"You Never Met a Motherfucker Quite Like Me" (heard on the radio as "...Mother, Mother Quite Like Me", renamed "You Never Met a White Boy Quite Like Me" for the clean album version) was the third single off
Kid Rock
Robert James Ritchie (born January 17, 1971), known professionally as Kid Rock (also known as Bobby Shazam), is an American singer, songwriter and rapper. His style alternates between rock, hip hop, country, and metal. A self-taught musician, ...
's fifth studio album ''
Cocky''. The song peaked at #32 on the mainstream rock charts in 2002. The middle of the song pays homage to
Lynyrd Skynyrd
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's classic "
Free Bird
"Free Bird", also spelled "Freebird", is a song written by Allen Collins and Ronnie Van Zant and performed by American rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. The song featured on the band's debut album in 1973.
Released as a single in November 1974, "F ...
". The 'Live' Trucker version contains the 1st verse of the song before he returns to finish "You Never Met..."
Although the song was the lowest charting song off the album, Kid Rock claims that the "You Never Met a Motherfucker Quite Like Me" T-shirt is the most popular T-shirt at his concerts.
The music video features
Hank Williams Jr.
Randall Hank Williams (born May 26, 1949), known professionally as Hank Williams Jr. or Bocephus, is an American singer-songwriter and musician. His musical style is often considered a blend of southern rock, blues, and country. He is the son of ...
and
Pamela Anderson
Pamela Denise Anderson (born July 1, 1967) is a Canadian-American actress and model. She is best known for her glamour modeling work in ''Playboy'' magazine and for her appearances on the television series ''Baywatch'' (1992–1997).
Anders ...
. The video takes a shot at the group
Radiohead
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as he wipes himself with toilet paper that says Radiohead on it.
The song was featured in the video game
WWE 2K18
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under the title "You Never Met A White Boy Quite Like Me", it was one of 11 tracks selected by
The Rock (also known as actor
Dwayne Johnson
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) for the game.
Track listing
#"You Never Met a Motherfucker Quite Like Me" (Radio Edit)
#"You Never Met a Motherfucker Quite Like Me" (Radio Bleep Edit)
#"You Never Met a Motherfucker Quite Like Me" (Album Version)
Charts
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2002 singles
Kid Rock songs
Atlantic Records singles
Music videos directed by Robert Hales
Songs written by Kid Rock
Songs written by Ronnie Van Zant