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Jimi is the first song from the Butthole Surfers' fourth album "Hairway to Steven".

Background
Jimi was recorded in January Sound Studio in Dallas, Texas in 1988. A demo of Jimi was released on the Butthole Surfer's compilation album 2002 Humpty Dumpty LSD.

Music
Jimi is 12:38, featuring distorted, pitch-shifting vocals, distorted bass and guitar, and drums described as being similar to We Will Rock You.

Cartoon Song
Halfway through the song, Jimi transitions to a different style, which is referred to as Cartoon Song, sounding more like a laidback country/psychedelic style, also making use of various animal sounds; such as an dog barking, or a rooster. Cartoon Song was often preformed live without the rest of Jimi.

Personnel

 * Gibby Haynes – lead vocals
 * Paul Leary – guitar
 * Jeff Pinkus – bass
 * King Coffey – drums
 * Teresa Nervosa – drums