Dicknail
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“Dicknail” | |||||
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Single by Hole | |||||
B-side | Burn Black | ||||
Released | March 1991 | ||||
Format | 7" | ||||
Recorded | 1990 | ||||
Genre | Grunge | ||||
Length | 3:39 | ||||
Label | Sub Pop | ||||
Writer(s) | Courtney Love, Eric Erlandson | ||||
Hole singles chronology | |||||
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"Dicknail" is the second single of grunge band Hole, with the b-side "Burn Black". It was released in March 1991 on the Sub Pop label as a 7" vinyl record. 1st pressings were part of Sub Pop's single of the month series with grey, light green or pink marble vinyl and wraparound p/s. Later copies were issued with card p/s on green, purple or blue vinyl. The song later appeared on the Hole compilation album My Body, the Hand Grenade as well as the soundtrack to the 1997 film nowhere.
[edit] Meaning
In an interview with Flipside Magazine in 1990, band members Courtney Love and Caroline Rue said this about the meaning of the song Dicknail:
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Love: "We just wrote this song called 'Dicknail'. It's about different kinds of, it's an anti-misogynism anthem. It has a verse about rape, it has a verse about incest, it has a verse about... Okay it's a male-bashing song! No, it's not..." |
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The idea of a woman "asking for it" was one that stayed with Love, and influenced later work by Hole such as the song "Asking for It" from the album Live Through This. In this thematic respect Dicknail can be seen to be an earlier forerunner of this song, even though the musical and vocal styles are very different.
Even though the single was Hole's only appearance on the Sub Pop label, it has nevertheless been reissued as a part of several collections of early Sub Pop music such as Revolution Come and Gone and The Birth of Alternative Vol. 1 alongside songs from contemporaries such as Nirvana and The Afghan Whigs.
Besides the songwriting credits goes collectively to Hole, BMI's website shows that, in fact, both songs were written only by Courtney Love and Eric Erlandson.
[edit] Track listing
All songs written by Hole
- "Dicknail" - 3:39
- "Burn Black" - 4:56
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