Flagpole Sitta

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“Flagpole Sitta”

Single by Harvey Danger
from the album Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone?

Released

September 22, 1998

Format

Recorded

1996

Genre

Pop punk

Length

12:46

Label

Arena Rock Recording Co.

Producer

John Goodmanson, Harvey Danger

Harvey Danger singles chronology

"Flagpole Sitta"
(1998)

"Little Round Mirrors"
(2005)

"Flagpole Sitta" is a song by Harvey Danger from their 1998 album, Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone?. It was released as a single on September 22, 1998. The song gained popularity after Sean Nelson gave a copy of the album to a KNDD DJ. Shortly after this, it was picked up by KROQ, resulting in the song appearing in Billboard's top 40.

1 Popular misidentification
2 Use in popular culture
3 References
4 Track listing
5 References

[edit] Popular misidentification

The song is often incorrectly referred to as "Paranoia" or "I'm Not Sick, But I'm Not Well".^{[citation needed]} Likewise, it has been mistakenly attributed to artists such as Green Day, Lit and blink-182. To date, none of the aforementioned bands have ever recorded or covered the song.

It is believed this confusion stems from illegal distribution of the song via filesharing networks such as Kazaa and LimeWire.^{[weasel words]}

[edit] Use in popular culture

"Weird Al" Yankovic used the chorus of this song in his polka medley, "Polka Power!", in his 1999 album, Running with Scissors.
The song was in the film Joe Dirt during the scenes of news and talk shows when Joe is rising to fame.
The song was used in the film American Pie, during a montage of the protagonist's quest to help each other get laid. It was also used in the trailer of Disturbing Behavior. After the song proved to be popular, it replaced part of a piece titled "Unplugged at Bishop Flats" in the film itself.
It has been the theme song for the British comedy Peep Show since its second series. It also appeared briefly in the first series as background music in a bowling alley.
The song appeared in the television show October Road episode, "Best Friend Windows."
On April 20, 2007, the employees of "Connected Ventures". , the company responsible for sites such as CollegeHumor and Busted Tees, uploaded to Vimeo a lip dub video of them singing the song. The video, which was filmed in one take, features a large number of the employees "singing" in unison in their office. The video was quickly circulated in many online communities. ^[1] On March 10th, 2008, the video was nominated on VH1 for the 9th place of the Internet's Most Inspirational Videos.^{[citation needed]} The episode aired on April 14, 2008.