"Uhn Tiss Uhn Tiss Uhn Tiss" is the eleventh track and the second single from American rock band
Bloodhound Gang
The Bloodhound Gang was an American rap rock band from Collegeville, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1988 by rappers Jimmy Pop and Daddy Long Legs (now in Wolfpac) as a hip-hop group, before branching out into other genres as their career pro ...
's fourth studio album, ''
Hefty Fine
''Hefty Fine'' is the fourth studio album by American alternative rock band Bloodhound Gang, released on September 27, 2005. Produced by band frontman Jimmy Pop, it was Bloodhound Gang's third release on Geffen Records following the band's smash ...
'' (2005). The title is an
onomatopoeic
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representation of a typical
four-on-the-floor
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dance beat. Released on November 25, 2005, the song became a top-20 hit in Austria,
Flanders
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, and Germany.
Music video
Directed by Cousin Mike and Kevin Powers of
Mucky Pup
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, the music video consists of a party in a club called the Wiper Room, a toilet-themed parody of the real-life
LA Viper Room. Among the strange things going on in the various "stalls" are a Dutch girl using a butter-churn (a reference to the
Kelly McGillis
Kelly Ann McGillis (born July 9, 1957) is an American stage actress. She is known for her film roles such as Rachel Lapp in ''Witness'' (1985), for which she received Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations; Charlie in ''Top Gun'' (1986); ''Made in ...
in the film
Witness (1985 film)
''Witness'' is a 1985 American neo-noir dramatic crime thriller film directed by Peter Weir, and starring Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis and Lukas Haas, with Jan Rubeš, Danny Glover, Josef Sommer, Alexander Godunov, Patti LuPone and Viggo Mort ...
), a woman spinning around on roller skates, the Japanese band
Electric Eel Shock playing their hearts out (but with no sound), a sullen-looking gangster that holds up a chain of hearts,
Clark Kent
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entering a stall to change clothes to
Superman
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, what seems to be either
Jim Jones
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(complete with
Kool-aid
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History
Kool-Aid was invented by E ...
drinking cultists) or a contemporary
Jesus Christ
Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious ...
, played by
Jemaine Clement
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,
giving out wine,
Telly "Leatherface" Blackwood
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and the Executioner "Maurico Broadway" Wrestlers from Viva La Bam were wrestling, a man in a leather jacket (mimicking George Michael from his 'Faith' video, with the word "regret" printed on the rear) dancing, a robot choking a scientist (played by
David Lovering
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of The
Pixies
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) who is frantically trying to control it, and a man made up as
Tony Montana
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eating powdered sugar doughnuts (which previously make it appear that he is snorting
cocaine
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). Youtuber "Mr. Safety" or "smpfilms" (
Cory Williams
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) is seen dancing in many shots.
Singer
Jimmy Pop
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is the main focus of the video, as he is singing in a bathroom stall. An attractive girl enters the stall next to him and begins to dance. Pop spies on her through a
glory hole
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in the wall of the stall, but happens to stop paying attention as the girl leaves and a dog enters the bathroom. One thing leads to another and before long, Pop thinks he is making out with the girl, but instead it is the dog, a fact which he does not seem to realize. In the dirty version of the music video, Pop lines himself up with the hole to receive
fellatio
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, with the dog still on the other end. He leaves the bathroom, and, at the end of the video, he leaves the club with the dog and a trail of toilet paper coming off his foot. The remainder of the band appear in a few shots.
Natasha Thorp provides the voice of the female singer, but Vera Kopp is the actress that appears in the video. Remixes are included by
DJ Tomcraft
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and
Scooter.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Release history
References
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2005 singles
2005 songs
Bloodhound Gang songs
Geffen Records singles
Republic Records singles
Songs written by Jimmy Pop