| "Chocolate Salty Balls (P.S. I Love You)" | ||||
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| Single by Chef (Isaac Hayes) | ||||
| from the album Chef Aid: The South Park Album | ||||
| B-side | "O Holy Night" (snippet), "Come Sail Away" | |||
| Released | December 14, 1998[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1998 | |||
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| Length | 3:55 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Trey Parker | |||
| Producer(s) | Rick Rubin | |||
| Isaac Hayes singles chronology | ||||
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"Chocolate Salty Balls (P.S. I Love You)" is a song from the American animated sitcom South Park, performed by the character Chef and featured on the soundtrack album Chef Aid: The South Park Album. The song's vocals are performed by Isaac Hayes, the voice actor for Chef. The song as it originally appeared was in the 1998 episode "Chef's Chocolate Salty Balls", in which Chef creates a confectionery treat, the eponymous Chocolate Salty Balls. He then begins to sing the lyrics that became the basis for the single.
The song was released as a single on December 14, 1998, and reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart and in Ireland. It also charted in mainland Europe and Australia, becoming a top-10 hit in Denmark, the Netherlands, and Norway while peaking at No. 14 in Australia. The song was written by South Park co-creator Trey Parker and produced by Rick Rubin.
- ^ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. December 12, 1998. p. 24. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
- ^ Rath, Derek (November 11, 2005). "Dig It: 'The Ultimate Isaac Hayes'". NPR. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
The collection includes previously unreleased material, as well as a bonus DVD featuring Hayes' South Park character, Chef, performing the raunchy funk tune "Chocolate Salty Balls.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.