 The singer Stick McGhee, whose recording of "Drinking Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee" was a hit in 1949, claimed that he had originally heard the song as "Drinking Wine, Motherfucker".Later, Johnny "Guitar" Watson had a hit in 1977 with "A Real Mother For Ya".In popular music, the first mainstream rock release to include the word was the 1969 album "Kick Out the Jams" by MC5.