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117. Butterfly - Crazy Town



2001 was a scary time as the threat of both anthrax and rap/rock groups were ever-present in the daily lives of Americans. I certainly know which was the scarier of the two:



:eek x 1 million. The video is also noteworthy for its use of awful special effects



and a man in a D.A.R.E. shirt. The band was pretty much the definition of a one hit wonder but I am sure that Mike Shinoda was furious that "Butterfly" spent two non-consecutive weeks at the top while "Lying From You" never got the respect it deserved. To be fair, Linkin Park never once had a song that contained the lyric "Fierce nipple pierce" sooo how well could they really expect to do. Crazy Town had really no lasting impact outside of this really bad song, but at the time it taped together a band that was tearing at the seams:

Turntablist DJ AM left at this point. Crazy Town then released their third single in 2001, "Butterfly" (which uses samples from Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Pretty Little Ditty"). It reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. After this DJ AM returned.

What a famewhore :amber. Thank god he died. Anyway, there's certainly not a lot to be said about Crazy Town past mentioning that I will never forget that the rapper guy is called "Shifty" so I will let this oddly fitting fun fact from Wikipedia wrap things up:

• One of only two No. 1 songs in the Hot 100 era naming an insect in its title (The other being Fireflies by Owl City).

116. Hey There Delilah - Plain White Ts



WHY is America so in love with Whiny White Dudes (generally w/ bad haircuts (s.ia Daniel Powter / James Blunt fans))? This song stands out as particularly bad because it's a Whiny White Dude with an acoustic guitar doing a faggy little fingerpick thing, a surefire recipe for a terrible human being. An awful punk/pop band, Plain White Ts accidentally stumbled upon the forumla for success because, and this is maybe the song's only redeeming quality

The song was written after Higgenson met Delilah DiCrescenzo, a nationally ranked American steeplechase and cross country runner

Word has it that the girl didn't even really know the guy existed (source: various people I know who apparently knew people who went to high school with him or something) whoops!

WORST PART OF THE SONG: "Even more in love with me you'd fall"

Plain White T's are almost never going to see any success in the future but Hey There Delilah's 2 weeks at number 1 still gets an obnoxious amount of Lite Rock radio play (ex: it was on at 8:50 pm Thursday Jan 14 2010 on Chicago radio station 101.9 The Mix as I was driving home from Subway). I leave you with a question: IS THIS NOT THE MOST PUNCHABLE FACE OF ALL TIME