Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo Explained

Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo
Type:single
Cover:Bloodhound Gang - Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo.png
Artist:Bloodhound Gang
Album:Hefty Fine
Recorded:2004
Length:2:51
Producer:Jimmy Pop
Prev Title:The Inevitable Return of the Great White Dope
Prev Year:2000
Next Title:Uhn Tiss Uhn Tiss Uhn Tiss
Next Year:2005

"Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo" is a song by American alternative rock band Bloodhound Gang. It was released as the lead single from their fourth studio album, Hefty Fine (2005), on August 1, 2005. The song was written by band members Jimmy Pop and Jared Hasselhoff. The title "Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo" spells out fuck in the NATO phonetic alphabet.[1] The song's lyrics consist of various sexual euphemisms.[2]

Music video

The music video for "Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo" was directed by Marc Klasfeld.[1] It shows Bam Margera,[1] a friend of the band, driving down a Pennsylvania highway in the "Banana Car" (which was seen on the MTV Cribs episode in which the band appeared). While he is driving, he sees some girls performing sexually suggestive activities in wet bikinis, poking fun at Benny Benassi's controversial "Satisfaction" video, while the band performs in a tunnel. The girls are wearing hard hats with the Pennsylvania National Guard insignia.

When Margera drives the banana-mobile up to the tunnel (whose entrance is topped by a wild grapevine growing in the shape of trimmed female pubic hair), he proceeds to gaze, enthralled at it, then drives through it. The tunnel used in the video is the abandoned Rays Hill Tunnel on a 12-mile stretch of abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike east of Breezewood. The video ends with Margera giving a banana to a man in a Speedo who consumes it in a manner that mimics fellatio. The video also features Mark the Bagger at the very beginning saying "Fish don't fry in the kitchen".

Charts

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo"! Chart (2005)! Position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[4] 70
Germany (Official German Charts)[5] 91

Release history

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DateFormat(s)Label(s)
United StatesAugust 1, 2005Alternative radio[6]
AustraliaSeptember 19, 2005CD[7]
United Kingdom[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New Release: Bloodhound Gang 'Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo'. Gottlieb. Steven. VideoStatic. August 4, 2005. August 28, 2020.
  2. Web site: Bloodhound Gang – Hefty Fine. JR. IGN. January 6, 2006. August 28, 2020.
  3. Web site: Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo - Bloodhound Gang.
  4. Web site: Jahreshitparade Singles 2005. Ö3 Austria Top 40. de. August 28, 2020.
  5. Web site: Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 2005. GfK Entertainment Charts. de. August 28, 2020.
  6. Going for Adds. Radio & Records. 1617. 21. July 29, 2005. June 25, 2021.
  7. Web site: The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 19th September 2005. ARIA. 28. September 19, 2005. dead. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20051019140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20051020-0000/issue812.pdf. October 19, 2005. May 23, 2021.
  8. New Releases: Singles. Music Week. 27. September 17, 2005.