"There were some extra verses and stuff," he added. "I just culled it down to what I thought were my favorite lines. But it was written as a freestyle."
Fittingly, this song spent one week at #1 in the US.
Jun 21, 2015
Barenaked Ladies - One Week
The reason why many of the lyrics are just a hotchpotch of cultural
references is that the song was written as a freestyle. Singer-guitarist
Ed Robertson explained to Billboard magazine: "I wrote the
chorus structure of the song, but I couldn't figure out the verses at
all. I got together with [singer] Steve [Page] a bunch of times and said
'I have this idea for a song, and I couldn't figure out where to go
with it.' And finally Steve said to me at some point, 'Just freestyle
it! Just do what you do onstage every night. It's gonna be great.'"
"There were some extra verses and stuff," he added. "I just culled it down to what I thought were my favorite lines. But it was written as a freestyle."
Fittingly, this song spent one week at #1 in the US.
"There were some extra verses and stuff," he added. "I just culled it down to what I thought were my favorite lines. But it was written as a freestyle."
Fittingly, this song spent one week at #1 in the US.
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