Detachable Penis is the best-known song by the band King Missile. The track, a rock composition featuring comical, spoken word-style lyrics, appears on the 1992 album Happy Hour. Its music centers around a distorted, delay-treated guitar riff backed by organ and drum grooves with brief lead guitar improvisation. For the duration of the track, the song title is sung with an interval of approximately 4 seconds. A music video was produced, directed by well-known filmmaker Richard Kern. A signature song is the one song (or, in some cases, one of a few songs) that a popular and well-established singer, or band, is most closely identified with, even if they have had success with a variety of songs. ... King Missile III (current line-up) King Missile is an avant-garde band that has been led in various incarnations by poet/singer John S. Hall since 1986. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Rock and roll. ... Spoken word is a form of music or artistic performance in which lyrics, poetry, or stories are spoken rather than sung. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Happy Hour is the fifth album by avant-garde band King Missile, released on December 15, 1992. ... Delay is an audio effect which records an input signal to an audio storage medium, and then plays it back after a period of time[1]. The delayed signal may either be played back multiple times, or played back into the recording again, to create the sound of a repeating... Riff is also an alternate spelling of Rif, a region of Morocco. ... Lead guitar refers to a role within a popular music band, especially a rock band, that provides melody or melodic material, as opposed to the rhythm of the rhythm guitar, bass, and drums. ... Richard Kern (born 1954) is a New York underground filmmaker and photographer. ...

Lyrics

"Detachable Penis" is narrated by the unnamed owner of the eponymous member. Apparently residing in Manhattan's East Village, he wakes up with a bad hangover to discover that his detachable penis is missing. After searching his apartment, calling the location of the party he attended the night before, and querying all his friends, the narrator is unable to locate his penis. East Village Also known as Newmyers Seven Nuts, named for its inventor Chris Newmyer, East Village is a community card poker game. ... A hangover (veisalgia) describes the sum of unpleasant physiological effects following heavy consumption of alcoholic beverages. ... The penis (plural penises, penes) is an external male sexual organ. ... An apartment estate in Singapore; such blocks make up the majority of public housing in Singapore. ...

Depressed, the narrator goes to the Kiev Restaurant for breakfast, and afterwards, while walking "toward St. Mark's Place," discovers his penis for sale "on a blanket next to a broken toaster oven". The man selling the penis asks $22 for it, but the narrator is able to talk him down to $17. The narrator then takes his penis home, washes it off, and puts it on. With his penis back in place, the narrator says he is happy again. The song ends with the narrator declaring, "Even though sometimes it's a pain in the ass, I like having a detachable penis." The Kiev Restaurant (also known as the Kiev Diner or simply the Kiev) was a Ukrainian restaurant located in the East village section of New York City. ... St. ... A toaster is a machine for toasting food such as sliced bread and bagels. ...

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Misattribution

The song is frequently misattributed as being by The Cramps, The Flaming Lips, Primus, The Dead Milkmen, Butthole Surfers, Denis Leary, They Might Be Giants, King Crimson, Ween, Nada Surf, or Suicidal Tendencies.[1]. The Cramps are a rock band originally formed in 1972. ... The Flaming Lips (formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1983) are a Grammy-award winning[1] American alternative rock band. ... Primus is a Grammy-nominated American rock band formed in California in the mid-1980s. ... The Dead Milkmen was a satirical punk rock/pop band that formed in 1983 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... Butthole Surfers are an American punk band, founded by lead vocalist Gibby Haynes and guitarist Paul Leary in San Antonio, Texas, in 1981. ... Denis Colin Leary (b. ... They Might Be Giants (commonly abbreviated to TMBG) is an American alternative rock duo consisting of John Linnell and John Flansburgh that formed in 1982. ... King Crimson are an English musical group founded by guitarist Robert Fripp and drummer Michael Giles in 1969. ... Ween is an alternative rock group formed in 1984 in New Hope, Pennsylvania when Aaron Freeman and Mickey Melchiondo met in a junior high school typing class. ... Nada Surf is an American alternative rock / indie rock group formed in 1992. ... Suicidal Tendencies are a hardcore punk band formed in 1982 in Venice, California. ...