Mope

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"Mope"
The cover of the European single release for Mope
Single by The Bloodhound Gang
from the album Hooray for Boobies
Released	September 5, 2000
Format	CD, 12"
Recorded	1999
Genre	Alternative Rock
Length	4:36
Label	Jimmy Franks Recording Company Geffen Records
Producer(s)	Jimmy Pop
The Bloodhound Gang singles chronology
"The Ballad Of Chasey Lain" 2000	Mope 2000	"The Inevitable Return Of The Great White Dope" 2000

Mope is the fourth single off off The Bloodhound Gang's 1999 album Hooray for Boobies. The music video features a man in a Pac-Man suit, portrayed as being on crack.

[edit] Pop Culture References

This song contains the Bloodhound Gang's usual crude and sexual humor, and several clever pop culture references. These include:

• Tupac, a rapper
• Notorious B.I.G., a rapper
• Falco, a Austrian rocker (The song also samples Falco's hit, "Rock Me Amadeus")
• Frankie Goes to Hollywood, a pop group (The song also samples the group's song, "Relax")
• The song also samples Metallica's For Whom the Bell Tolls
• Cold-Eeze, a cold medicine
• Golden Girls, a TV show
• Mayor McCheese, a McDonaldland character.
• Shamrock Shake, a mint-flavored, green-colored milkshake McDonald's serves in March.
• The Weather Channel, a TV station
• What's Happening!!, a TV show; the song also refers to three characters from the show (Rerun, Dee and Rog)
• Silly Putty, a toy for children by Binney & Smith Inc
• Spam, canned meat sold by Hormel
• Colgate, a brand of toothpaste
• "National Geographic", a magazine
• U.P.S., or United Parcel Service
• COPS, a TV show
• King Kong, a fictional giant gorilla
• Tori Spelling, an actress
• Party of Five, a popular TV show from the '90's
• Luciano Pavarotti, an opera singer
• Bo Jackson, a multi-sport professional athlete
• Old Spice, a popular men's cologne
• My So-Called Life, a TV show
• Brut, a cologne by Faberge
• Journey, a rock band
• Flowbee, a vacuum-powered device made for cutting hair
• Kirby, a video game, though this song actually refers to the brand of vacuum cleaners (to which one attaches the aforementioned Flowbee).
• Jonny Quest, an animated TV series
• Etch-A-Sketch, a popular children's toy
• Pac-Man, an arcade game developed by Namco
• The Simpsons, Homer is sampled as the song fades out.

The Pet Shop Boys do a remix of this song. It can be found on the Bloodhound Gang website

This song contains two themes. The first theme (the verses) is about extreme boredom, and how jokingly far someone goes in order to relieve the boredom. The second theme (the chorus) is a joke about the annoyances of masturbation. The lyric "relax, dont do it, when you wanna cum" is telling the listener not to do anything talked about in the rest of the song.