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{{Disambiguation|the song|the single|Get Your Gunn (single)}}
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{{Song
 
{{Song
 
| Name        = Get Your Gunn
 
| Name        = Get Your Gunn
| Cover      = PortraitOfAnAmericanFamily.png
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| Cover      = Portrait-of-an-American-Family.jpg
 
| Artist      = [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]
 
| Artist      = [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]
| Album      = [[Portrait of an American Family (album)|Portrait of an American Family]]
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| Album      = [[Portrait of an American Family]]
 
| Released    = July 12, 1994
 
| Released    = July 12, 1994
 
| Recorded    = August–December 1993 at Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida, Record Plant Studios in Los Angeles, California, The Village Recorder and Pig
 
| Recorded    = August–December 1993 at Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida, Record Plant Studios in Los Angeles, California, The Village Recorder and Pig
| Genre      = Alternative rock
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| Genre      = Alternative metal
 
| Length      = 3:18
 
| Length      = 3:18
| Label      = [[Nothing Records|Nothing]], [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
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| Label      = [[Nothing]], [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
 
| Writer      = [[Marilyn Manson]]
 
| Writer      = [[Marilyn Manson]]
 
| Composer    = [[Daisy Berkowitz]], [[Gidget Gein]]
 
| Composer    = [[Daisy Berkowitz]], [[Gidget Gein]]
 
| Producer    = Marilyn Manson, [[Trent Reznor]]
 
| Producer    = Marilyn Manson, [[Trent Reznor]]
 
}}
 
}}
"'''Get Your Gunn'''" is the first single of the first album ''[[Portrait of an American Family (album)|Portrait of an American Family]]''. The song was inspired by the murder of OB/GYN doctor David Gunn who was killed in Florida by an anti-abortion activist. Vocalist Marilyn Manson described his murder as 'the ultimate hypocrisy'. The boy on the cover sleeve of the CD single is bassist Twiggy Ramirez's half-brother Wes Brown.
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"'''Get Your Gunn'''" is the first single and the seventh track of the first album ''[[Portrait of an American Family]]''. The song was inspired by the murder of OB/GYN doctor David Gunn who was killed in Florida by an anti-abortion activist. Vocalist Marilyn Manson described his murder as 'the ultimate hypocrisy'.
  
 
Get Your Gunn was also the first release from [[Nothing Records]].
 
Get Your Gunn was also the first release from [[Nothing Records]].
  
==Appearances==
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== Cassettes ==
===Albums===
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* ''[[The Manson Family Album]]''
* ''[[Portrait of an American Family (album)|Portrait of an American Family]]'' (1994)
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* ''[[Lest We Forget (The Best Of)]]'' (2004)
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===Singles===
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=== Albums ===
* ''[[Get Your Gunn (single)|Get Your Gunn]]'' (1994)
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* ''[[Portrait of an American Family]]'' (1994)
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* ''[[Lest We Forget – The Best Of]]'' (2004)
  
===Soundtracks===
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=== Singles ===
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* ''[[Get Your Gunn (single)|Get Your Gunn]]'' (1994)
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=== Soundtracks ===
 
* ''S*F*W'' (1994)
 
* ''S*F*W'' (1994)
  
==Versions==
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== Video ==
* "Get Your Gunn" <small>&mdash; Appears on ''Portrait of an American Family''.</small>
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{{Videos
* "[[Get Your Gunn (High School Drop-outs)]]" <small>&mdash; Appears on promotional versions of the "Get Your Gunn" single.</small>
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| x7ZOG0Aztsg = Portrait Sessions
* "[[Mother Inferior Got Her Gunn]]" <small>&mdash; Appears on the "Get Your Gunn" single.</small>
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| S4OOS4V39nU = The Manson Family Album
* "Get Your Gunn" (Live) <small>&mdash; Appears on ''[[The Last Tour on Earth]]'' DVD.</small>
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}}
  
==Music video==
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== Versions ==
[[Image:GetYourGunnScreenshot.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Manson playing in the music video]]
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* "Get Your Gunn" <small>— Appears on ''[[Portrait Sessions]]''.</small>
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* "Get Your Gunn" <small>— Appears on ''[[The Manson Family Album]]''.</small>
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* "Get Your Gunn" <small>— Appears on ''[[Portrait of an American Family]]''.</small>
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* "[[Get Your Gunn (High School Drop-outs)]]" <small>— Appears on promotional versions of the "Get Your Gunn" single.</small>
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* "[[Mother Inferior Got Her Gunn]]" <small>— Appears on the "Get Your Gunn" single.</small>
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* "Get Your Gunn" (Live) <small>— Appears on ''[[The Last Tour on Earth]]''.</small>
  
The [http://youtube.com/watch?v=eZ0tBKGF-R8 music video], directed by Rod Chong, features [[Marilyn Manson|Manson]] performing in a damp "attic-like" scene, intertwined by footage of band members and two feisty teenage girls. It did not receive much video play. It is one of the three music videos featuring Manson not wearing makeup.
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== Music video ==
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[[File:GetYourGunnScreenshot.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|Manson playing in the music video]]
  
==Lyrics==
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The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phjXoYqYE2U music video], directed by Rod Chong, features [[Marilyn Manson|Manson]] performing in a damp "attic-like" scene, intertwined by footage of band members and two feisty teenage girls. It did not receive much video play.
    goddamn your righteous hand
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    i eat innocent meat
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== Lyrics ==
    the housewife i will beat
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    goddamn your righteous hand
    the prolife i will kill
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    i eat innocent meat
    what you won't do i will
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    the housewife i will beat
    i bash myself to sleep
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    the prolife i will kill
    what you sow i will reap
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    what you won't do i will
    i scar myself you see
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    i bash myself to sleep
    i wish i wasn't me
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    what you sow i will reap
    i am the little stick
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    i scar myself you see
    you stir me into shit
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    i wish i wasn't me
    i hate therefore i am
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    i am the little stick
    goddamn your righteous hand
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    you stir me into shit
    goddamn, goddamn,
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    i hate therefore i am
    goddamn, goddamn
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    goddamn your righteous hand
    pseudo-morals work real well
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    goddamn, goddamn,
    on the talk shows for the weak
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    goddamn, goddamn
    but your selective judgements
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    pseudo-morals work real well
    and goodguy badges
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    on the talk shows for the weak
    don't mean a fuck to me
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    but your selective judgements
    i throw a little fit
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    and goodguy badges
    i slit my teenage wrist
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    don't mean a fuck to me
    the most that I can learn
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    i throw a little fit
    is in records that you burn
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    i slit my teenage wrist
    get your gunn, get your gunn,
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    the most that I can learn
    get your gunn, get your gunn
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    is in records that you burn
    pseudo morals work real well
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    get your gunn, get your gunn,
    on the talk shows for the weak
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    get your gunn, get your gunn
    but your selective judgements
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    pseudo-morals work real well
    and goodguy badges
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    on the talk shows for the weak
    don't mean a fuck to me
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    but your selective judgements
    i am the vhs
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    and goodguy badges
    record me with your fist
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    don't mean a fuck to me
    you want me to save the world
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    i am the vhs
    i'm just a little girl
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    record me with your fist
    pseudo-morals work real well
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    you want me to save the world
    on the talk shows for the weak
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    i'm just a little girl
    but your selective judgements
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    pseudo-morals work real well
    and goodguy badges
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    on the talk shows for the weak
    don't mean a fuck to me
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    but your selective judgements
    get your gunn, get your gunn,
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    and goodguy badges
    get your gunn, get your gunn... get
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    don't mean a fuck to me
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    get your gunn, get your gunn,
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    get your gunn, get your gunn... get
  
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
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[[File:Scott-Putesky-Get-Your-Gunn-Set.jpg|thumbnail|right|150px|Scott Putesky, better known as Daisy Berkowitz, on the set of the "Get Your Gunn" music video.]]
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* "[[Snake Eyes and Sissies]]" was initially meant to be the album's lead single, but "Get Your Gunn" was released instead.
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* According to photos on his MySpace profile, former Marilyn Manson guitarist Scott Putesky, better known as Daisy Berkowitz, can be seen playing a Jackson Soloist in the song's music video. Putesky also states the video was filmed in Texas.<ref>[http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=20040870&albumID=1538771&imageID=28158424 ''In Texas on the set of Get Your Gunn - Ouija Jackson Soloist - lots of fog machine action'']. MySpace Music. [[Scott Putesky]].</ref>
 
* After the lyrics "I am the vhs/Record me with your fist/You want me to save the world/I'm just a little girl" (Which occur at 2:29) a clip from Budd Dwyer's suicide can be heard.
 
* After the lyrics "I am the vhs/Record me with your fist/You want me to save the world/I'm just a little girl" (Which occur at 2:29) a clip from Budd Dwyer's suicide can be heard.
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* The line "I hate, therefore I am" is a play on the phrase "I think, therefore I am", which was originally stated by René Descartes.
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* "The title is spelled with two n's because the song was a reaction to the murder of Dr. David Gunn, who was killed in Florida by pro-life activists while I was living there. That was the ultimate hypocrisy I witnessed growing up: that these people killed someone in the name of being "pro-life." - Marilyn Manson
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* "Get Your Gunn", along with "[[Coma White]]" and "[[Tourniquet]]", was made available to download as a playable track on ''Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock'' on February 8, 2011 as part of the February Megapack.
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== References ==
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<references/>
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{{Videography}}
  
[[Category:Marilyn Manson Songs]]
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[[Category:1989-1995 era]]
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[[Category:Marilyn Manson songs]]
 
[[Category:Songs from Portrait of an American Family]]
 
[[Category:Songs from Portrait of an American Family]]
 
[[Category:Songs from The Last Tour on Earth]]
 
[[Category:Songs from The Last Tour on Earth]]
 
[[Category:Songs from Lest We Forget (The Best Of)]]
 
[[Category:Songs from Lest We Forget (The Best Of)]]
 
[[Category:Songs appearing on soundtracks]]
 
[[Category:Songs appearing on soundtracks]]
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[[Category:Marilyn Manson songs with music videos]]

Latest revision as of 09:31, 6 February 2024

This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. This article is about the song
"Get Your Gunn"
Get Your Gunn cover
Song by Marilyn Manson
Album Portrait of an American Family
Released July 12, 1994
Recorded August–December 1993 at Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida, Record Plant Studios in Los Angeles, California, The Village Recorder and Pig
Genre Alternative metal
Length 3:18
Label Nothing, Interscope
Writer Marilyn Manson
Composer Daisy Berkowitz, Gidget Gein
Producer Marilyn Manson, Trent Reznor

"Get Your Gunn" is the first single and the seventh track of the first album Portrait of an American Family. The song was inspired by the murder of OB/GYN doctor David Gunn who was killed in Florida by an anti-abortion activist. Vocalist Marilyn Manson described his murder as 'the ultimate hypocrisy'.

Get Your Gunn was also the first release from Nothing Records.

Cassettes[edit]

Albums[edit]

Singles[edit]

Soundtracks[edit]

  • S*F*W (1994)

Video[edit]

Portrait Sessions
The Manson Family Album


Versions[edit]

Music video[edit]

Manson playing in the music video

The music video, directed by Rod Chong, features Manson performing in a damp "attic-like" scene, intertwined by footage of band members and two feisty teenage girls. It did not receive much video play.

Lyrics[edit]

   goddamn your righteous hand
   i eat innocent meat
   the housewife i will beat
   the prolife i will kill
   what you won't do i will
   i bash myself to sleep
   what you sow i will reap
   i scar myself you see
   i wish i wasn't me
   i am the little stick
   you stir me into shit
   i hate therefore i am
   goddamn your righteous hand
   goddamn, goddamn,
   goddamn, goddamn
   pseudo-morals work real well
   on the talk shows for the weak
   but your selective judgements
   and goodguy badges
   don't mean a fuck to me
   i throw a little fit
   i slit my teenage wrist
   the most that I can learn
   is in records that you burn
   get your gunn, get your gunn,
   get your gunn, get your gunn
   pseudo-morals work real well
   on the talk shows for the weak
   but your selective judgements
   and goodguy badges
   don't mean a fuck to me
   i am the vhs
   record me with your fist
   you want me to save the world
   i'm just a little girl
   pseudo-morals work real well
   on the talk shows for the weak
   but your selective judgements
   and goodguy badges
   don't mean a fuck to me
   get your gunn, get your gunn,
   get your gunn, get your gunn... get

Trivia[edit]

Scott Putesky, better known as Daisy Berkowitz, on the set of the "Get Your Gunn" music video.
  • "Snake Eyes and Sissies" was initially meant to be the album's lead single, but "Get Your Gunn" was released instead.
  • According to photos on his MySpace profile, former Marilyn Manson guitarist Scott Putesky, better known as Daisy Berkowitz, can be seen playing a Jackson Soloist in the song's music video. Putesky also states the video was filmed in Texas.[1]
  • After the lyrics "I am the vhs/Record me with your fist/You want me to save the world/I'm just a little girl" (Which occur at 2:29) a clip from Budd Dwyer's suicide can be heard.
  • The line "I hate, therefore I am" is a play on the phrase "I think, therefore I am", which was originally stated by René Descartes.
  • "The title is spelled with two n's because the song was a reaction to the murder of Dr. David Gunn, who was killed in Florida by pro-life activists while I was living there. That was the ultimate hypocrisy I witnessed growing up: that these people killed someone in the name of being "pro-life." - Marilyn Manson
  • "Get Your Gunn", along with "Coma White" and "Tourniquet", was made available to download as a playable track on Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock on February 8, 2011 as part of the February Megapack.

References[edit]

  1. In Texas on the set of Get Your Gunn - Ouija Jackson Soloist - lots of fog machine action. MySpace Music. Scott Putesky.