Your Missus Is a Nutter
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"Your Missus is a Nutter" is a song by the Welsh
Welsh people
The Welsh people are an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language.John Davies argues that the origin of the "Welsh nation" can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman departure from Britain, although Brythonic Celtic languages seem to have...

 satirical rap
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

 act Goldie Lookin' Chain (GLC). It has more of a "rock" sound than their previous records, heavily drawing on a sample taken from Serge Gainsbourg
Serge Gainsbourg
Serge Gainsbourg, born Lucien Ginsburg was a French singer-songwriter, actor and director. Gainsbourg's extremely varied musical style and individuality make him difficult to categorize...

's song Cannabis
Cannabis
Cannabis is a genus of flowering plants that includes three putative species, Cannabis sativa, Cannabis indica, and Cannabis ruderalis. These three taxa are indigenous to Central Asia, and South Asia. Cannabis has long been used for fibre , for seed and seed oils, for medicinal purposes, and as a...

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The video for the song is based on the film Weird Science
Weird Science (film)
Weird Science is a 1985 American teen comedy film written and directed by John Hughes and starring Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, and Kelly LeBrock...

, spoofing the section where the boys wear bras on their heads and create a woman on a computer who becomes real. The "nutter missus" in the video also closely resembles the character of Regan from the film The Exorcist
The Exorcist (film)
The Exorcist is a 1973 American horror film directed by William Friedkin, adapted from the 1971 novel of the same name by William Peter Blatty and based on the exorcism case of Robbie Mannheim, dealing with the demonic possession of a young girl and her mother’s desperate attempts to win back her...

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"Your Missus is a Nutter" is the first single from the group's second album, Safe as Fuck
Safe as Fuck
Safe As Fuck is the second studio album by Goldie Lookin Chain, released in 2005. The first single from it was "Your Missus is a Nutter", reached number 14 in the UK charts, and the second single, "RnB", got to number 26. The phrase "Safe as fuck" is one of the band's catchphrases, along with "You...

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The single reached #14 in the UK. They dedicated the song to Victoria Beckham
Victoria Beckham
Victoria Caroline Beckham is an English singer-songwriter, dancer, model, actress, fashion designer and businesswoman. In the late 1990s, Beckham rose to fame with the all-female pop group Spice Girls and was dubbed Posh Spice by the July 1996 issue of the British pop music magazine Top of the Pops...

, which resulted in them being summoned by the Newport mayor
Mayor of Newport
The Mayor of Newport is the civic figurehead and first citizen of the city of Newport in the United Kingdom. The position is now largely ceremonial, but it still has high-profile rôle in maintaining and promoting the interests of the city and its people...

's office, who also objected to the title of their album, Safe as Fuck
Safe as Fuck
Safe As Fuck is the second studio album by Goldie Lookin Chain, released in 2005. The first single from it was "Your Missus is a Nutter", reached number 14 in the UK charts, and the second single, "RnB", got to number 26. The phrase "Safe as fuck" is one of the band's catchphrases, along with "You...

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In a further controversial incident in 2005, GLC were invited by the Football Association of Wales
Football Association of Wales
The Football Association of Wales is the governing body of association football in Wales. It is a member of FIFA, UEFA and the IFAB.Established in 1876 , it is the third-oldest national association in the world, and is one of the four associations The Football Association of Wales (FAW) is the...

 to perform before the World Cup Qualifying match against England at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium. Perhaps unsurprisingly, given the nature of the band's music and the participation of England star David Beckham
David Beckham
David Robert Joseph Beckham, OBE is an English footballer who plays midfield for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer, having previously played for Manchester United, Preston North End, Real Madrid, and A.C...

, the band dedicated "Your Missus is a Nutter" to the footballer's wife, who was present at the match. The ensuing furore, with the Welsh football authorities having to apologise to the Beckhams as well as expressing outrage at the band's perceived lack of respect, prompted many people to question exactly why the organisers had hired them to play in the first place.
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