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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

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Revision as of 19:53, 23 July 2024

Saddamthumping (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

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

On June 9th, 2024, Reddit user Intelligent-Chip2608 discovered the song on an archived version of the WIYY 98 Rock Baltimore radio station's website from 1998.^[3]^[4] Kirk, Mark, and Lopez, three of the station's radio personalities, wrote the song, and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

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

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

[1] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20010712232449/http://www.amiright.com/parody/2000s/chumbawumba0.shtml

[2] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20021005225054/http://free.house.cx/~eil/etc/notal_list.html

[3] ttps://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1dca3kt/suddam_thumping_found/

[4] ttps://web.archive.org/web/19980422204019fw_/http://www.98online.com/twisted/saddam_thumping.wav

[5] ttps://www.discogs.com/release/31177580-Kirk-Mark-Lopez-Number-Two-

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 |Caption =
 |Alt_name = Saddambombing; Let’s Hunt Him Down, Bomb Saddam
-|Language = English
 |Artist = Kirk, Mark, & Lopez
-|Genre = Indie Rock, Alternative Rock
+|Genre = Comedy, Alternative Rock
 |Length = 1:22
-|Year = ~1998
+|Year = 1998
-|OP = ShanimalsCrackers (?)
+|OP = Unknown
-|Search_started = 2007 (?)
+|Search_started = 2002
 |Search_ended = 2024
-}}[[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?
+|Media=SaddamThumping.mp3}}'''Saddamthumping ('''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 ==
+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>
+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 ==
+{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible" role="presentation"
+|'''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 ==
+<references />
+[[Category:Identified]]
+[[Category:Comedy]]
+[[Category:Alt-Rock]]