Devo - Mongoloid (Vinyl) [Single]

"Mongoloid" is the first single released by Devo in 1977, on the "Booji Boy" label. It was backed with the song "Jocko Homo". Both tracks would later be re-recorded by Devo and appeared on their debut album Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! in 1978.


The lyrics discuss an individual who has Down Syndrome, formerly known as Mongolism. Despite his affliction, he is able to live a normal life so that nobody knows of his extra chromosome. It can be seen as an ironic song referring to the level of intellect and education of the average American being equivalent to a mongoloid, so that he was undetectable in modern American society.


"Mongoloid" was originally recorded as a single released on the "Booji Boy Records" imprint of Man-Ray Music in 1977. The original single was a triple gatefold, held together with stickers. The inside of the gatefold displayed the lyrics of the two songs in either blue or black ink depending on the pressing. The back cover of the single was an image of Booji Boy with the text "We're all Devo! Booji Boy XO."


01. Mongoloid (original version)
02. Jacko Homo (original version)

Devo - Mongoloid (Vinyl) [Single]