The Real Song For The Deaf is a hidden pre-gap track on QOTSA's third studio album, Songs For The Deaf. To access this song, you must own a CD copy of the album (or get it on iTunes, where it's listed in plain site as a track... lame.) and you have to put the CD in a CD player. You remember those? Then, when You Think I Ain't Worth A Dollar, But I Feel Like A Millionaire starts playing, hit rewind. The CD will rewind past the beginning of Millionaire and to a whole hidden track before it. Technology is cool, ain't it? The track starts with a robotic voice saying "Huh? What?" so, when you hear words as you're rewinding, stop and hit play. That's how you hear this kickass track.

Fun fact: To make this track, they rubbed balloons against the mics to make a frequency that deaf people can feel. I'm not even joking.





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Versions Edit

The Real Song For The Deaf Edit

This is the only known version of the track. At a compact one minute and thirty-three seconds, it's no You Can't Quit Me Baby. Starting with a robo-voice saying "Huh? What?" in a confuzzled tone, a bassline slowly fades in. It's later joined by quiet synth until it all builds up with a soft, rapid percussion sound. After the song itself, you hear the sound of keys shaking, as they are going into the ignition of the car we're starting in the next track.

Live Edit

This song has never been performed live.

Lyrics Edit

Huh? What?