Short Skirt/Long Jacket

"Short Skirt/Long Jacket" is the first single by American alternative rock band Cake from their 2001 album Comfort Eagle.

Music video

The associated music vox pop video is composed entirely of people listening to the song on headphones and their reactions. Responses include enthusiasm, critique, and apathy; some dance, while one Ralph Walbridge, poet, gives the headphones back partway through, stating "uh..I've heard it all a million times, all the way back to all of the old records -which were much better- when they first came out, back in the 40s." Other comments include Bruce Thiessen's "as a psychologist, I'd have to say it has therapeutic value because it releases something deep inside".

MuchMusic released an official "Canadian" version of the video that uses footage of people in Toronto, near its headquarters. The video humorously censors some foreign words spoken by non-English speakers due to the words' strange pronunciations.

There were various versions of this music video. The Mexican version was directed by Alejandro "Chicle" and Edited by Alejandro Davalos Cantu.

Track listing

Initial pressing

Alternate pressing

Uses in other media

• "Short Skirt/Long Jacket" was used in the film Waitress starring Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, and Andy Griffith.
• An instrumental version of "Short Skirt/Long Jacket" is used as the theme song for the NBC series Chuck.
• The instrumental section (similar to its usage in Chuck) was used in the films All About Steve, The Change Up and Date Night.
• Intro used to accompany Saturday match highlights in Match of the Day 2 for the 2010-11 season.
• Version with voice was used in Apple's advertisements for the 2010 iPod nano series.

Chart positions

Covers

• Hugh Sheridan covered this song on his 2009 debut album, Speak Love.

References

• Wiederhorn, Jon (August 1, 2001). "Cake Concoct New Versions Of Hit Video; New variations of 'Short Skirt/Long Jacket' filmed in New York, Mexico City". MTV News. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1445895/20010731/cake.jhtml. Retrieved September 14, 2010. 
• Hodges, Brad (August 7, 2001). "Cake finds 'Comfort,' sells product". CNN. http://articles.cnn.com/2001-08-07/entertainment/cake_1_comfort-eagle-music-cnn?_s=PM:SHOWBIZ. Retrieved September 14, 2010. 
• Farber, Jim (August 21, 2001). "Quirky New Video is the Icing on Cake". New York Daily News. http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/2001/08/21/2001-08-21_quirky_new_video_is_the_icin.html. Retrieved September 14, 2010. 

External links

• "Short Skirt/Long Jacket" Official music video on YouTube