"Mutilated Lips" is a song by American rock band Ween. It was released as the lead single from their sixth studio album, The Mollusk (1997), on June 24, 1997.
| "Mutilated Lips" | ||||
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| Single by Ween | ||||
| from the album The Mollusk | ||||
| B-side | "Ocean Man" | |||
| Released | June 24, 1997 | |||
| Recorded | 1995 | |||
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| Length | 3:49 | |||
| Label | Elektra[1] | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Andrew Weiss | |||
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Composition
editThe song lyrics refer to being under the influence of psychedelic drugs. It explains that such drugs distort an unattractive girl into appearing to have mutilated lips.[1] The song's inclusion of acoustic guitar, bongos, synths, and keyboards were said to give the song a "psych-folk trippiness".[2] The lyrics also make reference to the Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie I.[citation needed]
In other media
editThe lyrics "Mutilated lips give a kiss on the wrist of the worm like tips of tentacles expanding" was directly referenced in the novel The Procession of Mollusks (2009) by Eric E. Olson.[3] The girl from "Mutilated Lips" was also a character in the novel.[3]
Track listing
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Six Appeal Music » 2011 » July". sixappealmusic.com. Retrieved 2015-01-03.
- ^ Shteamer, H. (2011). Ween's Chocolate and Cheese. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 27. ISBN 9780826431172. Retrieved 2015-01-03.
- ^ a b Olson, Eric E. (2008-01-01). The Procession of Mollusks. Astrophil Press. ISBN 9780982225219.