# "Ain't gonna suck itself" who wrote it and why

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 17, 2003, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-gonna-suck-itself-who-wrote-it-and-why/208118 "2003-10-17T23:47:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![mblackwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@mblackwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mblackwell)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-gonna-suck-itself-who-wrote-it-and-why/208118/1 "2003-10-17T23:47:05Z")

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I’ve heard this song serveral times on the radio. I like the tune and the lyrics are really funny.

My question is, who wrote this and what the hell did Virgin Records do to him?

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**Author:** ![todd33rpm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@todd33rpm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/todd33rpm)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-gonna-suck-itself-who-wrote-it-and-why/208118/2 "2003-10-26T14:27:21Z")

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It’s written by David Lowery, and it’s on Cracker’s new album _Countrysides_, which came out in the U.S. October 14th.

Virgin Records wasn’t too keen on releasing the original _Countrysides_…when I interviewed Lowery about a month ago for our radio station, he said the label “didn’t get it” (“_it_” being that it was their attempt at an obviously country-influenced album). The label parted ways with the band, and Lowery added the song after the band got picked up by another company.

Lowery tells me that about 95% of the lyrics are b.s., a kinda revenge fantasy. So no, he _hasn’t_ destroyed the master tapes for the Rolling Stones’ _Sticky Fingers_ by letting a popsicle drip on 'em…