Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous

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This article is about the Good Charlotte song. For the television series, see Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
“Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous”
“Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous” cover
Single by Good Charlotte
from the album The Young and the Hopeless
Released September 6, 2002
Format CD single
Recorded 2001 - 2002
Genre Pop punk
Label Epic
Producer Eric Valentine
Good Charlotte singles chronology
"Festival Song"
(2001)		 "Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous"
(2002)		 "The Anthem"
(2003)

"Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous" is the first single taken from Good Charlotte's second studio album The Young and the Hopeless. It reached #20 on the U.S. Hot 100.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

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

[edit] Certifications

Country Sales Certification
Australia 35,000 Gold[1]

[edit] Charts

Charts (2002) Peak
position
Austrian Top 75[2] 24
Belgian Top 50[3] 37
Dutch Top 40[4] 22
German Top 100[5] 27
Irish Top 50[6] 21
Swedish Top 60[7] 14
Swiss Top 100[8] 19
UK Top 75[9] 12
U.S. Billboard Hot Singles Sales[10] 22
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[11] 20
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream[12] 6
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Tracks[13] 11
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay[14] 20
U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40[15] 38
U.S. Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks[16] 11
United World Chart[17] 27

[edit] Trivia

  • They also reference Johnnie Cochran, a famous attorney who represented stars such as O.J. Simpson, who was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown ("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 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.")
  • 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, Ca$hdogg.
  • 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, 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.
  • The song won the "Viewer's Choice" award at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2003.
  • The song was played in the Drake and Josh episode "Dune Buggy". At the part where they are told not to drive the dune buggy, the song is heard coming out of the radio
  • Kanye West Ft. Pharell Williams, a somewhat mock/parody of the song, title "Life styles Of The Broke and Famous"
  • A version of this song was used as the theme music for the Glenn Beck Program early in the 2004 presidential election season. Due to political Differences with Good Charlotte, Beck was forced to replace the song with an edited version of Rage Against the Machine's "Killing in the Name".
  • Parody band Apologetix parodied the song based on the events in Luke:16 in "Lifestyles of the Rich & Nameless".

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ ARIA Australia
  2. ^ Austrian Top 75 Chart. Retrieved January 6, 2008.
  3. ^ Belgian Top 50 Chart. Retrieved January 6, 2008.
  4. ^ Dutch Top 40 Chart. Retrieved January 6, 2008.
  5. ^ German Top 100 Chart. Retrieved January 6, 2008.
  6. ^ Irish Top 50 Chart. Retrieved January 6, 2008.
  7. ^ Swedish Top 60 Chart. Retrieved January 6, 2008.
  8. ^ Swiss Top 100 Chart. Retrieved January 6, 2008.
  9. ^ UK Top 75 Chart. Retrieved January 6, 2008.
  10. ^ Hot Singles Sales Chart. Retrieved November 17, 2007.
  11. ^ Hot 100 Chart. Retrieved November 17, 2007.
  12. ^ Top 40 Mainstream Chart. Retrieved November 17, 2007.
  13. ^ Top 40 Tracks Chart. Retrieved November 17, 2007.
  14. ^ Hot 100 Airplay Chart. Retrieved November 17, 2007.
  15. ^ Adult Top 40 Chart. Retrieved November 17, 2007.
  16. ^ Hot Modern Rock Tracks Chart. Retrieved November 17, 2007.
  17. ^ United World Chart. Retrieved January 6, 2008.
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