You Are What You Is (song)
| "You Are What You Is" | ||||
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| Single by Frank Zappa | ||||
| from the album You Are What You Is | ||||
| B-side |
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| Released | 1981 | |||
| Recorded | May 9, 1981 | |||
| Genre | Boogie rock | |||
| Length | 4:23 | |||
| Label | Barking Pumpkin | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Frank Zappa | |||
| Producer(s) | Frank Zappa | |||
| Frank Zappa singles chronology | ||||
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"You Are What You Is" is a single which Frank Zappa released from his 1981 album of the same title. The song is known for going out of its way to use improper English, basically mocking the rest of its context. It was the B-side for 1982 single "Valley Girl". This song was also remixed for the 1984 album Thing-Fish.