Synopsis

Warrant's video combines a dark crime story with performance footage. Two men in a Louisiana backwoods setting witness Sheriff John Brady and Deputy Hedge carry out a brutal double murder before dumping the bodies in a swamp. As the terrified witnesses struggle with what they have seen, Jani Lane and the band perform among the ruins of an old cabin. The video's moody Southern Gothic imagery gives the song a far more ominous tone than Warrant's usual glam-metal presentation.

Factoids & Trivia

• "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was released as a single in 1991 from Warrant's second album, Cherry Pie.

• The song's title does not refer directly to Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel. The lyrics tell a fictional crime story involving witnesses to a murder and corrupt local lawmen.

• Warrant's album was originally planned to be titled Uncle Tom's Cabin, with the song intended as its lead single. Columbia Records pushed for a more immediate commercial anthem, leading to the creation of "Cherry Pie" and the album's eventual retitling.

• The video was included on Warrant's 1991 video release Cherry Pie: Quality You Can Taste, alongside promotional clips for "Cherry Pie," "I Saw Red," and "Blind Faith."

• The track reached No. 78 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 19 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.