Jesus Built My Hotrod
| "Jesus Built My Hotrod" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
||||
| Single by Ministry | ||||
| from the album Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs | ||||
| Released | November 7, 1991 | |||
| Format | CD single | |||
| Recorded | 1991 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 4:51 | |||
| Label |
Sire Warner Bros. |
|||
| Songwriter(s) |
Al Jourgensen Paul Barker M Balch Gibby Haynes Bill Rieflin |
|||
| Producer(s) |
Hypo Luxa Hermes Pan |
|||
| Ministry singles chronology | ||||
|
||||
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
"Jesus Built My Hotrod" is a song by American industrial metal band Ministry. Co-written by Al Jourgensen, Bill Rieflin, Michael Balch and Gibby Haynes, it was released in November 1991 as a debut single from Ministry's fifth studio album, Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs. Release went successful, while it was not expected.
The track features a driving beat and speed metal guitar work which backs Butthole Surfers' singer Gibby Haynes' gonzo vocal stylings. It is notable for its polyrhythmic structure with the guitar riff in 5/4 and the drums in 4/4. Guest vocals for the song were recorded by the Butthole Surfers vocalist Gibby Haynes. In an interview for Songfacts website Jourgensen explained the process of collaborating with Haynes during the recording process:
Gibby came down completely drunk off his ass to the studio we're at in Chicago. He couldn't even sit on a stool, let alone sing. I mean, he was wasted. He fell off the stool about ten times during the recording of that vocal. He made no sense and it was just gibberish. So I spent two weeks editing tape of what he did.
Some of the vocal samples are from films, including Brad Dourif in Wise Blood, and Dennis Hopper in Blue Velvet.
The song was released November 7, 1991, a little more than half a year before it appeared on Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs. MuchMusic and MTV championed the accompanying video (which featured, among others, various footage of vintage NASCAR and drag racing events) and it enjoyed repetitive plays on both stations. The photo that adorns the cover of the single depicts a 1970 Chrysler 440 Six Pack V8 engine (equipped with 3 2-barrel carburetors). At one point in the video, a 1970 Plymouth GTX, equipped with the 440 Six Barrel, is shown driving down the street, as the "Air Grabber" hood scoop opens.
...
Wikipedia