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"Flagpole Sitta" is a song by American rock band Harvey Danger from their 1997 debut album, Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone? It was released as the band's debut single in April 1998 and was met with critical and commercial success, peaking at number 38 on the US Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart, number three on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, and number nine on the Canadian RPM ...
The second song on the album, "Flagpole Sitta", received extensive airplay in the United States and resulted in the band's fame. As the song gained national attention, the album was picked up and reissued by Slash Records, a label associated with London Records.
In August 2019, "Flagpole Sitta" was ranked No. 25 on Rolling Stone's "50 Best Songs of the Nineties" list. [22] The band had wanted to release the song "Carlotta Valdez" as the follow-up single to "Flagpole Sitta", but they were overruled by Slash Records, who released "Private Helicopter" as a single instead in the fall of 1998. [19]
The video is a candid portrayal of the All-American Rejects’ new-found excitement for playing music together again after a lengthy hiatus. It features behind-the-scenes studio footage from the ...
“Flagpole Sitta” served as the vehicle for the All-American Rejects, a band no stranger to nostalgic endeavors as part of the When We Were Young festival stable—to get back in the groove of ...
In 1997, Harvey Danger released their debut studio album, Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone?, through the Arena Rock Recording Company.Although the album was not a commercial success, major labels engaged in a bidding war to sign Harvey Danger after the album's second track, "Flagpole Sitta", began receiving airplay from several college radio stations and Los Angeles-based KROQ. [4]
The title of the song is a reference to "Girl Power!" a phrase made popular by the Spice Girls, the first act to be featured in the polka. [citation needed] The song was released as a single in Germany. The following songs are contained in the medley: "Twelfth Street Rag" by Euday L. Bowman "Wannabe" by the Spice Girls "Flagpole Sitta" by ...
“It just wasn't normal to get up on the stage and sing a song that was for the stars to do, you know, that was for local bands or maybe cover bands, but not just everyday people. So it was a ...