| "I Am the Mob" | ||||
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| Single by Catatonia | ||||
| from the album International Velvet | ||||
| B-side | "My Selfish Gene" | |||
| Released | 6 October 1997[1] | |||
| Length | 3:09 | |||
| Label | Blanco y Negro | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Catatonia, Mark Roberts | |||
| Producer(s) | Catatonia, TommyD | |||
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"I Am the Mob" is a song by Welsh rock band Catatonia from their album International Velvet. It became the band's second top 40 hit, peaking at No.40. The song's lyrics refer to the gangster movie The Godfather, with lines "I put horses' heads in people's beds, cause I am the Mob", and "That Luca Brasi: ah, he sleeps with the fishes".
The song received very little airplay,[citation needed] due to the lyrics being considered[who?] unfriendly for radio stations.
The recording begins with a short sample "from a discussion on bullying lifted from Jenny Jones – an American talk show."[2]
The B-side "My Selfish Gene" later appeared on the International Velvet album.
- ^ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 6 October 1997. p. 37. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ Owens 2000, p. 176.