| "The Freshmen" | ||||
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| Single by The Verve Pipe | ||||
| from the album I've Suffered a Head Injury and Villains | ||||
| Released | Original: 1992 Album: March 26, 1996 Single: January 27, 1997 |
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| Format | CD single | |||
| Recorded | 1992 (original) 1995-1996 (album) 1996 (single) |
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| Genre | Soft rock, alternative rock | |||
| Length | 4:10 (original) 5:09 (album) 4:30 (single) |
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| Label | RCA Records | |||
| Producer | Kevin and Debby Brown (original) Jerry Harrison (album) Jack Joseph Puig (single) |
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"The Freshmen" is a song by The Verve Pipe that was first featured, in acoustic style, on their 1992 album I've Suffered a Head Injury. It was recorded a second time and released on the band's 1996 album Villains. Later that year, the band recorded the song again, this time with producer Jack Joseph Puig,[1] for release as a single. The single was released on January 27, 1997.[2] Subsequent pressings of Villains replaced the original album version with the single version. "The Freshmen" peaked at #5 in the United States.
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According to the Verve Pipe's FAQ, guitarist and lead singer Brian Vander Ark wrote the song in 1991 about the guilt he felt from his ex-girlfriend committing suicide. [3] However, according to an external interview site, Vander Ark revealed that the suicide was poetic license; the real incident which inspired the song was when his pregnant girlfriend had an abortion.[4][5]
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| Canadian RPM Singles Chart |
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| Chart (1997) | Position |
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| Canadian RPM Singles Chart[6] | 48 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[7] | 21 |
In 1998, the ska band Mustard Plug released a cover of the song on Hopeless Records as the B-Side to their single "You" from their album 1997 Evildoers Beware!
In 2005, Bronson Arroyo (Major League Baseball pitcher) released his debut album, Covering the Bases, and it includes a cover of the song as the third track on the CD.
Jay Brannan covered the song on his album In Living Cover.
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