Flagpole Sitta

Infobox Single
Name = Flagpole Sitta

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Artist = Harvey Danger
from Album = Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone?
Released = April 21, 1998
Format = CD
Recorded = 1996
Genre = Indie rock
Length = 12:46
Label = Arena Rock Recording Co.
Producer = John Goodmanson, Harvey Danger
This single = "Flagpole Sitta"
(1998)
Next single = "Little Round Mirrors"
(2005)"Flagpole Sitta" is a song by Harvey Danger from their 1998 album, "Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone?". It was released as a single on April 21, 1998. The song gained popularity after Sean Nelson gave a copy of the album to a KNDD DJ. Shortly after this, it was picked up by KROQ, resulting in the song appearing in "Billboard's" top 40. Its the band's most successful single to date. The song is often incorrectly accredited to the band Lit.

Use in popular culture

* "Weird Al" Yankovic used the chorus of this song in his polka medley, "Polka Power!", in his 1999 album, "Running with Scissors.
* The song was in the film "" during the scenes of news and talk shows when Dickie is rising to fame again.
*The song was on the first US version of the "Now That's What I Call Music" compilation.
* The song was used in the film "American Pie", during a montage of the protagonists' quest to help each other get laid. It was also used in the trailer of "Disturbing Behavior". After the song proved to be popular, it replaced part of a piece titled "Unplugged at Bishop Flats" in the film itself.
* It has been the theme song for the British comedy "Peep Show" since its second series. It also appeared briefly in the first series as background music in a bowling alley.
* The song appeared in the television show "October Road" episode, "Best Friend Windows."
* On April 20, 2007, the employees of cite news | title = Connected Ventures | url = http://www.connectedventures.com/, the company responsible for sites such as CollegeHumor and Busted Tees, uploaded to Vimeo a lip dub video of them singing the song. The video, which was filmed in one take, features a large number of the employees "singing" in unison in their office. The video was quickly circulated in many online communities. [cite news | title = Lip Dub - Flagpole Sitta by Harvey Danger on Vimeo | url = http://vimeo.com/173714 | accessdate = 2007-09-06| ] On March 10, 2008, the video was nominated on VH1 for the 9th place of the Internet's Most Inspirational Videos.Fact|date=March 2008 The episode aired on April 14, 2008.

Track listing

# "Flagpole Sitta" 3:37
# "Wrecking Ball" 4:39
# "The Ballad of the Tragic Hero (Pity and Fear)" 4:30

References