Stuck in America

"Stuck in America"
Single by Sugarcult
from the album Start Static
ReleasedAugust 6, 2001
Recorded2001
GenrePop-punk
Length2:57
Label
SongwriterTim Pagnotta
ProducerMatt Wallace
Sugarcult singles chronology
"Stuck in America"
(2001)		 "Bouncing Off the Walls"
(2002)
Music video
"Stuck in America" on YouTube
Music video
"Stuck in America" alternate music video on Vimeo

"Stuck in America" is a protest song by the American rock band Sugarcult from their 2001 album Start Static and released as the debut single on August 6, 2001 by Ultimatum Music and Artemis Records and Epitaph Records in Europe.

Background

The song's narrative about being young and wanting to skip town.

Music video

The music video, directed by Shawn Foster, featured the band performing at a Japanese talk show with being cheers by crowds primarily of Japanese girls.[citation needed]

Lyrical changes

Sugarcult's debut album, Start Static came out on August 21, 2001, shortly before the September 11 attacks. The line "blowin' up the neighborhood" and "everybody's gonna watch it burn today" were deemed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to be too reminiscent of the attacks.[citation needed] Sugarcult changed the lyric "Everybody's talking about blowin' up the neighborhood" to "everybody's talking about wakin' up the neighborhood".

See also

References

  1. ↑ Loftin, Steven. "11 songs that remind us of home". Alternative Press Magazine. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
  2. ↑ "Sugarcult's Brand of Alienation Tastes Sweet". The Washington Post. 2003-11-15. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
  3. ↑ Piers, Ryan. "16 pop-punk albums from 2001 that you still know front to back". Alternative Press Magazine. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
  4. ↑ Kaufman, Gil (2021-09-09). "Filter's Richard Patrick, Don McLean, Drowning Pool, Saliva & More Talk Post-9/11 Clear Channel Radio Scrub". Billboard. Retrieved 2025-12-09.