Your Mother's Got a Penis

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"Your Mother's Got a Penis"
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Single by Goldie Lookin' Chain
from the album Greatest Hits
Released2004
Genre Hip hop
Length2:29
Label Must 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

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

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References

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  2. "Goldie Lookin Chain".
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