"Three Little Pigs" | |||||||||||||
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Single by Green Jellÿ | |||||||||||||
from the album Cereal Killer | |||||||||||||
Released | 1992 (original) 1993 (re-release) |
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Format | Video single, vinyl, CD single | ||||||||||||
Recorded | 1991 | ||||||||||||
Genre | Comedy rock, heavy metal, hardcore punk, punk rock | ||||||||||||
Length | 5:53 | ||||||||||||
Label | Zoo Entertainment | ||||||||||||
Writer(s) | Marc Levinthal, Bill Manspeaker | ||||||||||||
Producer(s) | Sylvia Massy | ||||||||||||
Green Jellÿ singles chronology | |||||||||||||
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"Three Little Pigs" is a song by the comedy heavy metal band Green Jellÿ, from the album Cereal Killer. Released by Zoo Entertainment in 1992 with the original band name Green Jellö, the single was re-released in 1993 under the name Green Jellÿ due to a lawsuit for trademark infringement by the owners of Jell-O.
The song reached #17 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the summer of 1993, and charted even higher in the UK, where it reached #5. The chart success can be partly attributed to the song's unique and heavily aired music video. The song was ranked #35 on VH1's 40 Most Awesomely Bad Metal Songs...Ever.
Written by Marc Levinthal and Bill Manspeaker after a "late-night drinkfest" at Zatar's in Hollywood, the song is a re-telling of the classic fairy tale Three Little Pigs, with modern twists such as pigs who smoke pot and graduated from Harvard, an appearance by Rambo and a Harley-Davidson-riding wolf.
The original hand written lyrics to the song, dated 4/24/89 and written on 2 yellow legal pad pages with the title "The 3 LTL' PIGS...", showing changes and corrections were sold by Bill Manspeaker in 2012.
The song's stop motion claymation music video received regular rotation on MTV, and in 1993 it was certified gold by the RIAA. "Three Little Pigs" was notable for being the first known music single to debut only in video form; when the music video was first shown on MTV, fans could buy the song on videotape, but not on CD. In 1993, however, the single was finally released in CD form.