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1994 single by E-40 featuring The Click From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Captain Save a Hoe" (clean version titled "Captain Save Them Thoe") is a single by American rapper E-40 featuring hip hop group The Click. It is the lead single from E-40's EP The Mail Man (1993). It is E-40's breakthrough hit and one of his most well-known songs. It has been featured in the soundtrack of the video game Grand Theft Auto V.
"Captain Save a Hoe" | ||||
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Single by E-40 featuring The Click | ||||
from the EP The Mail Man | ||||
Released | July 27, 1994 | |||
Recorded | 1993 | |||
Genre | Hip hop | |||
Length | 4:47 | |||
Label | Sick Wid It | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Studio Ton | |||
E-40 singles chronology | ||||
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The Click singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Captain Save a Hoe" on YouTube |
The slang phrase "captain save a hoe" has come to mean a man who spends an excessive amount of time and money trying to please a woman, usually a promiscuous one. According to E-40, his inspiration for writing the song was that a lot of his friends were acting like that. Producer Studio Ton produced a "heavy mobbed out baseline" for the track, while E-40 came up with the idea and title. D-Shot of The Click thought of the hook, which was inspired by the song "Double Dutch Bus" by Frankie Smith.[1]
The song criticizes a man who tries to "save" and impress women, especially when their help is unneeded. It ironically depicts this man as a superhero-like character called "Captain Save A Hoe".[1]
The single was released through E-40's independent record label Sick Wid It Records. The song became more successful than expected and a clean version of the song was subsequently made, with the title "Captain Save Them Thoe".[1] Following its regional popularity, E-40 signed to Jive Records. The label re-released the single on 12".[2] The song also popularized the phrase used in the title.
The song was praised by music critics for its 1970s-sounding "radio-friendly, laid-back groove".[3]
Some feminists critiqued the song. Historian and cultural critic Davarian Baldwin notes that it portrays black women as gold-diggers who use their sexuality to take black men's meager earnings.[4]
The song "Saved", by American singer Ty Dolla Sign featuring E-40, interpolates and pays homage to "Captain Save a Hoe". In 2020, American musician Fantastic Negrito reinvented the song in a track called "Searching for Captain Save a Hoe", which also features a verse from E-40.[5]
Chart (1994) | Peak position |
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US Billboard Hot 100[6] | 94 |
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[7] | 63 |
US Hot Rap Songs (Billboard)[8] | 12 |
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