Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p ""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 a single in April 1998. The song gained popularity after Sean Nelson gave a copy of the album to a KNDD DJ. Shortly after this, it was picked up by KROQ-FM. It then appeared at #38 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart. A music video was produced to promote the single. Notably, the song was first used in the film "Disturbing Behavior" which is not included in the CD soundtrack. It was also used in the film American Pie, though the song was not included on the DVD release. In 2009, Capitol Records filed a lawsuit against Vimeo about a 'Lip Dub' version of "Flagpole Sitta". The Vimeo version shows the staff of Connected Ventures acting out the song. It went viral when it was released. The song is regarded as a power pop single to MTV and a post-grunge anthem to author Ericka Chickowski. PopMatters describes the single as "a hyper-literate alt-rock dissection of the stupidity of the modern age". Music journalist Rob Sheffield also considers the song as "nineties pop-punk rage at its loudest"."@en }
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- Flagpole_Sitta abstract ""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 a single in April 1998. The song gained popularity after Sean Nelson gave a copy of the album to a KNDD DJ. Shortly after this, it was picked up by KROQ-FM. It then appeared at #38 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart. A music video was produced to promote the single. Notably, the song was first used in the film "Disturbing Behavior" which is not included in the CD soundtrack. It was also used in the film American Pie, though the song was not included on the DVD release. In 2009, Capitol Records filed a lawsuit against Vimeo about a 'Lip Dub' version of "Flagpole Sitta". The Vimeo version shows the staff of Connected Ventures acting out the song. It went viral when it was released. The song is regarded as a power pop single to MTV and a post-grunge anthem to author Ericka Chickowski. PopMatters describes the single as "a hyper-literate alt-rock dissection of the stupidity of the modern age". Music journalist Rob Sheffield also considers the song as "nineties pop-punk rage at its loudest".".