Use Your Fingers
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Use Your Fingers is the Bloodhound Gang's first album. It was released on July 18, 1995 by Cheese Factory Records.
and Daddy Long Legs unless noted.
"One Way" contains a sample from "Theme From Sanford & Son," and initially, according to the band's website prior to 2004, resulted in a cease and desist from Quincy Jones
(it was ultimately resolved - Jones received co-writing credit, and the song remains on the album. The band has described the album as "the one that resulted in the most cease and desist orders in the band's history.").
"She Ain't Got No Legs" originally contained a sample from The Cure
, but frontman Robert Smith
refused to grant permission.
"Coo Coo Ca Choo" originally contained a sample from "Sunshine of Your Love
" by Cream
, but guitarist Eric Clapton
refused permission, so had to be replaced with a live guitar part (played by Lüpüs Thünder).
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Jimmy PopJimmy Pop
Jimmy Pop is an American musician, best known as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, main songwriter, and founding member of the band Bloodhound Gang.-Biography:After graduating from Perkiomen Valley High School in 1990, he studied mass communication and history at Temple...
and Daddy Long Legs unless noted.
- "Rip Taylor Is God" – 1:23 (featuring Rip TaylorRip TaylorCharles Elmer "Rip" Taylor, Jr. is an American actor and comedian.-Early life:Taylor was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Elizabeth, a waitress, and Charles Elmer Taylor, Sr., a musician. As a young man, Taylor served in the Korean War while in the U.S...
) - "We Are the Knuckleheads" – 2:39
- "Legend in My Spare Time" – 3:05
- "B.H.G.P.S.A." – 0:22
- "Mama SayMama Say"Mama Say" is the debut single of the Bloodhound Gang. It was originally released as a single from the band's 1994 EP, Dingleberry Haze, but is usually associated with the 1995 album Use Your Fingers...
" (Pop, Legs, Duran DuranDuran DuranDuran Duran are an English band, formed in Birmingham in 1978. They were one of the most successful bands of the 1980s and a leading band in the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" of the United States...
) – 2:59 - "Kids in AmericaKids in America (Kim Wilde song)"Kids in America" is a New Wave song by British singer Kim Wilde, released in the United Kingdom as her debut single in January 1981, and in the US in 1982. It has famously been covered by many artists from different genres.-Background:...
" (Wilde, Wilde) – 4:23 (cover of Kim WildeKim WildeKim Wilde is an English pop singer, author and television presenter who burst onto the music scene in 1981 with the number 2 UK Singles Chart new wave classic "Kids in America". In 1987 she had a major hit in the United States when her version of The Supremes' classic "You Keep Me Hangin' On"...
's 1981 hit) - "You're Pretty When I'm Drunk" – 3:56
- "The Evils of Placenta Hustling" – 0:19
- "One Way" (Bloodhound Gang) – 3:05
- "Shitty Record Offer" – 0:58
- "Go Down" – 2:26
- "Earlameyer the Butt Pirate" – 0:11
- "No Rest for the Wicked" – 2:50
- "She Ain't Got No Legs" – 2:28
- "We Like Meat" – 0:04
- "Coo Coo Ca Choo" – 2:36
- "Rang Dang" (Pop, Legs, Glover, Robinson) – 3:02
- "Nightmare at the Apollo" – 0:56
- "K.I.D.S. IncorporatedKids IncorporatedKids Incorporated, is an American children's television program that was produced from 1984 to 1993. It was largely a youth-oriented program with musical performances as an integral part of each and every storyline....
" – 2:20 (TV series theme song cover) - "Previously Unreleased Bonus B-Side Independent European Import Bootleg Outtake" – 0:47
Samples
- "Legend in My Spare Time" - "Do What You Want to Do" by T-Connection
- "Mama Say" - "Goodhumor Man" by Blue MitchellBlue MitchellRichard Allen Mitchell was an American jazz, rhythm and blues, soul, rock, and funk trumpeter, known for many albums recorded as leader and sideman for Riverside, Blue Note and then Mainstream Records.-Biography:...
and "Save a Prayer" by Duran DuranDuran DuranDuran Duran are an English band, formed in Birmingham in 1978. They were one of the most successful bands of the 1980s and a leading band in the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" of the United States... - "One Way" - "Boogie Shoes" by KC & The Sunshine Band and "Theme from Sanford & Son" by Quincy JonesQuincy JonesQuincy Delightt Jones, Jr. is an American record producer and musician. A conductor, musical arranger, film composer, television producer, and trumpeter. His career spans five decades in the entertainment industry and a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 27 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend...
- "We Like Meat" - Quote taken from 1953 film Stalag 17Stalag 17Stalag 17 is a 1953 war film which tells the story of a group of American airmen held in a German World War II prisoner of war camp, who come to suspect that one of their number is a traitor...
- "Rang Dang" - "White Lines" by Grandmaster FlashGrandmaster FlashJoseph Saddler better known as King Grandmaster Flash, is an American hip hop musician and DJ; one of the pioneers of hip-hop DJing, cutting, and mixing....
and "Not to Touch the Earth" by the DoorsThe DoorsThe Doors were an American rock band formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, California, with vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, drummer John Densmore, and guitarist Robby Krieger...
"One Way" contains a sample from "Theme From Sanford & Son," and initially, according to the band's website prior to 2004, resulted in a cease and desist from Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones
Quincy Delightt Jones, Jr. is an American record producer and musician. A conductor, musical arranger, film composer, television producer, and trumpeter. His career spans five decades in the entertainment industry and a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 27 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend...
(it was ultimately resolved - Jones received co-writing credit, and the song remains on the album. The band has described the album as "the one that resulted in the most cease and desist orders in the band's history.").
"She Ain't Got No Legs" originally contained a sample from The Cure
The Cure
The Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several line-up changes, with frontman, vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member...
, but frontman Robert Smith
Robert Smith (musician)
Robert James Smith is an English musician. He is the lead singer, guitar player and principal songwriter of the rock band The Cure, and its only constant member since its founding in 1976...
refused to grant permission.
"Coo Coo Ca Choo" originally contained a sample from "Sunshine of Your Love
Sunshine of Your Love
"Sunshine of Your Love" is a 1967 song by the British supergroup Cream. The song was originally released on the album Disraeli Gears in November 1967, and was later released as a single in January 1968. It is Cream's only gold-selling single in the United States. It features a distinctive...
" by Cream
Cream (band)
Cream were a 1960s British rock supergroup consisting of bassist/vocalist Jack Bruce, guitarist/vocalist Eric Clapton, and drummer Ginger Baker...
, but guitarist Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton
Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE, is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and...
refused permission, so had to be replaced with a live guitar part (played by Lüpüs Thünder).
Bloodhound Gang
- Jimmy PopJimmy PopJimmy Pop is an American musician, best known as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, main songwriter, and founding member of the band Bloodhound Gang.-Biography:After graduating from Perkiomen Valley High School in 1990, he studied mass communication and history at Temple...
- VocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments... - Daddy Long Legs - Vocals, Keyboard
- Skip O' Pot2Mus - DrumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, Backing VocalsBacking vocalistA backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists... - M.S.G. - TurntableTurntableA turntable is generally a rotating platform, and may refer to:-Music:* Turntable, a motor-driven platform that normally rotates a gramophone record at a constant rotational velocity as part of a phonograph....
s, Backing Vocals - Lüpüs Thünder - GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, Backing Vocals
Additional Musicians
- Rip TaylorRip TaylorCharles Elmer "Rip" Taylor, Jr. is an American actor and comedian.-Early life:Taylor was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Elizabeth, a waitress, and Charles Elmer Taylor, Sr., a musician. As a young man, Taylor served in the Korean War while in the U.S...
- Spoken word on "Rip Taylor Is God" - Kyle Seifert - Drums on "Kids In America"
- Rob Vitale - Vocals on "Kids In America"
- Keith O'Quinn - Trombone on "She Ain't Got No Legs"
- Joe Shepley - Trumpet on "She Ain't Got No Legs"
- Kenny Venezia - Tenor Sax on "She Ain't Got No Legs"
- Mike Guthier - Drums on "K.I.D.S. Incorporated"
- Jared HenneganEvil Jared HasselhoffJared Victor Hennegan, better known by his stage name "Evil" Jared Hasselhoff is the bassist for the band The Bloodhound Gang....
- Bass on "K.I.D.S. Incorporated" - J.J. Bottari - Engineer on "Mama Say"
- Richie Gagliadotto - Engineer on "Go Down" and "Shitty Record Offer"
- Rick Denzien - Mix Engineer on "Rang Dang", "We Are The Knuckleheads" and "No Rest For The Wicked"
- Chris Interrante, - Assistant Engineer to Rick Denzien www.slot-1.com
- Jim Janik - Engineer on "She Ain't Got No Legs"
- Robert Friedrich, Troy Halderson - Assistant Engineers to Jim Janik
Personnel
- Tom Ruff - Mastered "Use Your Fingers"
- Aimée Macauley - Art Direction and Design
- Ari Marcopoulos - Photography
- Christopher Bisagni - Photograph of Nicole Brier
- Jed Corenthal, Gerard Babbits - Product Managers