Throwback Track: Bloodhound Gang – “The Bad Touch”

THE YEAR IS 1999!

• The music is based on the Pet Shop Boys song “In The Night.”

• The title is not part of the lyrics, and the song is often referred to as “Discovery Channel” or “Mammals.”

• The Bloodhound Gang began in 1988 as a small alternative band called Bang Chamber 8. They changed their name to the Bloodhound Gang the following year, a reference to “The Bloodhound Gang,” a segment on the 1980s PBS kids’ show 3-2-1 Contact that featured three young detectives solving mysteries and fighting crime.

• The band broke up officially sometime in 2013, although it took a few years before they ever made any official statement on it.