Nth Degree (song)

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“Nth Degree”
Single by Morningwood from the album Morningwood
Released	September 27, 2005
Format	Digital download, CD single
Genre	Synthpunk
Length	3:56
Label	EMI
Writer(s)	Pedro Yanowitz
Morningwood singles chronology
"New York Girls" (2005) "Nth Degree" (2005) "Jetsetter" (2006)

"Nth Degree" is a song by New York City band Morningwood from its debut album Morningwood. "Nth Degree" reached #30 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks. The song has recently been used in a Mercury vehicles ad campaign that features actress Jill Wagner. Most commercials in the campaign have the vocals edited out, but on some cuts, the discerning ear can hear Claret spell out her band's name, "M-O, M-O-R, M-O-R-N-I-N-G-W-O-O-D".

[edit] Music video

The video opens with a person browsing through some records. Each record shows the band on sets and in costumes carefully calculated to reference and parody about 16 other famous album covers or music videos from 20th century popular music. The album Morningwood is selected and begins playing on a record player just as the video ends.

[edit] Albums in the music video

• Nth Degree: by Morningwood, is black-and-white and features a hand playing a bassguitar
• Chantal! Sing!: features lead singer Chantal Claret in purple on a black background
• Saturday Morningwood: features a disco theme with Chantal in roller skates, parodies Saturday Night Fever
• Smell the Wood: by Morningwood, features the band as glam rockers, parodies Def Leppard
• Morningwood: features the band as it appears on the real Morningwood album
• Old Country Morning: features the band as country musicians
• Mengde Uendelighets:by T Mérnving Wüd§, features the band in matching red and yellow outfits on a green background, possibly a parody of this Country Church album or more likely the many earnestly leisure-suited Nordic album covers of the disco era.
• Degré d'Infinite: (French for Infinite Degree): by Le Bois de Matin (French for Morningwood).
• Mourning: by The Woods
• The Nth Degree: by Morningjerks, features the band as punk rockers in front of a graffiti-covered brick wall -- an homage to the cover of the Ramones' eponymous album.
• Rippity Dippity Rap: by Positive Pedro, parodies Devastatin' Dave's Zip Zap Rap
• [Unreadable] Grad: by Morgenholz (German for Morningwood), parodies Kraftwerk's The Man-Machine in style and Devo's Freedom of Choice in layout.
• Stacks of Cash: by Moneywood, parodies 90's hip hop, particularly the Pen & Pixel-style album covers featuring artists superimposed over symbols of largesse.
• Working Out! with Morningwood: features the band in aerobics attire, parodies Olivia Newton-John's "Physical"