At least one reviewer cited the song as evidence of a sea change in novelty songs , observing : " The songs got sicker and more nihilistic . In 1960 , a pretty girl wore an ' Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini ' ; in 1985 , a pretty girl in Julie Brown 's cult classic " The Homecoming Queen 's Got a Gun " grabs a machine gun and does a Rambo on most of the senior class . " The song was ranked No. 488 in the KROQ Flashback 500 of 1988 and No. 324 in the KROQ-FM Flashback 500 of 1996 . It was included in a special by the Australian national radio station Triple J on school songs in 2001 . Brown admitted in a July 2000 interview that after the Columbine High School massacre she no longer felt comfortable performing " Homecoming Queen " , even though the circumstances of the song were quite different from the real-life events , and it had been comic at the time of its debut . " I can be very sensitive about whether I am doing something that will hurt people , " Brown said . " So you are always drawing the comedy line of what you will or wo n't do . " In October 2008 , Brown released a re-written version , " The Ex-Beauty Queen 's Got a Gun , " parodying Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin during Palin 's bid for election with John McCain . Available digitally only , the low-budget recording has Brown singing new lyrics over a previously released karaoke version of the original song . As such , the prerecorded backing vocals sing words that do not match the new lyrics
Columbine High School massacre
Columbine High School massacre
The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun