WORKS SIGHTED: A Visual Bibliography of M.I.A.'s "Bad Girls" Video

M.I.A.'s "Bad Girls" video, directed by Romain Gavras, is wildly, seductively, offensively, charmingly, incoherently citational. But what is it quoting? Last week M.I.A. answered some questions from Youtube commenters about shiny trousers, drag racing, and fabrication. How do you get a see-through car? You have it made in India. What do you say when they tell you it'll take five months to ship? "I could take a hundred Indians and make it from scratch."

Here are fifteen presumed sources for the video: some probable (Rick Ross), some possible (Sex and the City in Abu Dhabi), some unendurable (Gaddafi's virgin bodyguards).

"Bad Girls"

Vote for "Bad Girls" for the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards! http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2012/video-of-the-year/ Watch MIA respond to comments left on this video. Click here to watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fweHtun3LY ** For the best viewing experience, watch in 1080p (HD). M.I.A. OFFICIAL SITE | MIAUNIVERSE: http://www.miauk.com ** Head to http://www.youtube.com/noisey to check out our other shows.

1. Saudi Arabia Crazy Motorway Drivers

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2. Ghostride the Whip

Check out http://VladTV.com - Ghostride the Whip The story of the Hyphy Movement Executive produced by Peter Spirer Directed by DJ Vlad

3. Roll Yo Voges, Oakland Sideshows

Roll Yo Voges - Oakland Sideshows

4. Rebel Without a Cause

Scene from "Rebel Without A Cause" "We are both heading for the cliff, who jumps first, is the Chicken".

5. Indiana Jones Desert Race

Anmerkung - Ich wurde schon öfters gefragt, warum ich die Musik nicht mit dem FIlm passend abgestimmt habe bzw. Bilder eingefügt habe. Nun, ich gebe zu, dass ich da geschlampt habe. Ich werde mich drum bemühen bald eine Überarbeitete Fassung reinzustellen.

6. Libya Oil Fields on Fire

Qaddafi forces launched more air strikes on oil facilities in an attempt to take back crucial rebel-held territories. Mark Phillips reports.

7. Sex and the City Abu Dhabi

Carrie Bradshaw hails a taxi going to the airport in Abu Dhabi just by showing some leg. Legs on a woman is a universal language. Sex and the City: The Movie starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall and Kristin Davis.

8. Rick Ross Live Fast Die Young

Rick Ross "Live Fast,Die Young" from latest Album Teflon Don Note :I do not own any rights to the music,this is for entertainment only.

9. The Bangles Walk Like an Egyptian

Walk Like an Egyptian by The Bangles, it was released in 1986.

10. Muammar Gaddafi Parade

Live updates from Libya crisis: http://tinyurl.com/4h6g7tt Libyan television on Thursday broadcast footage of what it claimed was Col Muammar Gaddafi driving around Tripoli and said the outing occurred while the Libyan capital was being bombed by Nato.

11. Need for Madness Video Game

Need for Madness 2 Nimi Solo Run Stage 4 - Twisted Revenge Oh boy, this one was hard. Obviously this is designed as a wasting stage, but the problem is that Nimi can't really waste anything. 10 laps round the track can be gruelling and I genuinely felt like giving up on this run when I got to this stage.

12. Busta Rhymes Arab Money

13. Jibbs Chain Hang Low

(14. Wham! Bad Boys [WISHFUL THINKING])

M.I.A. responds to Youtube commenters

MIA's new song "Bad Girls" blew up! The video has more than 25,000 comments so MIA wanted to answer a few of her favorite questions left in the comments: - Why she choose Morocco to shoot the video? - Where did she get the gold trousers? - Is she ever embarrassed dancing on camera?

Thanks to Michael Ralph and Yates McKee for recent conversations about Rick Ross, Busta Rhymes, and Libya.