| "Bound for the Floor" | ||||
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| Single by Local H | ||||
| from the album As Good as Dead | ||||
| B-side | "High Fivin' Motherfucker" | |||
| Released | 1996 | |||
| Format | CD single, 7" | |||
| Recorded | 1995 | |||
| Genre | Post-grunge | |||
| Length | 3:42 | |||
| Label | Island | |||
| Writer(s) | Scott Lucas, Joe Daniels | |||
| Producer | Steven Haigler, Scott Lucas, Joe Daniels | |||
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"Bound for the Floor" is a song by American alternative rock duo Local H, released as the first single from their 1996 album, As Good as Dead. It is widely considered to be the band's most popular single, reaching #5 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and #10 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. It still receives radio circulation to this day, and serves as a minor staple of the post-grunge era.[1]
The song's angst driven lyrics deal with a lack of confidence and frustration which is strongly reflected in the overall performance. It opens with a guitar riff that serves as a hallmark of the song. The chorus starts with relatively relaxed vocals but eventually builds into shouting. The occasional delivery of cracked vocals further establishes the song's raw, agitated, and youthful feel.
A music video was produced for "Bound for the Floor," which features a performance by the band strung with shots of a school building.
The video also features children playing and following the band, perhaps a representation of groupies, where they follow them to a "merry go round", then to a bar, and finally to a private concert. While the video is playing it cuts to the children occasionally writing the lyrics to the song as it's sung, or the video cuts to the band playing in an abandoned building.[2]
"Bound for the Floor" also featured in the 2006 film Big Nothing, starring Simon Pegg and David Schwimmer, as well as being featured in the video game Saints Row for the Xbox 360 console. The song was also used in the 1998 film No Looking Back, starring Jon Bon Jovi and Edward Burns.[3]
The song was featured in at least one episode of America's Funniest Home Videos, set to a collection of motorcycle mishap videos.