All My Best Friends Are Metalheads

"All My Best Friends are Metalheads"
Single by Less Than Jake
from the album Hello Rockview
Released 4 July 2000 (2000-07-04)
Format 7" vinyl, CD
Recorded 1998
Genre Ska Punk
Length 3:31
Label Capitol
Producer(s) Howard Benson
Less Than Jake singles chronology
"History of a Boring Town"
(1998)
"All My Best Friends are Metalheads"
(2000)
"Gainesville Rock City"
(2001)

"All My Best Friends Are Metalheads" is a single by Florida-based punk band Less Than Jake. The two live tracks on the single are taken from a 7" track that the band did in 2000.

It was released on 4 July 2000 although the album was recorded in 1998. It is one of their best known songs. It is featured in the video games Street Sk8er[1] and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4,[2] and was part of the soundtrack for Digimon: The Movie.

There are two versions of the intro to this song. In most cases, it starts with a clip from a Victor Lundberg speech called “An Open Letter to My Teenage Son.” The other is a clip from the documentary Heavy Metal Parking Lot.

In the UK Singles Chart, it got to number 51.

Track listing

  1. "All My Best Friends Are Metalheads (Radio Edit)" – 3:27
  2. "Help Save The Youth Of America From Exploding (Live)" – 3:23
  3. "Rock-N-Roll Pizzeria (Live)" – 2:14

Personnel

References

  1. "Street Sk8er (PS) FAQ by CCanfield". GameFAQs. Retrieved 2012-01-08.
  2. "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 (GC) Song Lyrics by !.ACA.!". GameFAQs. 2002-11-09. Retrieved 2012-01-08.
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