A Small Victory (song)

"A Small Victory"
Single by Faith No More
from the album Angel Dust
B-side	Let's Lynch The Landlord" "Malpractice
Released	August 3, 1992 (1992-08-03)
Format	CD, Cassette, Vinyl
Recorded	Coast Recorders and Brilliant Studios, San Francisco, California January – March 1992
Genre	Alternative metal, rap rock, synthpop
Length	4:57
Label	Slash
Songwriter(s)	Lyrics: Mike Patton Music: Mike Bordin Roddy Bottum Billy Gould Mike Patton
Producer(s)	Matt Wallace
Faith No More singles chronology
"Midlife Crisis" (1992) "A Small Victory" (1992) "Everything's Ruined" (1992)
"Midlife Crisis" (1992) "A Small Victory" (1992) "Everything's Ruined" (1992)
Remix Cover
Released: September 1, 1992
Angel Dust track listing
"Land of Sunshine" "Caffeine" "Midlife Crisis" "RV" "Smaller and Smaller" "Everything's Ruined" "Malpractice" "Kindergarten" "Be Aggressive" "A Small Victory" "Crack Hitler" "Jizzlobber" "Midnight Cowboy" "Easy" "As the Worm Turns"

"A Small Victory" is the tenth track and the second single from Faith No More's fourth studio album Angel Dust. It was released as a single on August 3, 1992 in Europe and 16 days later in Japan. The song was later remixed by Youth of Killing Joke. This remix was released on September 1, 1992 in Europe, and on October 29, 1992 in the US. It was their last single to chart in the Billboard Modern Rock charts, peaking at #11. It was one of their lowest charting singles in Australia, only making it to #84 on the ARIA Charts. When asked about the song's meaning, Mike Patton said:

At the time it was described as their "most radio-friendly song" and stylistically more of a "dance song" than their other works. For this reason the band wanted a music video "visual to complement it."

The video was directed by Marcus Nispel. On September 2, 1993 the music video was nominated for the MTV Video Music Awards for Best Art Direction, but lost to Madonna's song "Rain" off her album Erotica.