The song's vocals are performed by Isaac Hayes, the voice actor for Chef.

It also charted in mainland Europe and Australia, becoming a top-10 hit in Denmark, the Netherlands, and Norway while peaking at No.

The song was written by South Park co-creator Trey Parker and produced by Rick Rubin.

The song's first and second verses feature Chef listing the ingredients for his "Chocolate Salty Balls", an innuendo meaning testicles (even though the lyrics throughout refer to the edible food, as mentioned earlier).

During the song's final verse, Chef becomes concerned that his Chocolate Salty Balls have become burned, and urges his lover to blow on them.

A rare alternate radio version of the song removes the "I'm Chef" intro, the musical outro and subsequent audience cheer found in the Chef Aid: The South Park Album version making it sound more like a traditional studio recording.

2, behind the Spice Girls' "Goodbye", missing out on the top spot by 8,000 copies and garnering the most weekly sales for a song at No.

[7] The following week, the track dethroned "Goodbye", giving Isaac Hayes his first and only number-one hit in the UK.