Detachable Penis

Detachable Penis is a song by the band King Missile from their 1992 album Happy Hour and is their best-known song. The song is narrated by the unnamed owner of the detachable penis. In the course of the song, the title is repeated with an interval of c. 4 seconds. Template:Spoiler The narrator wakes up with a bad hangover to discover that his detachable penis is missing. After searching his apartment, calling the location of the party he attended the night before, and querying all his friends, the narrator is unable to locate his penis.

Depressed, the narrator goes for a walk, and sees his penis for sale on a blanket near an alley next to a broken toaster oven. The man selling the penis asks $22 for it, but the narrator is able to talk him down to $17. The narrator then takes his penis home, washes it off, and puts it on. With his penis back in place, the narrator says he is happy again. Ironically, the song ends with the narrator saying, "Even though sometimes it's a pain in the ass, I like having a detachable penis."

=== Song Meaning === For as long as it's been around, there has been a debate about what the song means. One side claims that the Detachable Penis is a metaphor for the writer's girlfriend. They say the song depicts a man losing his girlfriend at a party, calling his friends looking for her, only to find her being sold on the street by a pimp. Finally, he takes her back, and she remains with him until the next party. Several lines from the song seem to support this interpretation: "I don't like being without my penis for too long, it makes me feel like less of a man," or "I was happy again. Complete." The final lines of the song, "Some people say I should get it permanently attached, but I don't know. Even though it's a pain in the ass, I like having a detachable penis," can be interpreted to say that people pressure the narrator to get married to his girlfriend, but he prefers to have a relatively loose relationship. The phrase "Now and then, I go to a party, get drunk and the next morning, I can't remember what I did with it" could signify that the guy's girlfriend heavily disapproves of him drinking alcohol.

The other side claims that the writer was just having fun and writing a silly song about a guy with a detachable penis.

The song itself is frequently mistagged as being by Primus, The Dead Milkmen, Butthole Surfers, They Might Be Giants or Nada Surf.