Three Little Pigs (Green Jellö song)

Infobox Single
Name = Three Little Pigs


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Artist = Green Jellö
Album = Cereal Killer
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Released = 1992 (Original)1993 (Re-Release)
Format = Video Single, Vinyl, CD Single
Recorded = 1991
Genre = Comedy, Metal
Length = 5:53
Label = Zoo Entertainment
Writer = Green Jellÿ
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Certification = Gold
Last single = -
This single = "Three Little Pigs"
(1992)
Next single = "Anarchy in the U.K." (1993)Extra chronology
Artist = Green Jellÿ
Last single = "House Me Teenage Rave" (1993)
This single = "Three Little Pigs" (1993)
Next single = "The Bear Song" (1994)"Three Little Pigs" is a song by the comedy heavy metal band Green Jellö, from the album "Cereal Killer", released by Zoo Entertainment in 1992. The single was later re-released in 1993 under the name "Green Jellÿ", due to a lawsuit. The song reached #17 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the summer of 1993, and charted even higher in the UK, where it peaked at #5.

Track Listings

Vinyl Pressing

# "Three Little Pigs" - 5:53

1993 CD Pressing

#"Three Little Pigs (Edit)" - 4:29
#"Three Little Pigs (Full Length Version)" - 5:54
#"Obey The Cowgod" - 3:09

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 such as pot-smoking pigs, an appearance by Rambo, and a Harley-Davidson-riding wolf. Although written by the band, the song is extremely similar to Mucky Pup's song entitled "Little Pigs," which, in essence, the story being retold as a heavy metal song.

"Three Little Pigs" features a cameo by Tool lead singer Maynard James Keenan, who was the roommate of Green Jellÿ singer Bill Manspeaker. Keenan sings the falsetto line "Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin".

Music Video

The song's 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.

Personnel

*Danny Carey - Drums
*Bill Tutton, Rootin' Bloomquist - Bass
*Marc Levinthal, Steven Shenar, Bernie Peaks - Guitar
*Bill Manspeaker, Joe Cannizzaro, Gary Helsinger, Greg Raynard, and Maynard James Keenan - Vocalists
*Maynard James Keenan - Vocal Cameo
*Kim O'Donnell and Caroline Jester - Back-Up Vocalists, Floor Tom Drummers

Chart positions

The song was ranked #35 on "VH1's 40 Most Awesomely Bad Metal Songs...Ever"