1985 (SR-71 song)

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"1985"
Song by SR-71
from the album Here We Go Again
ReleasedMay 21, 2004
Genre
Length3:41
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Mitch Allan

"1985" is a song that was written and recorded by American rock band SR-71 for their album Here We Go Again . Mitch Allan, SR-71's frontman, gave the song to American rock band Bowling for Soup, who recorded a cover version that reached number 23 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and was included on the band's album A Hangover You Don't Deserve . [1]

Contents

The song is about a middle-aged woman who is stuck in the 1980s due to being in denial that her life is zooming by so fast and the fact that she never got to live out her ideal life before settling down and starting a family.

Background

The song was originally written by SR-71 frontman Mitch Allan and drummer John Allen for the band's third album Here We Go Again. The album was initially only made available in Japan. [2]

Bowling for Soup version

"1985"
1985 - Bowling For Soup.jpg
Single by Bowling for Soup
from the album A Hangover You Don't Deserve
B-side
  • "Major Denial"
  • "Bipolar"
  • "Make It Up to You"
ReleasedJuly 26, 2004 (2004-07-26)
Studio Ruby Red Productions (Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.)
Genre Pop-punk [3]
Length3:13
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Butch Walker
Bowling for Soup singles chronology
"Here We Go"
(2004)		"1985"
(2004)		"Almost"
(2005)
Music video
”1985" on YouTube

There are conflicting stories on how Bowling for Soup came to record a cover version of the track. According to SR-71's website, Bowling for Soup's Jaret Reddick heard the song and asked for permission to record a cover. [2] However, according to Bowling for Soup's website, it was Allan that called Reddick to suggest the possible cover. [4] In a 2010 interview with Songfacts , Reddick said that the cover materialized through the two bands’ association with producer Butch Walker. [5]

Bowling for Soup made some changes to the lyrics of the original song. In the second verse, the reference to the film Fast Times at Ridgemont High [6] is replaced by St. Elmo's Fire . [7] The line "Never knew George was gay/hoped they'd hook up one day" is changed to "Thought she'd get a hand/on a member of Duran Duran." [7]

The ending lines "Where's her fairytale? Where's her dream?/Where's the quarterback from her high school football team?/How many times will she ask herself 'What happened to me?'" [6] are changed to "Where's the mini-skirt made of snake skin?/And who's the other guy that's singing in Van Halen?/When did reality become TV?/Whatever happened to sitcoms, game shows? (on the radio?)". [7] The line "(The rubber broke!)" after "'What happened?'" is omitted. [5]

Bowling for Soup added the line "And when did Ozzy become an actor?" to the bridge, referencing rock singer Ozzy Osbourne's appearance in the reality TV show The Osbournes . [7]

Chart performance

Released on July 26, 2004, the song climbed to the number 23 spot on the Billboard 100 chart [8] and debuted at number 1 on the Hot Digital Tracks chart, with 15,500 paid downloads. [1]

Music video

The music video is directed by Smith n' Borin (Ryan Smith and Frank Borin). [9] It takes place on a neighborhood street where the character of Debbie, played by actress Joey House, [9] fixes up the cluttered lawn of her house but gets distracted by Bowling for Soup playing music in their garage across the street. The band parodies the music videos for Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love" and George Michael's "Faith", as well as the acts Run-DMC and Mötley Crüe. At the end of the video, Debbie walks across the street to the band, lets her hair down, and in a nod to Whitesnake's video for "Here I Go Again", writhes around on top of a Jaguar. She continues to do this even after the song ends, until her husband calls out to ask her what she’s doing. Mitch Allan from SR-71 appears in the video as a passersby who gives the band a look of contempt. [9]

Track listings

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [26] Gold400,000‡
United States (RIAA) [27] 2× Platinum2,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United StatesJuly 26, 2004 Contemporary hit radio [28]
AustraliaSeptember 20, 2004 Digital EP Zomba [14]
United Kingdom [29]
AustraliaSeptember 27, 2004Digital download [11]
United Kingdom [30]
October 4, 2004CD [31]

Cover versions and parodies

Christian parody band ApologetiX released a parody titled "None Too Ladylike" on the group's Wordplay album, about Jezebel from the Bible.

The Bowling for Soup version has been covered by Richard Thompson on the live album 1000 Years of Popular Music .

On July 9, 2022, Thomas Ian Nicholas released a parody cover of "1985" titled "1999". [32] [33]

In 2013, Jaret Reddick re-covered [34] the song for Chuck E. Cheese's for Munch's Make Believe Band. In the segment, one of the characters references the voice of Chuck E. Cheese being the same as Bowling for Soup's front man.

On January 27, 2023, Davvn released a parody cover entitled "2002". [35] The song was initially a 35-second Youtube Short posted on September 25, 2021, [36] but was subsequently re-uploaded to Tik Tok the following year - where it gained traction, Jaret Reddick saw it, reached out and the song was officially released featuring Bowling for Soup.

In 2024, Kelly Clarkson covered "1985" on the 'Kellyoke' section of The Kelly Clarkson Show.

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