Peak
52
Weeks
12
Score
690
Chart Year
2000
he song's video features the band dressed in "MonkeyRat" costumes with oversized ears, in numerous locations in Paris, including the Place de l'Estrapade, Avenue de Saxe, and Champ de Mars; the Eiffel Tower is visible in many shots. During the video, the band uses blowguns to shoot tranquilizer darts into the buttocks of four passing young women, then carry them away. They then use a fishing rod to dangle a croissant in front of a group of chefs, enticing them to follow. The band members dance around for a few seconds and then lure three chefs into following them. The band members swallow several mealworms before finding two effeminate gay men in a café, who are then beaten over the head with baguettes and knocked unconscious. A mime artist played by actor Jordan Prentice is captured in a net then thrown into a cage with the four women, three chefs and gay couple in a parody of animal-collectors capturing frightened specimens. The band leap around the cage, taunting their captives. As the song draws to an end, the prisoners are released and all dance together in formation in the street. The mime artist escapes and is run over by a speeding Renault 5 car driven by Lüpüs Thünder. The uncensored version of the video shows the band playing with and eating a brown semi-liquid food, with the implication it is diarrhea, and a beginning which features them feigning sex in a doggy-style position rather than dancing as in the clean version. The violent capture of the gay couple is also missing from some versions.
The lyrics to this song are a continuous stream of sexual innuendoes, climaxing in a throbbing orgy of metaphors, transforming even the most sterile of items (a coffee maker, hashbrowns, the children's game Battleship) into objects of arousal. The chorus calls forth the Discovery Channel, where it is sometimes possible to see animals mating. 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 phrase "Bad Touch" is something children are told to shout to avoid being sexually molested.
Haha, well now We call this the act of mating But there are several other very important differences Between human beings and animals that you should know about (I'd appreciate your input) Sweat, baby, sweat, baby sex is a Texas drought Me and you do the kind of stuff that only Prince would sing about So put your hands down my pants and I'll bet you'll feel nuts Yes, I'm Siskel, yes, I'm Ebert And you're getting two thumbs up You've had enough of two-hand touch You want it rough, you're out of bounds I want you smothered, want you covered Like my Waffle House hash browns Comin' quicker than FedEx, never reaching apex Just like Coca-Cola stock, you are inclined To make me rise an hour early just like Daylight Savings Time (Do it now) You and me, baby, ain't nothin' but mammals So let's do it like they do on the Discovery Channel (Do it again now) You and me, baby, ain't nothin' but mammals So let's do it like they do on the Discovery Channel (Gettin' horny now) Love, the kind you clean up with a mop and bucket Like the lost catacombs of Egypt, only God knows where we stuck it Hieroglyphics, let me be Pacific, I wanna be down in your South Seas But I got this notion that the motion of your ocean Means small craft advisory So if I capsize in your thighs, high tide, B-5, you sunk my battleship Please turn me on, I'm Mr. Coffee with an automatic drip So show me yours, I'll show you mine, "Tool Time" You'll Lovett just like Lyle And then we'll do it doggy style So we can both watch X-Files (Do it now) You and me, baby, ain't nothin' but mammals So let's do it like they do on the Discovery Channel (Do it again now) You and me, baby, ain't nothin' but mammals So let's do it like they do on the Discovery Channel (Gettin' horny now) You and me, baby, ain't nothin' but mammals So let's do it like they do on the Discovery Channel (Do it again now) You and me, baby, ain't nothin' but mammals So let's do it like they do on the Discovery Channel (Do it now) You and me, baby, ain't nothin' but mammals So let's do it like they do on the Discovery Channel (Do it again now) You and me, baby, ain't nothin' but mammals So let's do it like they do on the Discovery Channel (Gettin' horny now)
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mar 18, 2000 | 70 | 56 |
| 2 | Mar 25, 2000 | 62 | 64 |
| 3 | Apr 1, 2000 | 55 | 71 |
| 4 | Apr 8, 2000 | 55 | 71 |
| 5 | Apr 15, 2000 | 52 | 74 |
| 6 | Apr 22, 2000 | 57 | 69 |
| 7 | Apr 29, 2000 | 72 | 54 |
| 8 | May 6, 2000 | 80 | 46 |
| 9 | May 13, 2000 | 82 | 44 |
| 10 | May 20, 2000 | 92 | 34 |
| 11 | May 27, 2000 | 96 | 30 |
| 12 | Jun 3, 2000 | 98 | 28 |