"I Wish I Was Queer So I Could Get Chicks" | ||||
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Single by The Bloodhound Gang | ||||
from the album One Fierce Beer Coaster | ||||
Released | 1997 | |||
Format | CD, 12" | |||
Recorded | 1996 | |||
Genre |
Comedy rock Punk rock |
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Length | 3:49 | |||
Label |
Jimmy Franks Recording Company Republic Records Geffen Records (1998 re-release) |
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Songwriter(s) | Jimmy Pop | |||
Producer(s) | Jimmy Pop | |||
The Bloodhound Gang singles chronology | ||||
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"I Wish I Was Queer So I Could Get Chicks" is the fourth single from The Bloodhound Gang's 1996 (re-released in 1998) album One Fierce Beer Coaster.
The satirical song is entirely about the belief that girls only like gay men. The lyrics reference the stereotype that gay men are often better looking and more sensitive than heterosexual men, enjoy the band Depeche Mode and Spandau Ballet, and how Jimmy Pop, the band's singer, wishes that he could be a homosexual to be more successful with women.
The album version is recorded in the band's trademark rap-metal style. An alternate version was recorded as a b-side, featuring a crooning vocal over Nashville country/lounge backing.
The music video starts out with Jimmy Pop, who is playing a gay talk-show host named Dirk Ramrod, and his co-host, Lewis, who is played by bassist Evil Jared Hasselhoff discussing their special guest for the day, Lupus Thunder and DJ Q-Ball from Bloodhound Gang. The video then becomes a montage of some of Dirk and Lewis's (Jimmy and Jared's) favorite (nastiest) moments off the show, leaving DJ Q-Ball and Lupus disgusted and slightly amused until the video ends with Jimmy Pop and Evil Jared saying, "Come again, if ya got the balls!"
Writing in The Advocate (a leading US magazine for gay readers), Barry Walters described the song as "annoying" but admitted the band's stereotypes of homosexuals were somewhat accurate, "especially the Depeche Mode part".