As Cruel As School Children
Studio album by Gym Class Heroes
Released	July 25, 2006 (U.S.) May 7, 2007 (UK)
Recorded	Hip-hop
Length	49:19
Label	Fueled by Ramen Atlantic Records
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Gym Class Heroes chronology
The Papercut Chronicles (2005) As Cruel as School Children (2006) Music on a CD (2007)
Singles from As Cruel as School Children
"The Queen and I" Released: August 28, 2006 "New Friend Request" Released: October 23, 2006 "Cupid's Chokehold (Re-release)" Released: December 2006 "Shoot Down the Stars" Released: May 2007 "Clothes off!!" Released: July 27, 2007

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As of July 11, 2007, the album has sold 408,964 copies in the US.^[1]

Track listing

1. 1st Period: "The Queen and I" – 3:15
2. 2nd Period: "Shoot Down the Stars" – 3:38
3. 3rd Period: "New Friend Request" – 4:14
4. 4th Period: "Clothes off!!" (featuring Patrick Stump) – 3:55
5. Lunch: "Sloppy Love Jingle Part 1" – 1:52
6. 6th Period: "Viva La White Girl" – 3:53
7. 7th Period: "7 Weeks" (featuring William Beckett) – 3:51
8. 8th Period: "It's OK, but Just this Once!" – 3:10
9. Study Hall: "Sloppy Love Jingle Part 2" – 1:01
10. 10th Period: "Biters Block" – 3:48
11. Yearbook Club: "Boys In Bands Interlude" – 0:59
12. 12th Period: "Scandalous Scholastics" – 4:17
13. 13th Period: "On My Own Time (Write On!)" – 4:42
14. Intramurals: "Cupid's Chokehold" (featuring Patrick Stump, only on the re-release) – 3:58
15. Detention: "Sloppy Love Jingle Part 3" – 2:15

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Personnel

• Travis McCoy (Schleprok) – vocals
• Disashi Lumumba-Kasongo – guitar
• Matt McGinley – drums
• Eric Roberts – bass

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Additional notes

• The "Living MySpace" themed video for "New Friend Request" was directed by Andrew Paul Bowser and Joseph M. Petrick, Bowser also directed The Papercut Chronicles version of the "Cupid's Chokehold" video.
• "The Queen and I" was the first single released from this album.
• The song "7 Weeks" features The Academy Is... vocalist William Beckett.
• "Clothes Off!" features Fall Out Boy vocalist Patrick Stump. The hook for the song is from Jermaine Stewart's 1986 song "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off".
• "Biter's Block" features Speech of Arrested Development.
• On the back of the CD case, the title for track 5 should be "Sloppy Love Jingle Pt. 1", but there is a typing error and it is written as "Sloppy Live jingle Pt. 1". This mistake was fixed on the re-release. In addition, when the album is played on a computer, all three "Sloppy Love Jingle" appear as "Sloppy Live Jingle".
• The song "The Queen and I" has a new video, which is in rotation on MTV, MTV2, FUSE, and MuchMusic.
• The band re-released this album, which includes the new remix of "Cupid's Chokehold".[1]
• The chorus for "Cupid's Chokehold" comes from the single "Breakfast in America" by Supertramp and is sung by Patrick Stump from Fall Out Boy.
• Stump has appearances on both versions of the video for "Cupid's Chokehold".
• The group recently went on The Ellen DeGeneres Show to promote the album.
• The name of the album is a lyric from "Scandalous Scholastics", which is a track on the album.
• Track 6, "Viva la White Girl", comes off as a song about cocaine usage, but singer Travis McCoy explains the song is a metaphor for his love of music.

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