Protect Ya Neck

"Protect Ya Neck"
Single by Wu-Tang Clan
from the album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
B-side"After the Laughter Comes Tears"
"Method Man" (reissue)
ReleasedDecember 14, 1992
Recorded1992
GenreHardcore hip-hop
Length4:37 (Radio edit)
5:01 (Original, uncensored aka "Bloody Version")
4:52 (Album version)
Label
Songwriter(s)Wu-Tang Clan
Producer(s)Prince Rakeem
Wu-Tang Clan singles chronology
"Protect Ya Neck"
(1992)
"C.R.E.A.M."
(1994)
Alternative cover
1993 re-release
Music video
"Protect Ya Neck" on YouTube

"Protect Ya Neck" is the debut single by American hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan, originally released on December 14, 1992, through Wu-Tang Records and later re-released May 3, 1993 through Loud Records. The song appears on the group's debut studio album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). It was produced by RZA and features eight of the original nine Wu-Tang members.