Slack Motherfucker

"Slack Motherfucker"
Single by Superchunk
from the album Superchunk
B-side
  • "Night Creatures"
ReleasedApril 1, 1990 (1990-04-01)
RecordedJanuary 18–19, 1990
StudioDuck Kee Studios (Raleigh, North Carolina)
Genre
Length2:52
LabelMerge
Songwriters
  • Mac McCaughan
  • Laura Ballance
  • Chuck Garrison
  • Jack McCook
Superchunk singles chronology
"What Do I"
(1989)
"Slack Motherfucker"
(1990)
"Tower"
(1991)

"Slack Motherfucker" is a song by American rock band Superchunk. It was the first single released from the band's debut, self-titled album (1990). The song was penned by vocalist and guitarist Mac McCaughan in reference to an indolent co-worker he had at the time. Credited to all four band members, it was the band's second single and first to be released under the name Superchunk.

Issued as a 7-inch single in April 1990, "Slack Motherfucker" rapidly became one of the band's best-known songs. It has been credited with popularizing the "slacker" stereotype, and as a blueprint for future indie rock music.