"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.
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Writing and composition
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--the straw-builder pig escaped the farm where he was raised to begin a new life in Los Angeles, the stick-builder pig is a marijuana-smoking, dumpster diving hippie and preacher from Venice Beach, and the third pig is the son of rock star Pig Nugent with a master's degree in architecture from Harvard University who builds his concrete mansion in Hollywood Hills. The third pig dispatches the Harley-riding Big Bad Wolf by calling in Rambo, who mows the wolf down with a machine gun.
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.
Music video
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.
Censored/changed lyrics
Two versions of the song exist; the only change being the lyrics as to what the second Little Pig was doing. In the censored/modified version, the lyric was "He was kind of stokin'/spent most of his days in the sun just soakin'". The original lyric was "He was kind of stokin'/spent most of his day just a ganja smokin'". Despite the attempt to remove the marijuana reference, the video does not edit "pot culture" references in this part of the song.
Track listings
Vinyl pressing
- "Three Little Pigs"
1993 CD pressing
- "Three Little Pigs" (edit) - 2.30
- "Three Little Pigs" (full-length version) - 5:54
- "Obey the Cowgod" - 3:09
Personnel
- Bill Manspeaker (as Moronic Dicktator) - vocals
- Maynard James Keenan - guest voice of Three Little Pigs
- Les Claypool - guest voice of Three Little Pigs
- Pauly Shore - guest voice of Three Little Pigs
- Gary Helsinger (as Hotsy Menshot) - voice of Rambo
- C.J. Buscaglia (as Jesus Quisp) - guitars, producer
- Steven Shenar (as Sven Seven) - guitars
- Michael Bloomquist (as Rootin') - bass
- Joe Russo (as Mother Eucker) - bass
- Danny Carey (as Danny Longlegs) - drums
Chart positions
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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