Kryptonite (song)
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| Single by 3 Doors Down from the album The Better Life |
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| Released | September 26, 2000 | ||||
| Format | CD | ||||
| Genre | Post-grunge | ||||
| Length | 3:54 | ||||
| Label | Universal Republic Records, Universal Records/Universal Republic Group | ||||
| Writer(s) | Brad Arnold | ||||
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Kryptonite is a song by American post-grunge band 3 Doors Down from their first album The Better Life. It was successful on the Modern Rock Tracks, staying at #1 for 11 consecutive weeks, becoming their first song to do so and reaching number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song may be inspired by the rural town in Escatawpa City, Mississippi called Smallville, referring to Smallville from the Superman series of comic books.[citation needed]
[edit] Music video
Directed by Dean Karr, the video presents an old man, who was either a big time action hero on TV, or possibly a real hero in his heyday (it's never specified). The scene cuts between the band hanging around on the roof of the apartments where the old man lives, spying on a man harassing a woman. When the man drags her away, the old man dons his trusty suit and follows. In between shots of the old hero chasing the bad guy and failing against a group of goths, the band is shown playing in a club with several other elderly people dressed as caricatures of comic villains. The video comes to a close when the old man dives through the sky light and 'catches' the bad guy off guard.
[edit] Notes
- The song was used in an advertisement for Dragon Ball GT.[citation needed]
- The album version of Kryptonite features a slightly different arrangement than the original demo version originally played by WCPR-FM circa 1998. WCPR-FM still includes the original version in its rotation.
- The song was used in the comedy film Corky Romano Starring Chris Kattan.
- For a period of time, Nickelodeon had a jukebox in the credits of their shows that played a song when a certain show was about to come on, and each show had its own song on the jukebox. Danny Phantom's song was Kryptonite.
- Jason Varitek, catcher for the Boston Red Sox currently uses the song as his walk-up music.
- David Pedersen, from Idol: Jakten på en superstjerne, released a cover of the song on his debut album Wild at Heart.
- Before MDK was kicked out of Independent Wrestling Company Battle Zone Wrestling for drug charges and intentional causing of injuries to another wrestler, Kryptonite was used as his theme song.
- Kryptonite was used in the US Navys Fighter Fling 2000 @ 11.54 mins
[edit] See also
| Preceded by "Otherside" by Red Hot Chili Peppers |
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single May 20, 2000 |
Succeeded by "Last Resort" by Papa Roach |
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