The Ballad of Chasey Lain

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"The Ballad of Chasey Lain"
Single by Bloodhound Gang
from the album Hooray for Boobies
ReleasedFebruary 14, 2000 (2000-02-14)
GenrePop-punk
Length2:21
Label
SongwriterJimmy Pop
ProducerJimmy Pop
Bloodhound Gang singles chronology
"The Bad Touch"
(1999) 		"The Ballad of Chasey Lain"
(2000) 		"Mope"
(2000)

"The Ballad of Chasey Lain" is a song by American comedy rock band Bloodhound Gang. It was released in February 2000 as the third single from their third studio album, Hooray for Boobies (1999). The song reached number one in Iceland and became a top-20 hit in Austria, Finland, Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom.

Content

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According to a band interview to the BBC, the song was written after lead singer Jimmy Pop had seen pornographic film actress Chasey Lain in a clothing ad. When questioned if the infatuation was real, he commented "No. No. What happened was, I saw her in a clothing ad, and I was like, 'she's really cute'. So I'm not sure if we started 'researching' Chasey Lain but she came out and performed on our record with us, and her arms were like, hairier than mine. And she was dumber than that table".[1]

In 2023, Jimmy Pop tweeted that he regretted that he had "talked shit on" Lain, had been "butthurt" that she hadn't shown up on the day the song's video was shot, and that "her arms weren't hairy and she didn't come off as dumb, just bubbly."[2][3]

Music video

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The music video features the band performing the song on stage, and the director and the film crew are all naked women. Throughout the course of the video, the band members are apparently becoming distracted by the naked women; Jared Hasselhoff even falls off the stage at one point. At the end of the video, Jimmy Pop complains about being distracted and the camera pans to an obese man eating food in a sloppy and disgusting manner, implying that the members had been distracted by him, rather than the women.

Charts

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Release history

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Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
Europe February 14, 2000 CD
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United Kingdom August 21, 2000
  • CD
  • cassette
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References

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  1. ^ The Bloodhound Gang interview, BBC, November 15, 2005
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  5. ^ "Bloodhound Gang – The Ballad of Chasey Lain" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  6. ^ "Bloodhound Gang – The Ballad of Chasey Lain" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
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  8. ^ "Bloodhound Gang: The Ballad of Chasey Lain" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat.
  9. ^ a b "Bloodhound Gang – The Ballad of Chasey Lain" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
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  11. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – The Ballad of Chasey Lain". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  12. ^ "Bloodhound Gang – The Ballad of Chasey Lain" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  13. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  14. ^ "Bloodhound Gang – The Ballad of Chasey Lain" Canciones Top 50. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  15. ^ "Bloodhound Gang – The Ballad of Chasey Lain". Singles Top 100.
  16. ^ "Bloodhound Gang – The Ballad of Chasey Lain". Swiss Singles Chart.
  17. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
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