The title of this song makes reference to The Smith’s song “Bigmouth Strikes Again”, though it bears little resemblance to it lyrically or otherwise. It speaks on American comedian Lenny Bruce who, during the peak of his career in the 1960s, was arrested no less than four times on charges of obscenity, as his comedy made heavy use of crude and sexual language. Although acquitted on his first three trials, Bruce was nonetheless barred from the UK and later found guilty of obscenity in his fourth, sentenced to four months in a workhouse. Had he not died shortly after, his legal battles would have most likely continued. Chumbawamba uses his story as an opportunity to deride those who had censored Bruce’s speech, as well as those attacking “obscene” speech in general.