Released February 14, 2000 Recorded 1999 | Format CD, 12" Length 2:21 | |
Label Jimmy Franks Recording CompanyGeffen Records | ||
"The Ballad of Chasey Lain" is a song by American alternative rock band The Bloodhound Gang. It was released in February 2000 as the third single from their 1999 album Hooray for Boobies.
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Content
The song's melody is taken from "Sea of Sin" by Jimmy Pop's favorite band, Depeche Mode.
The song is presented as a series of letters to the porn star Chasey Lain from a fan, requesting that he be allowed to perform anilingus on Lain. Over the course of the story, the fan is revealed to be obsessive, and the lyrics get progressively angrier, in mockery of the stance taken by the overzealous fan archetype once the affection is perceived as being ignored.
The song was written after Jimmy Pop had seen Lain in a clothing ad. When questioned if the infatuation was real, he commented "No" and bandmates revealed they felt "she was nuts" after meeting her.
The song has been frequently used as bumper music for the radio station, KRBE
Music video
The music video features the band performing the song on stage, and the director and the film crew are all naked women. Throughout the course of the video, the band is apparently becoming distracted by the naked women, and (Jared Hasselhoff even walks and falls off the stage while distracted. At the end of the video, it is revealed the band members were being distracted by an obese man eating food in a sloppy and disgusting manner.