"Captain Save a Hoe" | ||||
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Single by E-40 featuring The Click | ||||
from the EP The Mail Man | ||||
Released | July 27, 1994 | |||
Recorded | 1993 | |||
Genre | Hip hop | |||
Length | 4:47 | |||
Label | Sick Wid It | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Studio Ton | |||
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The Click singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Captain Save a Hoe" on YouTube |
"Captain Save a Hoe" (clean version titled "Captain Save Them Thoe") is a single by American rapper E-40 featuring hip hop group The Click. It is the lead single from E-40's EP The Mail Man (1993). It is E-40's breakthrough hit and one of his most well-known songs. It has been featured in the soundtrack of the video game Grand Theft Auto V .
The slang phrase "captain save a hoe" has come to mean a man who spends an excessive amount of time and money trying to please a woman,usually a promiscuous one. According to E-40,his inspiration for writing the song was that a lot of his friends were acting like that. Producer Studio Ton produced a "heavy mobbed out baseline" for the track,while E-40 came up with the idea and title. D-Shot of The Click thought of the hook,which was inspired by the song "Double Dutch Bus" by Frankie Smith. [1]
The song criticizes a man who tries to "save" and impress women,especially when their help is unneeded. It ironically depicts this man as a superhero-like character called "Captain Save A Hoe". [1]
The single was released through E-40's independent record label Sick Wid It Records. The song became more successful than expected and a clean version of the song was subsequently made,with the title "Captain Save Them Thoe". [1] Following its regional popularity,E-40 signed to Jive Records. The label re-released the single on 12". [2] The song also popularized the phrase used in the title.
The song was praised by music critics for its 1970s-sounding "radio-friendly,laid-back groove". [3]
Some feminists critiqued the song. Historian and cultural critic Davarian Baldwin notes that it portrays black women as gold-diggers who use their sexuality to take black men's meager earnings. [4]
The song "Saved",by American singer Ty Dolla Sign featuring E-40,interpolates and pays homage to "Captain Save a Hoe". In 2020,American musician Fantastic Negrito reinvented the song in a track called "Searching for Captain Save a Hoe",which also features a verse from E-40. [5]
Chart (1994) | Peak position |
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US Billboard Hot 100 [6] | 94 |
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [7] | 63 |
US Hot Rap Songs ( Billboard ) [8] | 12 |
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