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"Flagpole Sitta" was used as the theme song for the British sitcom Peep Show for the second series through the ninth. In 2008, Harvey Danger singer Sean Nelson stated that Peep Show is "...the only pop culture item the song has been associated with that feels like a kindred spirit to the original attitude of the lyric."
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 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 .
It’s almost impossible not to bob your head and sing along to Harvey Danger’s 1997 hit “Flagpole Sitta,” with that unmistakable drum intro, the steady, quarter-note downstrums of electric ...
The All-American Rejects believe that if an idea survives a hangover, it’s probably a good idea. After fooling around with Harvey Danger’s “Flagpole Sitta” after a few drinks on the bus ...
3. "Hooked on a Feeling" By Blue Swede —Quijanoth "If you want to feel like you fell into a time machine, listen to the original 1968 BJ Thomas version.It's like a universe where funk never ...
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]
Now That's What I Call Music! (simply titled NOW) was released on October 27, 1998.Modeled after the highly successful Now That's What I Call Music! series in the United Kingdom, which compiles a number of songs that are popular around the time of its release, this album is the first edition of the Now! series in the United States.