Released 1996 Genre Alternative rock Label Sony | Format CD Length 4:08 | |
Writer(s) Vinnie DombroskiDombroski, J. Mazzola, Michael J Rygiel & Timothy J Rygiel | ||
"Wax Ecstatic (To Sell Angelina)" is a song by alternative rock band Sponge, released in 1996 as the debut single from their second album Wax Ecstatic.
Music video
The music video for Wax Ecstatic revolves around a roller derby girl (Angelina, or "Angel", per her nickname) and her aspirations to better her output in the sport. She purchases "Wax Ecstatic" pills (a gold colored gelatin tab), and starts taking them. Footage is shown of 1990's-era roller derby, along with footage of the band playing to include lead singer Vinnie Dombroski promoting Wax Ecstatic as being the answer to all of her problems. Towards the end of the video Angelina is shown playing in a bout. She would get mixed up in a collision and fall to the ground. The gold-colored goopy substance that comprised the Wax Ecstatic pills starts dripping from her mouth, proving that they were not the answer she was looking for.