"Potholes in My Lawn" is the second single by American hip-hop group De La Soul, released in 1988 from their album 3 Feet High and Rising.
Composition The songs were mastered by record mixer and engineer Herb Powers Jr. The song samples "Magic Mountain" by Eric Burdon & War as well as the signature yodeling and jaw harp on Parliament's "Little Ole Country Boy" off 1970's Osmium.
Release The song was released in some territories as a double A-side with "Jenifa Taught Me (Derwin's Revenge)".
The song is notable for being the first hip-hop song to be played on Mars, by NASA's Opportunity Rover in 2004.
Track listing "Jenifa (Taught Me)" – 4:46 "Skip 2 My Loop" – 1:07 "Potholes in My Lawn" – 3:49 "They Don't Know That the Soul Don't Go for That" – 3:25 "Derwin" – 3:50
Charts +Chart performance for "Potholes in My Lawn"Chart (1989)Peakposition
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