"Pinch Me"
Single by Barenaked Ladies
from the album Maroon
Released	2000
Format	CD, 7", 12"
Recorded	2000
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	4:45 (album) 3:49 (radio edit)
Label	Reprise Records
Producer(s)	Don Was
Chart positions
#15 (US Billboard Hot 100)
Barenaked Ladies singles chronology
"Get In Line" (1999)	"Pinch Me" (2000)	"Too Little Too Late" (2001)

"Pinch Me" is a 2000 single by Barenaked Ladies. It was the first single off the album Maroon, which was a follow-up to the hit album Stunt. As such, it is often regarded as an attempted follow-up to the hit single One Week. This perception is strengthened by the chorus's rap structure, which is reminiscent of One Week. In music, a single is a short (usually ten minutes or less*) record, usually featuring one or two tracks as A-side, often accompanied by several B-sides, usually remixes or other songs. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Maroon (2000) is the sixth full-length album by Barenaked Ladies and their fifth studio album. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... The Compact Disc logo was inspired by that of the previous Compact Cassette. ... 33â…“ LP vinyl record album, The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour American version (Capitol Records) A gramophone record (also phonograph record, or simply record) is an analogue sound recording medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed modulated spiral groove. ... The 12-inch [30 cm] single gramophone record gained popularity with the advent of disco music in the 1970s. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... The terms alternative rock and alternative music were coined in the 1980s to describe punk rock-inspired bands which didnt fit into the mainstream genres of the time. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Reprise Records was formed in 1960 by Frank Sinatra in order to allow more artistic freedom for his own recordings. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Don Was (born Don Fagenson on September 13, 1952 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American musician and a music and record producer. ... Top 40 is a radio format based on frequent repetition of songs from a constantly-updated list of the forty best-selling singles. ... 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. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Stunt is the fifth full-length album and fourth studio album by Barenaked Ladies. ... One Week is a 1998 hit single by Barenaked Ladies. ...

The song was co-written by frontmen Steven Page and Ed Robertson, but the concept and base for the song came from Robertson. He wrote the song following the "roller-coaster" success of Stunt, and returning to Canada to find people less interested or aware of the success. Steven Page, 2005 Steven Jay Page, often called Steve (born June 22, 1970), is a Canadian musician. ... Ed Robertson (full name Lloyd Edward Elwyn Robertson) is a lead singer and songwriter of Barenaked Ladies. ...

"I was trying to get to the root of what I was feeling... 'this is all great, but not right here it's not - not where I live, and not in my heart'... It's this notion that you know things are good - they're just not quite good for you."

The fundamental guitar riff of the song (through the verses) was based on the song "Leaving Las Vegas" by Sheryl Crow. The recording (and most live performances) is based on a drum loop (which drummer Tyler Stewart plays on top of). The song was originally written with the chorus rap as the less prominent "underpinning" half of the vocal, with the melody being more prominent, but as the writing process went along, the rap became the foreground. Noting that the melody line was now the background, they took the lyric and also used it for the bridge of the song. Sheryl Suzanne Crow (born February 11, 1962) is a nine-time Grammy winning American blues rock singer, guitarist, bassist and songwriter. ... Tyler Stewart is the drummer for Barenaked Ladies. ...

The song has a guitar solo outro which exists on the album (the radio edit fades out before the outro). On the album, the solo was played by Robertson from the end of the solo to the beginning, and then the audio was reversed. When played live, the solo is played by Kevin Hearn (a unique solo, not based on the album solo). Occasionally, the outro isn't performed. Kevin Hearn is the keyboardist for Barenaked Ladies and also has his own band, Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle. ...

The song is one of several that the band consistently alters the lyrics humorously at live performances. Often changed lyrics include: "And run through with my gym shorts on" (substituting out "my gym shorts", eg: "with no clothing on"); "And change into some drier clothes" (substituting out "some drier clothes", eg: "change into my sister's clothes"). Sometimes lines like this are changed to reference sometime topical about the performance. On a tour with Alanis Morisette, the line was often changed to "change into Alanis's clothes". Alanis Morissette Alanis Nadine Morissette (born June 1, Canadian singer_songwriter and occasional actress. ...

A classic schoolyard joke in the third verse, "I could hide out under there/I just made you say 'underwear'," spawned a fan trend of throwing underwear onstage at that point in the song. This caused Robertson to sing the line as "I just made you throw underwear" when this happens. The band members tend to each take an article of thrown underwear and hang it from the headstock of their guitars for the guitar solo outro.

The music video for the song features Robertson as a fast food worker while the other band members and several extras are customers. Page also acts as the restaurant's mascot in some shots. The treatment was written by Page. The logo for the restaurant is a thumbs-up logo, which is played in the video by showing the logo upside down in several shots as a thumbs-down. The video echoes the message of depression inherent in the song as Robertson's character seems depressed in his work. Fast food is food prepared and served quickly at a fast-food restaurant or shop at low cost. ... Mascots at the Mascot Olympics in Orlando, Florida. ...