Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld

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"Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld"
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Single by Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld
B-side "Timmy Livin' a Lie"
ReleasedSeptember 5, 2000
Genre Heavy metal, comedy rock
Length2:22
Label Sony
Songwriter(s) Bruce Howell, Trey Parker
Producer(s) Bruce Howell
Executive Producers
Trey Parker, Matt Stone

"Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld" is a self-titled single released on September 9, 2000 by the creators of South Park featured in the episode "Timmy 2000". The song appears in the music video game Rock Band as a playable track and is exportable for play in later games in the series. [1] [2] [3] In September 2015, it was named the 38th best fictional song of all time by Spin . [4]

Contents

Background

The single was originally from the episode Timmy 2000 . Handicapped Timmy Burch forms his own band after being excused from homework due to ADD. [5]

Tracks and personnel

There are two sides of the record:

No.TitleLength
1."Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld"2:22
2."Timmy Livin' a Lie"2:29

A list of personnel who performed in the song:

Reception

The song quickly became popular in the video game Rock Band , as a bonus song. [3]

IGN also highlighted the song when mentioning each of the bonus songs in the game. [6]

Rate Your Music gave the album 3.12 stars. [7]

Spin magazine labeled the song as the 38th best fictional song of all time.

A stop-start groove and bouncing bass line better than any real turn-of-the-century modern-rock hit, fronted by the rare period frontman who never became overbearing in his verbosity. Don’t sleep on the backing Lords, though, who sum up goth-rock in one line better than the entire South Park episode on the subject.

Andrew Unterbeger, The 50 Best Fictional Songs of All Time, [4]

The song shares copyright between Sony Music Entertainment and Comedy Central. However, it was published by Hilarity Music Inc. [8]

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