Mutilated Lips
1997 promotional single by Ween
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"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.
ReleasedJune 24, 1997
Recorded1995
| "Mutilated Lips" | ||||
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| Promotional 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] | |||
| Songwriters | ||||
| Producer | Andrew Weiss | |||
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Composition
The 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 was said to give the song a "psych-folk trippiness".[2] The lyrics also make reference to the Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie I. Given the extremity of this lyrical non-sequitur, this reference may be an evolved distortion of the Salassia mollusk.