You Have AIDS
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| From the episode: | FG405 - The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire |
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| Singers: | Peter Griffin & Barbershop Quartet |
| Voices: | Seth MacFarlane |
"You Have AIDS" is a musical number featured in the fourth-season Family Guy episode "The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire." The song features Peter joining a barbershop quartet and singing next to the hospital bed of a man with end-stage AIDS.
The gag in which the song was featured drew protests from several AIDS service organizations.[1] Several people associated with the show defended the "You Have AIDS" song, saying the song was meant to be tasteless, "because that's the joke."
[edit] Lyrics and scene synopsis
Cut Scene. Dr. Hartman is talking to a patient in a hopsital.
Dr. Hartman: I don't know how to tell you this, Mr. Devanney, so I'll let these guys do it.
Enter Peter and a barbershop quartet. A sprightly ragtime piano intro begins.
Peter: ♪ You have AIDS ♪
Group: ♪ Yes, you have AIDS ♪
Peter: ♪ I hate to tell you, boy ♪ ♪ that you have AIDS ♪
Group: ♪ You got the AIDS ♪
Peter: ♪ You may have caught it when you stuck ♪ ♪ that filthy needle in here ♪ Indicates arm.
Group: ♪ Or maybe all that unprotected sex put you here ♪
Peter: ♪ It isn't clear ♪
All: ♪ But what we're certain of is ♪
Peter: ♪ You have AIDS ♪
Group: ♪ Yes, you have AIDS ♪
Peter: ♪ Not HIV,
All: but full-blown AIDS ♪
Group: ♪ Be sure that you see ♪ ♪ That this is not HIV ♪
All: ♪ But full-blown AIDS ♪ ♪ Not HIV, but really full-blown AIDS ♪
Bass Solo: ♪ I'm sorry, I wish it was something less serious ♪
All: ♪ But it's AIDS ♪ ♪ You've got the AIDS. ♪
End Cut Scene
