Pop Goes the Weasel | |
Cover: | Pop Goes the Weasel cover.jpg |
Type: | single |
Artist: | 3rd Bass |
Album: | Derelicts of Dialect |
B-Side: | Derelict of Dialect |
Released: | May 1, 1991 |
Recorded: | November 1990 |
Genre: | Hip hop |
Length: | 3:55 |
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Prev Title: | Product of the Environment |
Prev Year: | 1990 |
Next Title: | Portrait of an Artist as a Hood |
Next Year: | 1992 |
"Pop Goes the Weasel" is a single by American hip hop trio 3rd Bass; it appears on their second album, Derelicts of Dialect (1991). The song samples "You Haven't Done Nothin'" by Stevie Wonder as well as Peter Gabriel's hit, "Sledgehammer" and “Eminence Front” by the Who.[1] Production came from John Gamble, Geeby Dajani, and Dante Ross.[2] It reached the top 40 of the US Billboard Hot 100 and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
The music video stars Henry Rollins as Vanilla Ice, who is beaten up by 3rd Bass at the end of the video.[3]
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Australia (ARIA)[4] | 122 |
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