Violent is
New Zealand band
Stellar*'s fourth single, and their third single from their debut album
Mix. This song won the "Single of the Year" award at the 2000
New Zealand "Tui" Music Awards. The song was featured on the
Nature's Best 2 compilation of what were voted the top 100 New Zealand songs from 1926 until 2001 by
APRA to celebrate their 75th anniversary. Judging by the tracklist, Violent was placed at #46 in this list. The single spent six weeks within the top 20 in the
RIANZ singles charts, peaking at #11. The music video to the song was directed by
Jonathan King, and depicts the band playing within a small room, amongst other scenes such as one which Runga plays the role of a nurse in surgery.