"One Week" is a 1998 hit single by Barenaked Ladies. It is often regarded as the song that propelled the band to superstar status outside Canada. One reason for the song's popularity was the large number of pop culture references worked into the lyrics. It remains the band's biggest hit to date. Image File history File links OneWeekSingle. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Barenaked Ladies (often abbreviated BNL or occasionally BnL) is a Canadian alternative rock band currently composed of Jim Creeggan, Kevin Hearn, Steven Page, Ed Robertson, Tyler Stewart, and formerly Andy Creeggan. ... Stunt is the fifth full-length album and fourth studio album by Barenaked Ladies. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ... A Compact Disc or CD is an optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio. ... It has been suggested that Childrens gramophone records be merged into this article or section. ... 12 single for U2s Beautiful Day The 12-inch [30 cm] single gramophone record came into existence with the advent of disco music in the 1970s. ... Insert from the Winter cassette single by Tori Amos The cassette single was a music recording format that debuted in the 80s. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Alternative rock (also called alternative music[1] or simply alternative) is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Reprise Records is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group, operated through Warner Bros. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Barenaked Ladies (often abbreviated BNL or occasionally BnL) is a Canadian alternative rock band currently composed of Jim Creeggan, Kevin Hearn, Steven Page, Ed Robertson, Tyler Stewart, and formerly Andy Creeggan. ... David John Leonard (b. ... A record chart, also known as a music chart, is a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... Motto  2(French) God and my right Anthem God Save the Queen 3 United Kingdom() – on the European continent() – in the European Union() [] Capital London Largest conurbation (population) Greater London Urban Area Official languages English4 Government and Parliamentary democracy  -  Monarch Elizabeth II  -  Prime Minister Tony Blair Formation  -  Acts of Union... Barenaked Ladies (often abbreviated BNL or occasionally BnL) is a Canadian alternative rock band currently composed of Jim Creeggan, Kevin Hearn, Steven Page, Ed Robertson, Tyler Stewart, and formerly Andy Creeggan. ... Brian Wilson is a song by the Canadian musical group Barenaked Ladies. ... Its All Been Done is a song by the Canadian group Barenaked Ladies. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ... Barenaked Ladies (often abbreviated BNL or occasionally BnL) is a Canadian alternative rock band currently composed of Jim Creeggan, Kevin Hearn, Steven Page, Ed Robertson, Tyler Stewart, and formerly Andy Creeggan. ... Popular culture, or pop culture, is the vernacular (peoples) culture that prevails in a modern society. ...

The song gained renewed popularity when it was featured in an ad for the Mitsubishi Lancer, with groups of young people in the car seeming to sing along until they could not keep up with the rapid-fire lyrics. It was featured in the third installment of Big Shiny Tunes. The Mitsubishi Lancer is a compact car built by Mitsubishi Motors. ... The album cover for the most recent album in the series: Big Shiny Tunes 11 Big Shiny Tunes is a series of rock albums featuring Various Artists compiled and released by the Canadian television station MuchMusic, beginning in 1996. ...

"One Week" was also parodied on "Weird Al" Yankovic's 1999 album Running with Scissors as "Jerry Springer", with lyrics making fun of the Jerry Springer television talk show. Weird Al Yankovic (album) Alfred Matthew Weird Al Yankovic (IPA pronunciation: ; born October 23, 1959) is an American musician, satirist, parodist, accordionist, and television producer. ... Running with Scissors is the tenth album by Weird Al Yankovic, released on June 29, 1999. ... This article is about the talk show host. ...

Ed Robertson wrote the ideas for the non-rap 'choruses' with the concept being the structure of a fight where the protagonist knows they are wrong and is just trying to save face. He wanted to come up with a rapping verse for the song but all attempts failed. Bandmate Steven Page suggested he simply improvise the rap as the two commonly did onstage every night. Robertson heeded the advice and set up a video camera. He improved the song at a slower pace to make rhyming easier and arrived at about four minutes of rap. He sent it to Page who told him not to change a word. Two minutes of the improvising was almost directly compiled (with very little, if any, tweaking) into the verses song. As it is improvised, it is not intended to directly have any relation to the plot of the chorus sections. The liner notes from Stunt contain some of the additional lyrics that did not make it into the recorded version. Ed Robertson, frontman for Barenaked Ladies. ... Steven Page, 2005 Steven Jay Page (born June 22, 1970 in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada), is a Canadian musician. ... Liner notes are the booklets which come inserted into the compact disc jewel case or any sound recording container. ...

In recent performances, the band has developed an acoustic, bluegrass version of the song. It is used in a new performance setting they developed in 2003, in which they play acoustically while they stand around and sing into one omni-directional microphone. A microphone, sometimes referred to as a mike or mic (both IPA pronunciation: ), is an acoustic to electric transducer or sensor that converts sound into an electrical signal. ...

Although the song topped the U.S. Hot 100, it peaked at number nine on the Canadian Singles Chart partly because of limited promotion. The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Lyrical references

Verse 1

• Aquaman - superhero
• Chalet Suisse - French name of Swiss Chalet, a Canadian restaurant chain
• Wasabi - Sushi condiment
• LeAnn Rimes - Country music singer
• Bert Kaempfert - songwriter, one of the top music producers in Germany
• Vertigo - the sensation of spinning or whirling that occurs as a result of a disturbance in balance (equilibrium), also the name of the 1958 Alfred Hitchcock classic film

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Verse 2

• "Chickety China the Chinese Chicken" - Reference to "checkady-choco, the chocolate chicken", a lyric from the song "Scenario" by A Tribe Called Quest. Although the band has made no public statement saying so, some believe it also refers to a strain of bird flu (H5N1) that saw its first human cases, in Hong Kong, at the time the song was being written. [1]
• The X-Files - TV series
• dans la maison - French for "in the house"
• Smoking Man - character from The X-Files
• Harrison Ford - actor
• Frantic - 1988 movie starring Harrison Ford
• Sting - musician
• Tantric - a form of yoga, famously practised by Sting
• Snickers - candy bar whose slogan was "Snickers really satisfies"
• Akira Kurosawa - Japanese movie director, best known for The Seven Samurai
• Sailor Moon - anime cartoon series

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Final verse

• Birchmount Stadium - A stadium in Scarborough, Ontario, that serves as the primary stadium for:
• The Robbie - The Robbie International Soccer Tournament, an annual youth football (soccer) tournament that bills itself as "the world's largest annual charitable youth soccer tournament."

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Music video

The music video was directed by McG and begins with them singing in a royal court, featuring a singing girl on a wind-up pedestal, similar to a scene from the movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. During the interlude they make an escape and sing while driving a lookalike of the General Lee from The Dukes of Hazzard (using the numbers 07 instead of 01) and Starsky & Hutch's Ford Gran Torino. Joseph McG McGinty Nichol (born November 30, 1968) is an American film producer and director. ... Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1964). ... General Lee can refer to: Confederate general Robert E. Lee the car used by The Dukes of Hazzard in the television program of the same name. ... For the 2005 film, see: The Dukes of Hazzard (film). ... Starsky & Hutch is a 2004 American comedy/action film directed by Todd Phillips. ... The Ford Torino was a car produced by the Ford Motor Company for the North American market between 1968 and 1976. ...

Trivia

• "One Week" appeared on the North American soundtrack of Digimon: The Movie, and in movies American Pie and 10 Things I Hate About You, as well as other endeavours of popular culture.

• Barenaked Ladies performed this song during a "Rock the Vote" for President Bartlet on an episode of The West Wing, despite it being pointed out that they are Canadian.

• "Weird Al" Yankovic parodied this song. His version, called "Jerry Springer" talks about The Jerry Springer Show, its wide variety of guests, the absurdity of the situations, and common viewers' fixation on the show.

• Tom Smith (filker), a popular filk performer, used this song as the basis for his Babylon 5 tribute, "5 years".

• ApologetiX has also parodied this song on their "Biblical Graffiti" album. Their version is called "One Way" and explains that Jesus Christ is the one way to Heaven.

• This song was in Veronica Mars episode 3.10 Show me the Monkey. It was at an around the world party, and the song was used to represent Canada.

American Pie is a 1999 teen comedy film directed by Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz and written by Adam Herz. ... 10 Things I Hate About You is a 1999 American romantic comedy film starring Julia Stiles, Heath Ledger, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Andrew Keegan, David Krumholtz, Larisa Oleynik, and Larry Miller, and is directed by Gil Junger. ... Rock the Vote is a non-profit political advocacy organization founded in Los Angeles in 1990 by Jeff Ayeroff, co-chief of Virgin Records. ... The presidential seal was first used in 1880 by President Rutherford B. Hayes and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. ... Dr. Josiah Edward Jed Bartlet is a fictional character played by Martin Sheen on the television serial drama The West Wing. ... The West Wing is an American television serial drama created by Aaron Sorkin that was originally broadcast from 1999 to 2006. ... Weird Al Yankovic (album) Alfred Matthew Weird Al Yankovic (IPA pronunciation: ; born October 23, 1959) is an American musician, satirist, parodist, accordionist, and television producer. ... Jerry Springer is a 1998 song written by Weird Al Yankovic. ... The Jerry Springer Show (first aired September 20, 1991) is an internationally known television tabloid talk show, hosted by Jerry Springer, a former politician. ... Tom Smith is a singer-songwriter from Ann Arbor, Michigan who got his start in the filk genre. ... Filk is a form of music created from within fandom, and performed generally late at night at science fiction conventions. ... Babylon 5 is an epic American science fiction television series created, produced, and largely written by J. Michael Straczynski. ... ApologetiX from left to right: Karl Messner, Keith Haynie, Bill Rieger, and J. Jackson. ... Veronica Mars television series. ...

See also

• List of songs with historical references

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External link

• Music video for "One Week" at YouTube