Your Mother's Got a Penis explained

Your Mother's Got a Penis
Cover:YMGAP Single Cover.jpg
Caption:Censored cover
Type:single
Artist:Goldie Lookin' Chain
Album:Greatest Hits
Released:2004
Genre:Hip hop
Length:3:39
Label:Must Destroy/Atlantic
Producer:P Xain
Prev Title:Guns Don't Kill People Rappers Do
Prev Year:2004
Next Title:You Knows I Loves You
Next Year:2004

"Your Mother's Got a Penis" (referred to as simply "Your Mother" on BBC Radio 1) is a song by the British rap act Goldie Lookin Chain from their Greatest Hits album, released In November 2004.[1] The song reached number fourteen on the UK Singles Chart.[2]

With an accompanying video based on a supermarket theme, "Your Mother's Got a Penis" first appeared on their album The Manifesto.

The song's chorus is a sample of Greg Phillinganes' cover of "Behind the Mask" by Yellow Magic Orchestra, for which the song's writers Ryuichi Sakamoto and Chris Mosdell received a full writing credit.

Controversy

The song was criticised for being "offensive to transsexuals" when broadcast on MTV. Ofcom subsequently prohibited the song from pre-watershed broadcast.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Goldie Lookin Chain .
  2. Web site: disco infiltrator | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company. www.officialcharts.com. 29 May 2023.
  3. https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0021/47118/issue30.pdf Ofcom broadcast bulletin