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"The Bad Touch" is the first Single by The Bloodhound Gang off their 1999 album '' Hooray For Boobies ''. This is perhaps the band's most well-known song and propelled the group into stardom, with lyrics such as "You and me baby ain't nothin' but mammals / so let's do it like they do on the Discovery Channel ". It was released in 1999 internationally and, a year later, in the US and UK . The song was also remixed by Eiffel 65 . The music is based on the Pet Shop Boys song "In the Night" (the B-side of the " Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money) " single from the album '' Please ''), and was reportedly written in 1986 by then 14-year-old Jimmy Pop. The song's title is an apparent reference to Child Molestation , a "bad touch" being a child's way of describing the fondling of their genitals or other "private areas", generally by an adult. The song's highly distinctive Video features the band dressed in Monkey costumes with enormous oversized Ear s, dancing around Paris – the Eiffel Tower is visible in many shots. During the video, the band uses Blowgun s to shoot Tranquilizer Dart s into the legs of several passing ladies, carrying them away. They then use a Fishing Rod to dangle a Steak in front of a group of Chef s, enticing them to follow. The band swallow several Mealworm s, before finding two stereotypically Effeminate Gay men in a Café , who are then beaten over the head with Baguette s and knocked unconscious. A Dwarf Mime Artist is captured in a Net and then thrown into a Cage with the ladies, chefs, and gay couple. The band leap around the cage taunting their captives. As the song draws to an end, the prisoners are released and all dance together in formation in the street. The mime artist escapes and is run over by a speeding Renault 5 car driven by Lüpüs Thünder . The uncensored version of the video shows the band playing with Feces and eating it, and a beginning which features them in a doggystyle position rather than performing in the clean version. DJ Q-Ball has stated, on the band's current website message board, that he absolutely abhors the song and asks fans not to request it. REFERENCES The song contains many cultural references. These include (in order):
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