Your Mother's Got a Penis

"Your Mother's Got a Penis"
Censored cover
Single by Goldie Lookin' Chain
from the album Greatest Hits
Released	2004
Genre	Hip hop
Length	2:29
Label	Must Destroy/Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	Rhys Hutchings Chris Mosdell John Rutledge Ryuichi Sakamoto [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]

References

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