As Cruel as School Children

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As Cruel As School Children
Studio album by Gym Class Heroes
Released	July 25, 2006 (2006-07-25) (See release history)
Recorded	Alternative, Hip-hop
Length	49:19
Label	Fueled by Ramen Atlantic Records
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Gym Class Heroes chronology
The Papercut Chronicles (2005) As Cruel as School Children (2006)
Singles from As Cruel as School Children
"The Queen and I" Released: August 28, 2006 "New Friend Request" Released: October 23, 2006 "Cupid's Chokehold" Released: December 2006 (re-release) "Shoot Down the Stars" Released: May 2007 "Clothes Off!!" Released: July 27, 2007 "The Queen and I" Released: October 29, 2007 (UK re-release)

As Cruel as School Children is the third Gym Class Heroes album released by Fueled by Ramen. It was released on July 25, 2006. A second version of the album, released on November 4, 2006 additionally contains the single "Cupid's Chokehold" (a different recording of the song was featured on their second album The Papercut Chronicles). Both versions of these albums have the Parental Advisory sticker on them. As Cruel as School Children shows a significant departure from the style of their previous work such as the use of drum machine, Acoustic Guitar, Synthesizers and the band Dabbling in many genres such as Electronica, Funk and Soul. Since its release, it has been certified gold by the RIAA.^[1]

As to date, the album has sold 471,890 copies.^[2]

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Limited Edition Bonus Disc 2 Personnel 3 Release history 4 Additional notes 5 References

[edit] Track listing

1. 1st Period: "The Queen and I" – 3:15
2. 2nd Period: "Shoot Down the Stars" – 3:38
3. 3rd Period: "New Friend Request" – 4:14
4. 4th Period: "Clothes Off!!" (featuring Patrick Stump) – 3:55
5. Lunch: "Sloppy Love Jingle Part 1" – 1:52
6. 6th Period: "Viva La White Girl" – 3:53
7. 7th Period: "7 Weeks" (featuring William Beckett) – 3:51
8. 8th Period: "It's OK, but Just This Once!" – 3:10
9. Study Hall: "Sloppy Love Jingle Part 2" – 1:01
10. 10th Period: "Biters Block" – 3:48
11. Yearbook Club: "Boys In Bands Interlude" – 0:59
12. 12th Period: "Scandalous Scholastics" – 4:17
13. 13th Period: "On My Own Time (Write On!)" – 4:42
14. Intramurals: "Cupid's Chokehold" (featuring Patrick Stump) – 3:58
15. Detention: "Sloppy Love Jingle Part 3" – 2:15

[edit] Limited Edition Bonus Disc

1. Clothes Off!! (Stress Remix)" (featuring Ghostface Killah & Tyga) – 4:32
2. "Viva La White Girl (Remix)" (featuring Lil Wayne) – 4:46
3. "Machine and I (The Queen and I Remix)" (featuring Keith Buckley of Every Time I Die) – 4:22
4. "New Friend Request (Papoose Remix)" (featuring Papoose) – 4:15

[edit] Personnel

• Travis McCoy (Schleprok) – vocals
• Disashi Lumumba-Kasongo – guitar
• Matt McGinley – drums
• Eric Roberts – bass

[edit] Release history

Region	Date
United States	July 25, 2006
United Kingdom	May 7, 2007

[edit] Additional notes

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• The "Living MySpace" themed video for "New Friend Request" was directed by Andrew Paul Bowser and Joseph M. Petrick, Bowser also directed The Papercut Chronicles version of the "Cupid's Chokehold" video.
• "The Queen and I" was the first single released from this album.
• The song "7 Weeks" features The Academy Is... vocalist William Beckett.
• "Clothes Off!" features Fall Out Boy vocalist Patrick Stump. The hook for the song is from Jermaine Stewart's 1986 song "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off".
• "Biter's Block" features Speech of Arrested Development.
• On the back of the CD case, the title for track 5 should be "Sloppy Love Jingle Pt. 1", but there is a typing error and it is written as "Sloppy Live jingle Pt. 1". This mistake was fixed on the re-release. In addition, when the album is played on a computer, all three "Sloppy Love Jingle" appear as "Sloppy Live Jingle".
• The song "The Queen and I" has a new video, which is in rotation on MTV, MTV2, FUSE, and MuchMusic.
• The band re-released this album, which includes the new remix of "Cupid's Chokehold".[1]
• The chorus for "Cupid's Chokehold" comes from the single "Breakfast in America" by Supertramp and is sung by Patrick Stump from Fall Out Boy.
• Stump has appearances on both versions of the video for "Cupid's Chokehold".
• The group recently went on The Ellen DeGeneres Show to promote the album.
• The name of the album is a lyric from "Scandalous Scholastics", which is a track on the album.
• Track 6, "Viva la White Girl", comes off as a song about cocaine usage, but singer Travis McCoy explains the song is a metaphor for his love of music.
• Track 3, "New Friend Request" and track 8, "It's OK, but Just this Once!" were used in the film Snakes On A Plane. Travis McCoy also guest stars on the films theme tune, Bring It (Snakes on a Plane).
• The song "It's OK, But Just This Once" was briefly featured on HBO's hit series Entourage in episode 319 - "The Prince's Bride".

[edit] References

v • d • e Gym Class Heroes Travis McCoy • Disashi Lumumba-Kasongo • Matt McGinley • Eric Roberts Ryan Geise • Milo Bonacci • Sie One Studio albums ...For the Kids • The Papercut Chronicles • As Cruel as School Children • The Quilt Independent albums Hed Candy • Greasy Kid Stuff EPs The Papercut EP Singles "Taxi Driver"  • "Papercuts"  • "Cupid's Chokehold"  • "The Queen and I"  • "New Friend Request"  • "Cupid's Chokehold" (re-release)  • "Shoot Down the Stars"  • "Clothes Off!!" Guest singles "Bring It (Snakes on a Plane)"  • "Daylight" Related Discography