The Impression That I Get
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| Single by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones | ||||
| from the album Let's Face It and Music from the Motion Picture Digimon: The Movie | ||||
| Released | 1997 | |||
| Format | CD maxi single | |||
| Genre | Ska punk | |||
| Length | 3:14 | |||
| Label | Mercury Records | |||
| Writer(s) | Dicky Barrett, Joe Gittleman | |||
| The Mighty Mighty Bosstones singles chronology | ||||
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"The Impression That I Get" is a song by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and the lead single from their 1997 studio album Let's Face It. It is the band's most successful and popular song. The track reached #1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and #23 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart. In 1998, a live version of this song appeared on Live from the Middle East. That same year, the Bosstones performed this song during their debut performance on Saturday Night Live.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
[edit] CD maxi single
- "The Impression That I Get" – 3:13
- "Desensitized" – 2:04
- "Is It – 2:53
- "Storm Hit" – 3:14
[edit] Alternate pressing
- "The Impression That I Get" – 3:13
- "Is It – 2:53
- "Storm Hit" – 3:14
[edit] Music
"The Impression That I Get" is fairly characteristic of the Bosstones' ska punk style. Horns play a large role in this sound, as do the distinctive vocals of Dicky Barrett. This song is occasionally wrongly attributed to fellow ska-punk artists Reel Big Fish.
[edit] Original release
More than a year before the release of Let's Face It the song appeared on Safe and Sound: A Benefit in Response to the Brookline Clinic Violence [1], an album released in response to the slayings of two abortion clinic workers in two different clinics in Brookline, Massachusetts on December 30, 1995, and received heavy play on Boston radio throughout 1996.
[edit] Use in other media
"The Impression That I Get" was featured in several films including Step Brothers, Chasing Amy, Clueless, Krippendorf's Tribe, Fathers' Day and Digimon: The Movie. It was also included in the Activision video game Band Hero, the Namco game Taiko: Drum Master and the Nintendo game Donkey Konga.
The current theme song of the reality show America's Funniest Home Videos is arranged and inspired by the song and both songs appeared in the same year.
The song was featured in TV spots for the Adam Sandler film Jack and Jill.
The song is on occasions played on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno before commercials.
[edit] Charts
| Chart (1997) | Peak position |
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| Canadian RPM Singles Chart[1] | 26 |
| Canadian RPM Alternative 30[2] | 1 |
| US Billboard Pop 100 | 19 |
| US Billboard Adult Top 40 | 17 |
| US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks[3] | 1 |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Top Singles - Volume 66, No. 5, October 06 1997". RPM. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.3348&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5. Retrieved 2011-03-18.
- ^ "Rock/Alternative - Volume 65, No. 11, May 19 1997". RPM. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.8286&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5. Retrieved 2011-03-18.
- ^ "The Impression That I Get - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/#/song/the-mighty-mighty-bosstones/the-impression-that-i-get/655130. Retrieved 2011-03-18.
- Official Bosstones Page
- Bosstones Letter to fans regarding the hiatus
- William Krick's Bosstones Discography
[edit] External links
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