Insane in the Brain
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"Insane in the Brain" was a hit single for the American hip hop group Cypress Hill. It was released in 1993 and reached number 19 in the Hot 100 chart, and number 1 in the U.S. rap chart. The song was released on the group's Black Sunday album. According to B-Real, the song was actually a diss song aimed at Chubb Rock. The group felt Chubb had ridiculed their style on his 1992 album.[1]
Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine covered this as a Tango Lounge style on the 2002 album Tuxicity. The Connells covered this on When Pigs Fly: Songs You Never Thought You'd Hear.
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The hook line from the song, "insane in the membrane," and the song itself have been featured in other media including:
- "Insane in the Membrane" Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles episode
- "Insane in the Mainframe" Futurama episode
- "The Why of Fry" Futurama episode uses the line "insane in the membrane"
- Dick Togo, professional wrestler, used the song as his entrance theme
- Scary Movie 2 soundtrack included "Insane in the Brain"
- The Simpsons episode "Homerpalooza" included the song being briefly played by the London Symphony Orchestra. The band mistakenly believed that they had ordered the orchestra while high. Also, in the episode "Viva Ned Flanders", Ned accidentally mentions the song by saying "This may sound just a teensy bit insane in the ol' membrane...".
- The song is mentioned numerous times in the movie, Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
- "I Got 5 On It Remix" by The Luniz has someone saying "Insane in the membrane".
The famous opening line (“Who you tryin’ to get crazy with, ese? Don’t you know I’m loco?”) is also mentioned in the media:
- The opening line was said differently in a flashback by Captain Hero in disguise as a Hispanic gangbanger in Drawn Together.
- In Zoolander, Hansel says it to Zoolander before their "Walk Off".
- "It reached #85 in VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the 90's.
- The song is heard in the 2005 film, Fun with Dick & Jane
- The song was used in a show called "Insane In The Brain" which was a modern dance take on the movie "One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest" and was showing at the London's Peacock Theatre from the 27 Feb 2008 – 16 Mar 2008 and was put on by the Bounce Dance Company.
Appeared for a brief moment in 8 mile
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