You Are What You Is (song)

"You Are What You Is"
Single by Frank Zappa
from the album You Are What You Is
B-side	"Pink Napkins" "Harder Than Your Husband" "Soup 'N Old Clothes"
Released	1981
Recorded	May 9, 1981
Length	4:23
Label	Barking Pumpkin
Songwriter(s)	Frank Zappa
Producer(s)	Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa singles chronology
"Harder Than Your Husband" (1980) "You Are What You Is" (1981) "Goblin Girl" (1981)

"You Are What You Is" is a single which Frank Zappa released from his 1981 album of the same title. The song is known for going out of its way to use improper English, basically mocking the rest of its context. It was the B-side for 1982 single "Valley Girl". This song was also remixed for the 1984 album Thing-Fish.^[1]