Stacy's Mom
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| Single by Fountains of Wayne | ||
| from the album 'Welcome Interstate Managers' | ||
| Released | October 21, 2003 | |
| Format | Digital download, CD single | |
| Genre | Power pop | |
| Length | 3:19 | |
| Label | Virgin | |
| Writer(s) | Adam Schlesinger, Chris Collingwood | |
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| Fountains of Wayne singles chronology | ||
| "Denise" (1999) |
"Stacy's Mom" (2003) |
"Mexican Wine" (2003) |
"Stacy's Mom" is a hit single by American band Fountains of Wayne, released in 2003 and taken from their album Welcome Interstate Managers.
"Stacy's Mom" appeared on the Top 30 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart (#21) and was one of the first songs to reach the #1 spot on the 'most downloaded songs' list of the iTunes Music Store. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Vocal Pop Performance at the 2004 awards.
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[edit] Subject matter
"Stacy's Mom" is about a boy's preteen/adolescent fantasies about a female friend's mother. The boy spends time with the friend — likely misleading her — in an attempt to get closer to her mother in a reversal of the Lolita story and embrace of the MILF concept. The part in the video in which Stacy, the friend of the boy, is laying out in the sun with red heart-shaped sunglasses is also possibly a reference to Lolita.
[edit] Music video
"Stacy's Mom" became a hit widely due to its music video, which features several comedic scenes illustrating the boy's attempts to get closer to the object of his affections and fantasies, played by model Rachel Hunter. In the video, the thirteen year-old girl Stacy is played by Gianna Distenca and the twelve year-old boy is played by Shane Haboucha. It also pays homage to the 1982 film Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Near the end of the video, the boy begins to masturbate by the bathroom window after staring at Stacy's mother come out of the pool in her red two-piece. Before he finishes, Stacy opens the door and catches him in the act and - differently from the character Linda of Fast Times at Ridgemont High - she leaves and closes the door behind her then laughs, possibly thinking that he is masturbating for her mother while thinking of her.
[edit] References
"Stacey's Mom" bears a strong similarity to two songs by New Wave group The Cars; its intro is similar to that of "Just What I Needed", and, along the intro, the lyrics also resemble those of "My Best Friend's Girl", which also deals with lusting after a woman closely aligned with the narrator's friend.
There are also references to The Cars in the song's video: a license plate reads 'I ♥ RIC', a reference to Cars frontman Ric Ocasek; and the recreation of the Fast Times scene, which featured The Cars' "Moving In Stereo". The narrator stutters on the final words of various lines, similar to the stuttering style employed by Ocasek. One of the boys at the beginning also wears Ocasek's signature hair, tie, and sunglasses. Further links to The Cars and New Wave music are given by the magazine Nu Wave that is featured in the video, and the record sleeve showing 'Stacy's Mom' in a car, in homage to a number of Cars' album covers.[1]
[edit] Spoofs and commercialization
Following the success of "Stacy's Mom", a band called Uncle Izzy released a spoof of the song named "Stacy's Dad", where the boy fantasizes about Stacy's father. In addition, a Christian parody band called ApologetiX released a song named "JC's Mom" (on their album New And Used Hits) describing Jesus Christ's mother, Mary, having a growing son, and his journey as a boy.
In 2005, "Stacy's Mom" was used in a commercial for Dr Pepper. In this case, the boys (part of a local youth sports team) adore "Stacy's mom" – because she brings the desired soft drink.
Song parodist Steve Goodie used the song as the basis for "Harry's Wand", a satirical retelling of the storyline of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
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[edit] References
- ^ Left of The Dial. Retrieved on 2006-08-16.
