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|Alt_name = Waste My Time; WMT
|Alt_name = Saddambombing; Let’s Hunt Him Down, Bomb Saddam
|Language = English
|Artist = Kirk, Mark, & Lopez
|Artist = The Burns
|Genre = Comedy, Alternative Rock
|Genre = Indie Rock, Alternative Rock
|Length = 1:22
|Length = 2:55
|Year = 1998
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|Media=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.


[[File:SADDAM THUMPING 2.png|alt=The cover art of "Number Two" by Kirk, Mark, & Lopez. Features the trio in bathroom stalls with their names on them.|thumb|
== Background ==
{| class="wikitable"
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.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20010712232449/http://www.amiright.com/parody/2000s/chumbawumba0.shtml</ref>
!Alternative name(s)
 
|Saddambombing, Let’s Hunt Him Down, Bomb Saddam
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).<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20021005225054/http://free.house.cx/~eil/etc/notal_list.html</ref>
 
== Discovery ==
On June 9th, 2024, Reddit user Intelligent-Chip2608 discovered the song on an archived version of the WIYY 98 Rock Baltimore radio station's website from 1998.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1dca3kt/suddam_thumping_found/</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/19980422204019fw_/http://www.98online.com/twisted/saddam_thumping.wav</ref> Kirk, Mark, and Lopez, three of the station's radio personalities, wrote the song, and released it on their 1998 album Number Two.<ref>https://www.discogs.com/release/31177580-Kirk-Mark-Lopez-Number-Two-</ref>
 
== Lyrics ==
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|'''Presumed Lyrics'''
|-
|-
!Artist(s)
|'''(Intro)'''
|Kirk, Mark, & Lopez
We should kill him
|-
 
!Genre
Would be thrilling
|Rock
 
|-
Just to kill him
!Length
 
|1:22 (possibly)
'''(Chorus)'''
|-
 
!Year
Lets hunt him down and shoot him in the head
|1998
 
|-
Lets beat the crap out of Saddam
!Search duration
 
|2018 - 2024
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
|}
|}
]]
 
[[File:SADDAM THUMPING.png|alt=A shirt of Bart Simson punching Saddam Hussein. Text at the bottom reads: "Mess with the BEST... Die like the rest!"|thumb|A shirt featuring Bart Simpson punching Saddam Hussein. The text at the bottom reads, "Mess with the BEST... Die like the rest!". This image was used when the song was lost.]]how to make good page?
== Resources ==
<references />
[[Category:Identified]]
[[Category:Comedy]]
[[Category:Alt-Rock]]

Latest revision as of 22:21, 4 August 2024

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Saddam Thumping
Alternative name(s) Saddambombing; Let’s Hunt Him Down, Bomb Saddam
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]

Resources[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20010712232449/http://www.amiright.com/parody/2000s/chumbawumba0.shtml
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20021005225054/http://free.house.cx/~eil/etc/notal_list.html
  3. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1dca3kt/suddam_thumping_found/
  4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/19980422204019fw_/http://www.98online.com/twisted/saddam_thumping.wav
  5. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/release/31177580-Kirk-Mark-Lopez-Number-Two-
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