We Care a Lot (song)

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“We Care a Lot”
Single by Faith No More from the album Introduce Yourself
Released	January 18, 1988
Format	CD Vinyl
Recorded	Mid 1986 Studio D in Sausalito, California
Genre	alternative metal funk metal
Length	4:02
Label	Slash Records
Writer(s)	Music: Billy Gould Roddy Bottum Lyrics: Mosely
Producer	Faith No More Matt Wallace Steve Berlin
Faith No More singles chronology
"We Care a Lot" (1988) "Anne's Song" (1988)
Introduce Yourself track listing
"Death March" (5) "We Care a Lot" (6) "R N' R" (7)
from the album We Care a Lot
Length	4:09
Label	Mordam
"We Care a Lot" (1) "The Jungle" (2)
“We Care a Lot” live
1991 live single for "We Care a Lot"
from the album Live at the Brixton Academy
Length	3:50
"From out of Nowhere" (5) "We Care a Lot" (6) "Zombie Eaters" (7)

"We Care a Lot" is a song by Faith No More. It was released on the studio albums We Care a Lot and Introduce Yourself as well as the live album Live at the Brixton Academy, the latter two also having single releases from them on January 18, 1988 and in 1991 respectively. It was also their second most played song during live performances, behind "Epic",^[1] and sometimes featured altered lyrics and ad-libs in the Patton era performances.

Contents 1 Lyrical content 2 Uses 3 Track lists 4 Charts 5 Footnotes

[edit] Lyrical content

The lyrics of this song are about a range of things the band ironically claims to 'care a lot' about, such as the LAPD, the "food that Live Aid bought", the Garbage Pail Kids and even The Transformers. The original version, released in 1985, mentioned Madonna and Mr. T. This was altered for social relevance in the 1987 re-release.

There was a seven-second-long ad-lib of "The Right Stuff" by New Kids on the Block on the Live at the Brixton Academy version. The song continued to be sung by Mike Patton during the band's later tours, occasionally changing the mention of Rock Hudson in the lyrics to Rodney King.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Uses

• In 2005, the Discovery Channel program Dirty Jobs began to use the bridge portion of the song ("It's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it") as its theme song.
• Canadian punk band NoMeansNo references the song on their 1993 album "Why Do They Call Me Mr. Happy?" in the opening of the song "Cats, Sex, and Nazis."
• The song was released as downloadable content in the music video game Rock Band on Feb. 5, 2008.
• In the live performances of the 1990s, the song is more fast-paced and incorporates disc scratching.

[edit] Track lists

From Introduce Yourself

1. "We Care a Lot" – 4:02
2. "Spirit" – 3:50

From Live at the Brixton

1. "We Care a Lot" (live at Brixton) – 3:50
2. "We Care a Lot" – 03:52

[edit] Charts

UK Singles Chart – 53^[2]

[edit] Footnotes

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