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The song is a homage to Alex Chilton, lead singer of the Box Tops and Big Star.The Replacements and Chilton shared a booking agent and were mutual fans of each other; Chilton had even produced early demos for the band's 1985 album Tim, although the final album was produced by Tommy Ramone. [4]
The following year, his visibility increased in the alternative rock scene when he was the subject of the song "Alex Chilton" by American rock band the Replacements on their album Pleased to Meet Me, on which Chilton was a guest musician playing guitar on the song "Can't Hardly Wait".
The video was created using extra 1987 footage from the music video for the band's song "The Ledge," also from Pleased to Meet Me. [5] [6] The video for "The Ledge," a song written about suicide, was rejected by MTV for "objectionable song content," so the footage was reused in 1987 for another track from the album, "Alex Chilton."
The Replacements’ first and only LP as a Bob Stinson-less trio was largely tracked with producer Jim Dickinson at Memphis’ Ardent Studios, where heroes Alex Chilton and Big Star had recorded ...
Pleased to Meet Me is the only album recorded by the band as a trio. After their previous album Tim, guitarist Bob Stinson was no longer with the band. Stinson was still a member when the album's demos were recorded in August 1986; however, he only showed up for one recording session.
b-side of "Alex Chilton" single; from the Pleased to Meet Me sessions: 2:55: 6. "Jungle Rock" (Hank Mizell cover) b-side of European 12" "The Ledge" double single; from the Pleased to Meet Me sessions: 2:35: 7. "All He Wants to Do Is Fish" previously unreleased; from the Pleased to Meet Me sessions: 2:42: 8. "Date to Church"
The album contains twenty-three covers of the Replacements songs by various rock, punk, pop and country artists. On October 16, 2013, the band was announced as one of the 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees, but they were not inducted. [91] "Alex Chilton" appears as a playable song in Harmonix's music videogame Rock Band 2 for all consoles ...
The 1987 tribute song "Alex Chilton", co-written by three members of the Replacements, was released as a single from the album Pleased to Meet Me and contains the lyric "I never travel far without a little Big Star." [59] "I'm in Love with a Girl" from Radio City features in the soundtrack of the 2009 film Adventureland. [60]