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"United States of Whatever" is a comedy song written by Liam Lynch for his 2002 album Fake Songs. It was the only single released from that album. The song made its debut on Lynch's MTV comedy show Sifl and Olly. The song is about someone who ignores various situations. He refers to his world as "my United States of Whatever". Image File history File links LiamLynchWhatever. ...
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The song achieved some success in countries like the UK and Australia, where it has charted in the top 10 of both singles charts (#10 and #6 respectively), being one of the shortest songs ever to hit these charts. The song is only one minute and 29 seconds long.
Structure The song is a faux-punk song, comprised of two simple power-chord riffs played by an overdriven distorted electric guitar and bass. The song begins with Lynch proclaiming "whatever!" The song's main riff played three times. Following the riff, Lynch talks about a particular person who tried to say something to him. He ignored them all by saying "whatever!" The song moves back to the riff. This happens three times before the chorus. The chorus is a different riff and consists of Lynch yelling the words "This is my United States of Whatever!" Look up punk on Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
The second verse is much the same as the first except on the third story when Lynch meets Zafo.
- And then up comes Zafo / I'm, like, "yo, Zafo. What's up?" / He's, like, "nothin'" / And I'm, like, "that's cool."
The song is silent for a second and a half before Lynch sings the chorus again.
Parodies Many people edited out portions of Lynch's brief stories and added various phrases of their own. Most notably, a version with a George W. Bush impersonation about Bush's supposed indifference to American and world opinion about the 2003 invasion of Iraq. George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States. ...
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Edited versions of this song became a "fad" on the humor websiteYTMND.com. In fact, as of 2005, a YTMND is Number one on Yahoo! for searches for "United States of Whatever". [1] The website ytmnd. ...
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Trivia Steve Lamacq from BBC Radio declared it to be "the greatest single of 2002". [2] Steve Lamacq (born October 16, 1965), sometimes known by his nickname Lammo (given to him by John Peel), is a British disc jockey who has been broadcasting for several years on the popular BBC radio station Radio 1. ...
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On Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, Lynch performed "United States of Whatever" with Tony Kanal and Adrian Young of No Doubt.[3] Another program called The Late Late Show is Irelands longest-running TV chat show. ...
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This song was also featured in an ad for Tony Hawk's Underground. [4]
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