"Over the Shoulder" is a song by American industrial band Ministry, from their second studio album, Twitch (1986).

[7][2] Musically, the song contains multiple layers of looped synthesizer parts along with distinctive heavy drum machine pattern and Jourgensen's weak vocal approach; Billboard editors compared this approach with music of Scritti Politti and Bee Gees,[1][8][2] while in 2006, Miami New Times' Jean Carey wrote that the song "sounds like a giant mosquito.

"[9][10] In a later review for the March 1986 issue of Spin Magazine, columnist John Leland praised Sherwood's work with Ministry's “typically banal ideas.”[11] The single version of "Over the Shoulder" and "Isle of Man" were included as additional tracks on compact disc edition of Twitch in 1990;[12]: 32  the song was also to be featured on a 2001 compilation album Greatest Fits, but was left off due to medium limitations.

This is big beat music that never stays still long enough for you to get the pin between its shoulder blades or defend yourself against the next percussive wallop.

[15][16][17] It consists of footage of two teenagers stealing a car, trashing a grocery store, making a nails-and-motor oil omelet, and driving off with no apparent consequence.