Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous (song)

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"Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous"
"Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" cover
Single by Good Charlotte
from the album The Young and the Hopeless
Released March 15, 2003
Format CD single
Genre Pop punk
Label Epic Records
Producer(s) Eric Valentine
Chart positions
Good Charlotte singles chronology
"Festival Song"
(2001)		 "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous"
(2003)		 "Girls and Boys"
(2003)

"Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" is a song by Good Charlotte, released in 2003. It was the first single released from their 2002 album The Young and the Hopeless. It reached #20 on the U.S. Hot 100.

[edit] Trivia

  • The lyrics parody and make reference to Marion Barry, a former mayor of Washington, D.C. who was convicted on drug charges ("and did you know if you were caught and you were smokin' crack/ McDonald's wouldn't even wanna take you back/ you could always just run for mayor of D.C.")
  • They also reference Johnnie Cochran, a famous attorney who represented stars such as O.J. Simpson, who was acquitted of murdering his wife ("Well did you know when you're famous you could kill your wife/ and there's no such thing as 25 to life/ as long as you got the cash to pay for Cochran").
  • The video features cameos from Kyle Gass and Chris Kirkpatrick. They appear in the courtroom scene - Gass plays the prosecutor whilst Kirkpatrick plays the witness "Chadwick Merryweather Hardy III".
  • The ditzy female witness is called Anna Nicole Smith, a reference to the Playboy cover girl.
  • The dog questioned in the video is Benji & Joel's dog, Cashdogg.
  • Unused court room footage was later used to create "Trial TV", a parody of court room television shows. It was included as a bonus feature on their first DVD release, Good Charlotte Video Collection.
  • This was the first Good Charlotte single to be released in the UK. As such, music channels don't acknowledge the band having the 3 previous singles from their debut album, and often refer to The Young and the Hopeless as their debut album.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous"
  2. "The Anthem" (Demo Version)
  3. "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" (Live Acoustic Version)
  4. "Cemetery" (Live Acoustic)

[edit] External links

Good Charlotte
Joel Madden | Benji Madden | Billy Martin | Paul Thomas | Dean Butterworth
Aaron Escolopio | Chris Wilson
Discography
Albums: Good Charlotte | The Young and the Hopeless | The Chronicles of Life and Death | Good Morning Revival
Singles: Little Things | Motivation Proclamation | Festival Song | Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous | The Anthem | Girls and Boys | The Young and The Hopeless | Hold On | Predictable | I Just Wanna Live | The Chronicles of Life and Death | We Believe | The River | Keep Your Hands Off My Girl | Dance Floor Anthem
Songs: Riot Girl | S.O.S.
Videography
Good Charlotte Video Collection | Good Charlotte Live at Brixton Academy | Fast Future Generation
Labels
Epic Records | Daylight Records
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