ke ▁described ▁Jo ey ' s ▁vocal ▁performance ▁in ▁the ▁song ▁as ▁an ▁" ex agger ated ▁w ino ▁grow l ▁while ▁Johnny ▁cr ush es ▁the ▁ch ord ▁changes ▁with ▁his ▁tr ash - comp actor ▁guitar ." ▁" An imal ▁Boy " ▁and ▁" Ap eman ▁Hop " ▁were ▁composition ally ▁similar ▁to ▁" C ret in ▁Hop " ▁from ▁ 1 9 7 7 ' s ▁Ro cket ▁To ▁Russia , ▁but ▁were ▁described ▁by ▁True ▁to ▁be ▁" a ▁thousand th ▁as ▁good ." ▁" L ove ▁K ills " ▁was ▁inspired ▁by ▁the ▁Alex ▁C ox ▁bi op ic ▁Sid ▁and ▁Nancy ▁( also ▁known ▁as ▁Sid ▁and ▁Nancy : ▁Love ▁K ills ). ▁The ▁lyr ics ▁relate ▁that ▁the ▁couple ▁will ▁never ▁be ▁able ▁to ▁win ▁with ▁dru gs , ▁despite ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁the ▁song ' s ▁writer ▁himself , ▁De e ▁De e , ▁would ▁later ▁succ umb ▁to ▁a ▁hero in ▁over d ose . ▁Animal ▁Boys ▁fifth ▁track , ▁" She ▁Bel ongs ▁to ▁Me ," ▁is ▁a ▁ball ad ▁written ▁by ▁De e ▁De e ▁and ▁Beau voir ▁regarding ▁un re qu ited ▁love , ▁and ▁features ▁heavy ▁use ▁of ▁synth es izers , ▁while ▁earlier ▁albums ▁would ▁have ▁used ▁a ▁soft ▁ac oust ic ▁guitar ▁or ▁occasionally ▁strings ▁for ▁ball ad - type ▁songs . ▁Side ▁A ▁of ▁the ▁album ▁con cludes ▁with ▁" C rum my ▁St uff ," ▁played ▁in ▁a ▁pop ▁punk ▁style , ▁with ▁repet itive ▁lyr