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There are two versions of the video. The first video received airplay on MTV Hits in the UK and is the one without the Loser slogan, whereas the second version got airplay on EMAP channels across the UK, and is the one with the Loser slogan. |
There are two versions of the video. The first video received airplay on MTV Hits in the UK and is the one without the Loser slogan, whereas the second version got airplay on EMAP channels across the UK, and is the one with the Loser slogan. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 16:25, 16 June 2009
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"Teenage Dirtbag" is a single by Wheatus, released in 2000. It was included on the soundtrack of the movie Loser. The single was massively successful in Australia, spending three weeks at #1, and becoming the second-highest selling single of the year. It also reached #2 in the United Kingdom and #2 in Germany.
This song appears on Wheatus's eponymous debut album, also released in 2000. In 2005, British girl group Girls Aloud covered the song for their tour. It was later featured as a b-side to their single "Whole Lotta History". A studio recording cover by Girls Aloud is included on a special BBC Radio 1 compilation CD, Radio 1. Established 1967, celebrating 40 years of the station. It has also been covered by the all-girl Belgian Scala Choir,[1] and is regularly covered live by Dashboard Confessional. It has also been covered by the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
The song was also featured at number 69 on the top 100 greatest pop songs of all time on the UK music channel, "The Hits".
For the radio version, from the sentence "He brings a gun to school" the word "Gun" was removed due to the Columbine High School massacre one year previously.
Track listing
- "Teenage Dirtbag" – 4:17
- "I'd Never Write a Song About You" – 3:38
- "Pretty Girl" – 4:29
Music video
The video clip alludes to the film Loser, with Jason Biggs playing a nerdy character similar to that in the movie, and Mena Suvari as a love interest who initially takes no notice of him, until she asks him out at the high school prom, much to his joy (it should be noted that the film itself actually takes place during college, not high school). However, in some versions of the music video a large glitter ball falls from the ceiling and strikes him on the head, after which he wakes up having fallen asleep while doing his homework. Both Jason Biggs and Mena Suvari appear in the movie American Pie and its sequel American Pie 2, causing the popular misconception that the song appears in one of these movies.
There are two versions of the video. The first video received airplay on MTV Hits in the UK and is the one without the Loser slogan, whereas the second version got airplay on EMAP channels across the UK, and is the one with the Loser slogan.
Adam Gerard Dorton is a dirtbag