Your Mother's Got a Penis

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"Your Mother's Got a Penis"
Censored cover
Single by Goldie Lookin' Chain
from the album Greatest Hits
Released2004
GenreHip hop
Length3:39
LabelMust Destroy/Atlantic
Songwriter(s)
[1]
Producer(s)P Xain
Goldie Lookin' Chain singles chronology
"Guns Don't Kill People Rappers Do"
(2004)
"Your Mother's Got a Penis"
(2004)
"You Knows I Loves You"
(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.[2] The song reached number fourteen on the UK Singles Chart.[3][failed verification]

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[edit]

The song was criticised for being "offensive to transsexuals" when broadcast on MTV. Ofcom subsequently prohibited the song from pre-watershed broadcast.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "ASCAP Repertory entry for this song". ASCAP. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  2. ^ "Goldie Lookin Chain".
  3. ^ "disco infiltrator | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  4. ^ Ofcom broadcast bulletin ofcom.com