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Post by FreakyFlyBry on Nov 7, 2003 22:01:48 GMT -5
This was their biggest hit on the pop chart, peaking at #19 back in 1999.
I loved this song... it was huge back when I was in grade 11 in high school. I guess I could really relate to the lyrics... and it's a great song to just crank up at any time. All in all, it was a cool tune... it spent 4 non-consecutive weeks at #1 on my chart and finished at #6 for the year.
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Post by JCMF3 on Nov 7, 2003 22:56:56 GMT -5
Yeah!!!  I LOVED this song and the video for it!! If I had a chart at the time, I would have had this as a top 10 for sure. |
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Post by Unexpected on Nov 7, 2003 23:43:37 GMT -5
Hilarious song yesterday, hilarious song today!
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Post by BFMR on Nov 8, 2003 0:22:09 GMT -5
a big time novelty, it got annoying when overplayed (which it was) but occasionally it's good to hear this
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Post by tico on Nov 8, 2003 0:23:00 GMT -5
Funny song and funny video. Offspring has a lot of good songs.
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Post by Jeff on Nov 8, 2003 1:25:31 GMT -5
I love this song, especially the Baka Boys remix thereof (had by Open House Party).
"Weird Al" Yankovic skewered it as Pretty Fly for a Rabbi.
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Post by George Tropicana on Nov 8, 2003 2:11:39 GMT -5
I had to roll my eyes when girls at my school used it for some dance routine. It was a fun song but annoying after a while.
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Post by mst3k on Nov 8, 2003 12:12:57 GMT -5
Fun novelty tune... "Come Out And Play" is vastly superior (with a great message), IMHO. :)
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Post by halo19 on Nov 8, 2003 15:25:51 GMT -5
I agree completely with mst3k1 about COAP being much better. It seems as if they tried to make a pop version of this song, which I didn't like. I don't know, it just seems as if they're not nearly as good as they were years ago.
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Post by strong4PMB! on Nov 9, 2003 0:20:44 GMT -5
I liked it.
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Post by Matt4319 on Nov 9, 2003 0:29:26 GMT -5
This was the first Offspring song I ever heard, and I hated it when it first came out. But eventually I grew to like it, along with a lot of their other songs.
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Post by Diablo Cody™ on Nov 9, 2003 22:23:34 GMT -5
I love this song. I'm glad they're back with "Hit That". |
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Post by crash46 on Nov 10, 2003 1:03:02 GMT -5
I agree completely with mst3k1 about COAP being much better. It seems as if they tried to make a pop version of this song, which I didn't like. I don't know, it just seems as if they're not nearly as good as they were years ago. I do too. This is one of those songs whose novelty lasts two weeks tops, then you realize a lot of the lyrics are extremely cheezy and manipulated for a pop smash. |
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Post by Leafstorm on Nov 10, 2003 14:50:54 GMT -5
*sings* "Give it to me baby! Uh ha, uh ha.. Give it to me baby! Uh ha, uh ha..." Loved that track and that hilarious video!
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Post by reception on Apr 2, 2004 7:35:41 GMT -5
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Post by Chelsea Press 2 on May 11, 2005 20:13:26 GMT -5
The song and the video were totally hilarious!
For my English class, when this song came out, we had to write a parody based on a current song, so I made my parody on this song. And I made it be about Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky.
The chorus was, "Give it to me Billy, ooh, ooh, Give it to me Billy, ooh, ooh, and all the interns say I'm pretty fly for a president." The teacher cracked up so much that she had to leave the room to compose herself. Any time someone said the name Billy, she would start laughing all over again.
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Post by kellydicted on May 11, 2005 20:22:23 GMT -5
I love it! I still play it all the time.
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Post by Slinky on May 16, 2005 13:42:49 GMT -5
I love this song, especially the Baka Boys remix thereof (had by Open House Party). Was the Baka Boyz remix the same as the "Low Rider" mix? I remember that getting lots of Open House Party play and it's definitely my favorite version of the song. |
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Post by Hervard on May 16, 2005 16:18:49 GMT -5
Good song. I especially like the beginning, when Kermit the Frog says, "Gunter gleiben glauchen globen"
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Post by hidizzyguy on May 16, 2005 19:55:19 GMT -5
hahaha, lol at ^^^^^^^^^^
uno dos tres quatro cinco cinco seis
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Post by Chelsea Press 2 on May 16, 2005 21:51:54 GMT -5
hahaha, lol at ^^^^^^^^^^ uno dos tres quatro cinco cinco seis That was really funny!  ;) |
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Post by cartman2002 on Jan 3, 2007 21:42:12 GMT -5
Pretty Fly For A White Guy only got to #53 in 1999 despite topping the UK charts
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Post by joker on Jan 4, 2007 14:06:53 GMT -5
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Post by itsbeenaweek on Jan 4, 2007 19:28:45 GMT -5
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Post by BillboardBoy on Jan 25, 2007 13:20:00 GMT -5
I like it, but I like "Why Don't You Get A Job" better.
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Post by johnnywest on Jun 17, 2007 15:18:04 GMT -5
This was on that episode of "King of the Hill" when Hank and his mom and her friends went to a miniatures museum and it happened to be spring break. The college kids were playing this.
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Post by WotUNeed on Jun 18, 2007 14:06:11 GMT -5
This is good and I like it, but it's still probably one of my least faves in the Offspring singles catalogue
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Post by unicorns on Jun 24, 2007 13:10:46 GMT -5
LOVE IT!
Also gotta love the Def Leppard sample in the beginning! ;)
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