"Dicknail" is a song by American alternative rock band Hole, written by vocalist/guitarist Courtney Love and lead guitarist Eric Erlandson.

[3] The single's cover artwork features a prepubescent Love lying naked in a bathtub with the band logo superimposed over the photo.

No, it's not..." Rue: "It sounds like a rationale for a gang bang sometimes, the excuses..." Love: "The words to the song are very simple, they're like, you know in rape cases how people say 'she liked it' or 'she was asking for it' or 'look at how she was dressed'.

In a 1992 interview commenting on the song's overtones of incest and child molestation, Love stated: "The British press [especially] has set me up as someone who lived it, but I think that's really dumb.

"[5] All releases of the single list the songwriting credits collectively as Hole, however BMI's website shows that "Dicknail" was written by Courtney Love and Eric Erlandson.

"[2] Mike Gunderloy of Factsheet Five gave the single a positive review, calling it: "Gurly rock that makes Madonna look like the cheesecake she really is.

The artwork on the front cover of the single features a photograph of a pre-pubescent Courtney Love naked in a bathtub, with the band logo superimposed over it.