Saddam Thumping
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| Saddam Thumping | |
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| Alternative name(s) | Saddambombing; Let’s Hunt Him Down, Bomb Saddam |
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| Artist(s) | Kirk, Mark, & Lopez |
| Genre | Comedy, Alternative Rock |
| Length | 1:22 |
| Year | 1998 |
| Original poster | Unknown |
| Search duration | 2002 - 2024 |
| File:SaddamThumping.mp3 | |
Saddam Thumping (formerly "Let's Hunt Him Down"), is a parody of Tubthumping by the British alternative rock band Chumbawamba, which was misattributed to "Weird Al" Yankovic.
Background[edit | edit source]
In July 2001, the song was first mentioned on a "music humor" site called amiright.com, where the lyrics were published and the song was mislabeled as Suddam by Dandaman.[1]
In 2002, the song made an appearance on the Not Al list, a list of songs misattributed to Weird Al Yankovic on file sharing sites, and was credited as Saddam Hussein (Chumbawumba parody).[2]
Discovery[edit | edit source]
On June 9th, 2024, Reddit user Intelligent-Chip2608 discovered the song on an archived version of the WIYY 98 Rock Baltimore radio station's website from 1998.[3][4] Kirk, Mark, and Lopez, three of the station's radio personalities, wrote the song, and released it on their 1998 album Number Two.[5]
Lyrics[edit | edit source]
| Presumed Lyrics |
| (Intro)
We should kill him Would be thrilling Just to kill him (Chorus) Lets hunt him down and shoot him in the head Lets beat the crap out of Saddam Lets hunt him down and shoot him in the head And bomb Iraq to the ground Lets hunt him down and shoot him in the head Lets beat the crap out of Saddam Lets hunt him down and shoot him in the head And bomb Iraq to the ground (Verse 1) Don't screw with the U.S.A Don't screw with the U.S.A Now if he does attack, we're gonna drop a stack Of missiles on Iraq, and get him off our back And if he won't let us look for all his nerve gas The U.S army is going to kick him in the ass We should destroy, should destroy that Iraqi boy (Chorus) Lets hunt him down and shoot him in the head Lets beat the crap out of Saddam Lets hunt him down and shoot him in the head And bomb Iraq to the ground Lets hunt him down and shoot him in the head Lets beat the crap out of Saddam Lets hunt him down and shoot him in the head And bomb Iraq to the ground |
Resources[edit | edit source]
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20010712232449/http://www.amiright.com/parody/2000s/chumbawumba0.shtml
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20021005225054/http://free.house.cx/~eil/etc/notal_list.html
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1dca3kt/suddam_thumping_found/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/19980422204019fw_/http://www.98online.com/twisted/saddam_thumping.wav
- ↑ https://www.discogs.com/release/31177580-Kirk-Mark-Lopez-Number-Two-