| "I Like 'Em Big and Stupid" | ||||
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| Single by Julie Brown | ||||
| Released | November 9, 1983 | |||
| Recorded | 1983 | |||
| Genre | Pop, comedy | |||
| Label | Bulletz Records | |||
| Songwriters | Julie Brown, Charles Coffey, Terrence McNally | |||
| Producer | Julie Brown | |||
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"I Like 'Em Big and Stupid" was the debut single by comedian and singer Julie Brown. It was self-released by Brown in 1983 in 12-inch and 7-inch vinyl record formats. The song is a 1980s-style pop song with comedic lyrics about the protagonist's desire for a handsome, hunky muscle-stud who is not very bright (or as she sings, "Superman with a lobotomy"). The 12-inch version contained an extended dance mix and the B-side on all releases, "The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun", was played on The Dr. Demento Show, and received airplay on Top 40 and Modern Rock stations around the US in 1984. [1] Both songs appeared that year on Brown's next release, Goddess in Progress .
Brown re-recorded the song for her 1987 album Trapped in the Body of a White Girl , [2] and it was filmed for inclusion in Earth Girls Are Easy , but this sequence was ultimately removed from the movie (the scene is included in the DVD extras) though it is heard playing in the background during a scene in the film. Additionally, Brown performed the song in the stage version of Earth Girls.
The cover of the single is a pastiche of the back cover of Madonna's Like a Virgin record. Brown would go on to be known for making fun of Madonna, particularly in her mockumentary Medusa: Dare to Be Truthful .
