# Jizz in My Pants
**"Jizz in My Pants"** is a comedy song by the American comedy rap group [The Lonely Island](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-lonely-island) about premature ejaculation at the slightest provocation, which premiered on December 6, 2008 as an "SNL Digital Short" on [Saturday Night Live](https://www.edgepedia.org/saturday-night-live) and as the song's official music video.[1](https://knowyourmeme.com/sensitive/memes/jizz-in-my-pants) It was the first single from the group's debut album *Incredibad*, which was due out in February 2009.[2](https://stereogum.com/1777707/snl_just_the_funny_parts_yes_y/videogum) • [3](https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2008/12/16/JizzInPants/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Artists | The Lonely Island: Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, and Akiva Schaffer[4](https://time.com/3090043/judd-apatow-to-produce-a-lonely-island-movie/) |
| First performance | SNL Digital Short, aired December 6, 2008 on NBC[1](https://knowyourmeme.com/sensitive/memes/jizz-in-my-pants) • [5](https://thetvdb.com/series/snl-digital-shorts/allseasons/official) |
| Album | First single from *Incredibad* (2009), Universal Republic Records[5](https://thetvdb.com/series/snl-digital-shorts/allseasons/official) • [6](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrOUz6Um4Ps) |
| Guest appearances | Justin Timberlake, Molly Sims, and Jamie-Lynn Sigler[7](https://www.tvguide.com/news/jizz-pants-andy-1000645/) |
| Director | Akiva Schaffer, who appears in the video as a DJ[8](https://thetvdb.com/series/saturday-night-live/episodes/4109417) |
| Musical style | Parody of eurotrash dance-club music, with drum-machine beats and heavy synth[9](https://www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2009/02/the-lonely-islands-incredibad-is-just-that) |
| Video views | Over 128 million on YouTube as of September 2013; the remastered official video showed 109,001,269 views and 823,000 likes at its most recent crawl[10](https://www.musicalcomedyguide.com/piece/jizz-in-my-pants) • [11](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLnWf1sQkjY) |
## Production and credits
The Lonely Island is a comedy trio of [Andy Samberg](https://www.edgepedia.org/andy-samberg), Jorma Taccone, and [Akiva Schaffer](https://www.edgepedia.org/akiva-schaffer). On Saturday Night Live, Samberg was a cast member and Schaffer and Taccone were writers, and the group became known for the show's musical Digital Shorts, including "Lazy Sunday" and the Emmy Award-winning "Dick in a Box" with [Justin Timberlake](https://www.edgepedia.org/justin-timberlake).[4](https://time.com/3090043/judd-apatow-to-produce-a-lonely-island-movie/) • [12](https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/00s/2009/BB-2009-02-14.pdf)
The track's credited composer-lyricists are A. Samberg, J. Taccone, A. Schaffer, and M. Forno, with production by Prime, recording by The Lonely Island, and mixing by Brian Sperber; it was released under Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.[6](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrOUz6Um4Ps) Fellow Lonely Island member Akiva Schaffer, who rarely appears on screen, directed the video and appears in it as a DJ.[8](https://thetvdb.com/series/saturday-night-live/episodes/4109417)
## Premise and style
The song's comic premise is that the two narrators ejaculate in their pants at trivial triggers, and the humor comes from a list of absurd situations and the excuses the characters make, rather than from the punchline itself.[8](https://thetvdb.com/series/saturday-night-live/episodes/4109417) • [13](https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/43337/The-Lonely-Island-Turtleneck-and-Chain/) The Tyee described the joke's construction as mixing two things that do not go together: a music video from a genre built on aspirational cool, introducing the most unlikely, uncool thing that could happen.[3](https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2008/12/16/JizzInPants/)
Musically, the Tufts Daily called it "a brilliant parody of eurotrash dance-club music, featuring genre staples such as drum-machine beats and heavy synth."[9](https://www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2009/02/the-lonely-islands-incredibad-is-just-that) Billboard's review of *Incredibad* wrote that first single "Jizz in My Pants" is "crafted to every Pet Shop Boys spec," pairing in-your-face lyrical humor with a faithful musical tribute.[12](https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/00s/2009/BB-2009-02-14.pdf) Stereogum described the number as [Flight of the Conchords](https://www.edgepedia.org/flight-of-the-conchords)-esque and noted that it aired at 12:40 a.m., with a web-only warning that the segment might not be suitable for younger viewers.[2](https://stereogum.com/1777707/snl_just_the_funny_parts_yes_y/videogum)
The video features [Molly Sims](https://www.edgepedia.org/molly-sims) and [Jamie-Lynn Sigler](https://www.edgepedia.org/jamie-lynn-sigler) as the women whose attention prompts the mishap, and Justin Timberlake in cameo appearances as the disgusted janitor in charge of the cleanup.[7](https://www.tvguide.com/news/jizz-pants-andy-1000645/)
## Reception and reach
The short became one of the defining Lonely Island videos. A season 34 retrospective named "Jizz in My Pants" the year's best sketch, crediting its faithful recreation of a musical genre ripe for parody, legitimately clever lyrics, and random celebrity appearances.[14](https://jmunney.com/2010/06/03/snl-season-34-2008-2009-recap/) Billboard's 2014 retrospective of a decade of Digital Shorts listed it among the highlights alongside "Dick in a Box," "Lazy Sunday," "I'm on a Boat," "Like a Boss," "Jack Sparrow," and "[I Just Had Sex](https://www.edgepedia.org/i-just-had-sex)."[15](https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2014/BB-2014-35-09-13.pdf) By September 2013 the video had been viewed over 128 million times on YouTube, outviewing [OK Go](https://www.edgepedia.org/ok-go)'s treadmill video "Here It Goes Again" within six months of release, according to the Musical Comedy Guide.[10](https://www.musicalcomedyguide.com/piece/jizz-in-my-pants)
Phrases from the song, including "I jizzed in my pants," became a catchphrase in memes such as image macros and reaction images, often paired with pictures of people with scrunched-up or shocked faces.[1](https://knowyourmeme.com/sensitive/memes/jizz-in-my-pants) The song also prompted parodies, including the Pantless Knights' response video "Puke In My Mouth," framed as a ladies' answer to the original,[16](https://www.thehypefactor.com/jizz-in-my-pants-response-puke-in-my-mouth/) and "Jizz in my Scrubs!", produced for the University of Sydney Medical Revue *Slumdog Medicare* in 2009.[17](https://vimeo.com/6451076)
## Context in the Lonely Island catalog
"Jizz in My Pants" followed the Emmy-winning "Dick in a Box" and continued the group's run of viral musical shorts; the trio's debut album *Incredibad* collected these videos along with 19 audio tracks.[12](https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/00s/2009/BB-2009-02-14.pdf) Apple Music's album notes place the song among the group's jokes at their own expense, on the subject of being really bad at sex, a theme they returned to as time went on.[18](https://music.apple.com/us/album/jizz-in-my-pants/1440771952?i=1440771969) Reviewers have continued to single the song out: Sputnikmusic's review of the follow-up album *Turtleneck and Chain* noted that the funniest lines in "Jizz In My Pants" are not even about ejaculation, and the NME called it the group's "premature ejaculation classic."[13](https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/43337/The-Lonely-Island-Turtleneck-and-Chain/) • [19](https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/New-Musical-Express/2012/NME-2012-08-04.pdf)
## References
1. [Jizz In My Pants, Know Your Meme](https://knowyourmeme.com/sensitive/memes/jizz-in-my-pants)
2. [SNL Just The Funny Parts: Yes You Can Say "Jizz" On Television, Stereogum](https://stereogum.com/1777707/snl_just_the_funny_parts_yes_y/videogum)
3. [Turning Social Anxiety into Clicks, The Tyee](https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2008/12/16/JizzInPants/)
4. [Judd Apatow to Produce a Lonely Island Movie, Time](https://time.com/3090043/judd-apatow-to-produce-a-lonely-island-movie/)
5. [SNL Digital Shorts, All Seasons, TheTVDB](https://thetvdb.com/series/snl-digital-shorts/allseasons/official)
6. [Jizz In My Pants (audio), The Lonely Island official YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrOUz6Um4Ps)
7. [VIDEO: SNL Did Whaaat in Their Pants?, TV Guide](https://www.tvguide.com/news/jizz-pants-andy-1000645/)
8. [SNL Digital Short: Jizz in My Pants, TheTVDB](https://thetvdb.com/series/saturday-night-live/episodes/4109417)
9. [The Lonely Island's 'Incredibad' is just that, The Tufts Daily](https://www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2009/02/the-lonely-islands-incredibad-is-just-that)
10. [Jizz In My Pants, Musical Comedy Guide](https://www.musicalcomedyguide.com/piece/jizz-in-my-pants)
11. [The Lonely Island - Jizz In My Pants (Official Music Video), YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLnWf1sQkjY)
12. [The Billboard Reviews, February 14, 2009 issue](https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/00s/2009/BB-2009-02-14.pdf)
13. [Review: The Lonely Island - Turtleneck and Chain, Sputnikmusic](https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/43337/The-Lonely-Island-Turtleneck-and-Chain/)
14. [SNL Season 34 (2008-2009) Recap, Jmunney's Blog](https://jmunney.com/2010/06/03/snl-season-34-2008-2009-recap/)
15. [Billboard Magazine, September 13, 2014 issue](https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2014/BB-2014-35-09-13.pdf)
16. [Jizz In My Pants response: "Puke In My Mouth", The Hype Factor](https://www.thehypefactor.com/jizz-in-my-pants-response-puke-in-my-mouth/)
17. [Jizz in my Scrubs!, Vimeo](https://vimeo.com/6451076)
18. [Jizz In My Pants, Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/us/album/jizz-in-my-pants/1440771952?i=1440771969)
19. [New Musical Express, August 4, 2012 issue](https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/New-Musical-Express/2012/NME-2012-08-04.pdf)
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