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===Songs and lyrics=== "The HIV Song" was written in the style of circus music, and has dark lyrics which contrast the music. The lead single "I Can't Put My Finger on It" has been described as a funk metal track,<ref name="it"/> while "Drifter in the Dark" has been described as a 1960s-style country ballad.<ref name="it"/> "Buenas Tardes Amigo" has a Latin-influenced sound that is also reminiscent of the work of film composer [[Ennio Morricone]].<ref name="it">{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/chocolate-cheese/40286124|title=Chocolate & Cheese by Ween on Apple Music|date=September 27, 1994|via=music.apple.com}}</ref> "Roses Are Free" has been labelled as an 80s-inspired synth-pop song and an homage to [[Prince (musician)|Prince]].<ref name="dig">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thisisdig.com/feature/chocolate-and-cheese-week-abum-story/|title='Chocolate And Cheese': Behind Ween's Deliciously Weird Cult Classic}}</ref> "Candi" has elements of industrial music and the band have expressed their dislike for the song, with Dean Ween calling it "the worst song that's on any Ween record."<ref>H. Shteamer, ''Chocolate and Cheese'', p.90β91</ref> It has only ever been performed twice, in 1994 and 2019.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://brownbase.org/every_time_played.php?band=all%20bands&song_id=31 | title=Brownbase | Ween Setlists and Statistics | Candi }}</ref> "Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down)" draws from psychedelic music, and originated in 1992, after Dean Ween read a newspaper article about a "hillbilly" who referred to spinal meningitis as "Smile on, mighty Jesus."<ref>H. Shteamer, ''Chocolate and Cheese'', p.76β77</ref> Due to its potentially offensive nature, Elektra didn't want the song to appear towards the beginning of the album, but Ween insisted on having it appear as the second track.<ref>H. Shteamer, ''Chocolate and Cheese'', p.77</ref> "Baby Bitch" is a folk influenced song that was written about Gene Ween's ex-girlfriend. The song came about after she moved back into the area where he and his future wife were living.<ref>H. Shteamer, ''Chocolate and Cheese'', p.89</ref> At one show in 2004, Dean Ween said that the song was about [[Barrett Christy]], a professional snowboarder who grew up near the band's hometown of [[New Hope, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp3GDgia8f8&list=PLCFkKHx7uMC8hgi2v01bd_LMCUC3816Zr&index=21 | title=Ween (6/13/04 Bonnaroo) - B-day Boy | website=[[YouTube]] | date=29 May 2015 }}</ref>
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