling.

[@boydmanuel9257]

I haven’t seen this video in like 15 years. I almost forgot how fine “Sister Havana” is. Kinda looks like Tandie Newton.

[@kirkhotopp2522]

Had The Impression URGE OVERKILL would make an approach to The HALL OF FAME OF ROCK AND ROLL so under rated !!!

[@lukelemaster1705]

When music still kicked some ass.

[@MrTheHillfolk]

Graduated in 91....used to dig these cats, I can hear em as if it was yesterday as our crew hung out on summer nights back then....good times

[@TheWinstonSlip]

Kicked all the ass

[@davidlohnesjr8984]

You know it's a great song when they have the increase of build up to a crescendo, and they can go nuts after that feeling within the band and that's what's fun about playing live

[@robertpreston2220]

Chicago sure knows how to put out some great bands!

[@jamestownvirginia8463]

Without a doubt one of the best songs ever made!

[@larryhurley2314]

One of if not the best song from the 90's !!

[@billhannum4117]

Miss this band they have that 70s vibe that bands are bringing back today .

[@NatureLoverReturns]

I can't get enough of this song....and believe it or not, I just found out it existed about 4 yrs ago when I heard it on my radio in Minnesota. Damn....it kicks ass!

[@skeeter197140]

I'm sorry, but for my money, the 90s were the best time to be alive. The music was awesome. The 70s music was great, but I was too young. I forgot this song existed, and stumbled into it, and it took me right back. My band used to play this song back then, and people just went nuts. What an awesome time.

[@mitchellschultz8958]

heard this on my local rock station today for the first time in prolly 20 years, that's why I love that station, the are locally owned and have a lot of freedom, they even have bad hair Fridays which is an hour of 80s hair metal every Friday at noon

[@pedropolanco9042]

Dear Mitchell Schultz: Hi There! Good held memory for a good piece of Hard Rock song! Glad they have nothing alike to this danm 'muzak' stuff of these days. Neverthenless, love about that local radio live station placing, onto the happy hours bad hair day each Friday night time...!

[@ianlucas2003]

Total gold. Christopher Walken Jnr.. Thank you so much! Thank you Urge Overkill. So many great memories, I want live back there which you.

[@sydbarrett5]

Blackie O was awesome. I saw these guys in 95 and Blackie O came out from behind the drum kit to sing Drop Out. He was swigging from a big bottle of Jack Daniels and at the end of the song he turned around and started smashing it down on one of the crash cymbals. One of the best shows I've seen.

[@robbielex]

RIP Blackie you will be missed.

[@mlbolts72]

One of best rock songs ever

[@jotacalvo]

What a great song, and what a great time. I was 24 and havin' a blast

[@Wiseask313]

What’s not to like? Great guitar and drum work and a band who can actually carry a tune and harmonize. A true rock ‘n’ roll classic.

[@TheRippper]

Absolutely the BEST UO ever. They were wonderful! The whole album rules. I have to admit the line that says, " She comes on like a bicycle army" , I always thought was- "She comes on like a bunch of salami."

[@dougodyssey50]

Gives you reflux?

[@jasonmuhsmann5670]

I still contend that pound for pound Saturation is one of the greatest straight ahead hard rock albums ever recorded. Very underrated.

[@ultrasuede7757]

Totally agree. And Exit the Dragon is right there with it.

[@tyrekecantrell5941]

Absolutely phenomenal record

[@shannonstraughan4383]

Love these guys! Cover is of the Houston Skyline, my hometown. Great song, love the mid 80s-90s. One of the best bands during that era!

[@radtech21]

Man this song totally reminds me of good times, good tunes, and good beers. I certainly had less responsibilities then. Let's bring back the 90's!!!

[@tbnterprises]

This is just such an awesome song. The melody and the hook are just infectious.

[@JeffHuntsinger]

Simply, this song ROCKS!!

[@darknutgaming5510]

Rip Blackie O, you’ll be missed

[@jimmycrackkorn1596]

I love that Powers Boothe became the lead singer of his own rock band.

[@michaelbryan3900]

These songs in the '94 MTV were woven into a tapesrty of perfection spear-headed and fueled by the success of Nirvana.

[@kdiaz8892]

So bummed I was oblivious to these guys in their heyday. I can’t get enough of this song. ❤️❤️❤️

[@dougodyssey50]

I never knew about this song when they were charting. I remember hearing 'Girl' and thinking "why is a rock band covering Neil Diamond and getting airplay? I didn't get it as a 16 year old. I do remember Nash and his unique look though. Who can forget?

[@charliebe28]

My Pop music interests actually date back to the late 60`s and 70`s; and the "Grunge" period (by my estimation) often had "dull periods" when there wasn`t much that seemed very impressive getting airplay. During those times, when there WOULD be an especially good song, I would actively "hunt" for an airing of it on MTV during cable TV browsing sessions. This was DEFINITELY one of those songs.

[@mordacaidog6151]

i feel ya man this song blew my mind i was working at a small record shop when this came out and i also discoverd ARC Angels at the same time i was like what the fuck

[@flowerlps6210]

I whent to see there's guy's opening for INXS in Melbourne so cool best time for music in the 90s

[@joescully5633]

Lucky enough to see them live at a taping of the old Jon Stewart show.

[@mezykin]

i feel so privileged being a 90s kid :')

[@GOFLuvr]

I can relate. I remember seeing UO's video to The Candidate on USA Up All Night thinking that I would never hear from these guys again... And several years later, I was seeing this video on MTV!

[@tinfoilmagnolia3134]

Try the 80s. That's where UO came from. They lived in Mpls for awhile then- used to see them in the small clubs

[@Dehmitz]

Much as I enjoy the song, I get sad listening to it. Maybe because it makes me realize I'm not 19 or 20 years old anymore, and haven't been for a long time...heh. Or because it makes me wish I could go back to that time period and make better decisions. I don't have the budget for a therapist right now so I'm availing myself of the free services from the KZbin peanut gallery.

[@andybutterbaugh2998]

Right? I was 19 when this song came out. The future was wide open and far away. Now I'm 43, and I can't figure how it went by so fast.....those were fucking great times for me.......

[@Dehmitz]

I'm glad I'm not alone! Fast-forward from going to concerts every weekend (and drinking too much, not wearing earplugs), to the optometrist telling me I'm at the age where my near vision begins to deteriorate...ha!

[@jeffreybeshears8211]

My sentiments exactly

[@Donkeyno9]

Just because you're old doesn't mean you have to suck.

[@markusantonio4866]

93' was when they played this song late night on Alternative Nation on MTV. I member those times

[@amkacerik]

You can say they were good for one song but you clearly never heard this whole album. Each song was different, but good. VERY good.

[@MrTheHillfolk]

Back then when I heard this I went and got the album...no doubt they were good but alas what happened ....ah well good times and good memories.

[@riched283]

Bottle of fur

[@daxxaa238]

Tequila sundae The stalker

[@TheLarryburns84]

Exit the Dragon was, in my opinion, even better.

[@turtleman6281]

Jack has good taste in music Rock On!

[@milojohnson6068]

This song makes just as little sense in 2022 as it did in 1994

[@lisamarie225]

It's great nonetheless

[@JamalDOA]

This is why I'm proud to be born in the 90s. Best decade in human history, before or since.

[@wesleysmith2045]

They remind me most of The Cult, if I was making comparisons. Extremely solid. Great tones. Sounds incredible.

[@davehughesfarm7983]

Them, and fastball maybe fasterpussy too

[@chadmuskaa2806]

Now I want an 8 ball!!!!

[@bell677]

like these guys music period .

[@elibutton]

blast from the past! loved this song back in the day, chillin like a villian in the 90's

[@davidapple8047]

Love coming back to these songs! Brings back great memories!! What a great time it was to be in your early 20s living it up and raisin' a little bit of Hell!!

[@b.w.22]

When the break kicks in and they’re on the air-boat is the best thing in the entire world.

[@nomaderic]

Facts I be skipping back everytime to hear it again

[@b.w.22]

@@nomaderic - Hell yeah, man!

[@aarond23]

This is a really really good song actually kind of forgotten now

[@vato227]

Been searching for this song for over 2 decades. All I knew was the guitar riff.

[@KBillysSoundsOfThe70s-iz3op]

👍

[@LOD365]

How did you find it?

[@ronmar6007]

OMG its been like ages since I have heard this song...loving it

[@MrLongduckdoong]

CLASSIC!!!

[@garygary9609]

Awesome guitar

[@jonbe9]

Oh man.. brings back college days ...can never forget the riffs of this track...also sampled on snf tonight!

[@84Crystals]

Why is this song so good? can't stop listening

[@user-pq9vr1uh4g]

If you told me that was Christopher Walken, I wouldn't question it for a second.

[@Kinnakeeter]

This is what Christopher Walken was doing when he wasn't swapping spit with Catwoman lol

[@pentastarr666]

These dudes got the good drugs

[@repeatsitself]

One of those perfect singles that come around now and then, get stuck in your noggin forever and are very welcome indeed. Killer riffs.

[@davidapple8047]

The instrumental @ 2:00... man....after this song and a few other songs, I'm feeling so nostalgic!!

[@stevelucero9047]

Back when bands made music...

[@russellwalters4610]

I'm a 56 year old drummer and sister havana has always been a solid go to. Fucking rocks!

[@cbob7]

Man I love everything about this song and this video

[@ryanporter1819]

Somehow I got this song stuck in my head at 1 am, I had to listen. Those were good times to be young back then!

[@peterbarry5601]

damn!!! they don't make em like this anymore

[@mikefoley3785]

Nash Kato looks like Christopher Walken had a kid with Sissy Spacek.

[@dilonpolaris]

HAHA

[@majesstic777]

He so fkn does

[@jamiemartinez8674]

good one

[@planet6393]

That’s some funny shit!👍

[@shytownmofo]

Ain't it, though.

[@shans711]

Love love love Urge Overkill! This song reminds me of when I graduated high school and the memories I made that summer before starting college.

[@williemcgee7291]

great forgotten song from the early 90s.

[@CartersRetroReviews]

Amazing song. For the longest time I thought they sung, "She's not around" instead of Sister Havana. Then a friend pointed out, "Why would they sing she's not around if the song is called Sister Havana? Think about it. That's dumb. Dude, they're singing Sister's Banana."

[@thezombie7839]

Awesome.

[@Guillaume33340]

Hahaha, excellent !!! :o)

[@jamesbaileytx]

Thanks for pointing that out. I thought they said "she got around" for the last 20 years.

[@janicekent2140]

Carters Retro Reviews Too funny!! I thought they were singing "Susanna" for the last twenty plus years! didn't even get the part where Fidel Castro is mentioned! If I had, I might have figured out, that Sister Havana was not only what they were singing, but the song title as well!! Reminds me of a old 'King of Queens "episode where Doug is singing in the car, to Carrie, a old Neil Diamond song, Forever in blue jeans, only he thought it was reverend blue jeans!

[@toolmantimsmythe8724]

+janice kent That's so funny. I thoughtit was "reverend bluejeans" when I was young, too.