| Potholes in My Lawn | |
| Cover: | Potholes in My Lawn.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | De La Soul |
| Album: | 3 Feet High and Rising |
| Released: | November 1988 |
| Recorded: | 1988 |
| Genre: | Alternative hip hop |
| Length: | 3:46 |
| Label: | Tommy Boy |
| Producer: | Prince Paul, De La Soul |
| Prev Title: | Plug Tunin' |
| Prev Year: | 1988 |
| Next Title: | Buddy |
| Next Year: | 1988 |
"Potholes in My Lawn" is the second single by hip hop group De La Soul, released in 1988 from their album 3 Feet High and Rising. The songs were mastered by record mixer and engineer Herb Powers Jr. The song samples "Magic Mountain" by Eric Burdon & War as well as the signature yodeling and jaw harp on Parliament's "Little Ole Country Boy" off 1970's Osmium.[1]
The song was released in some territories as a double A-side with "Jenifa Taught Me (Derwin's Revenge)".
The song is notable for being the first hip-hop song to be played on Mars, by NASA's Opportunity Rover in 2004.[2]