The Ballad of Chasey Lain

"The Ballad of Chasey Lain" is a song by American alternative rock band Bloodhound Gang. It was released in February 2000 as the third single from their third studio album, Hooray for Boobies (2000). The song reached number one in Iceland and became a top-20 hit in Austria, Finland, Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom.

"The Ballad of Chasey Lain"
Single by Bloodhound Gang
from the album Hooray for Boobies
ReleasedFebruary 14, 2000 (2000-02-14)
GenreNu metal[1]
Length2:21
Label
Songwriter(s)Jimmy Pop
Producer(s)Jimmy Pop
Bloodhound Gang singles chronology
"The Bad Touch"
(1999)		 "The Ballad of Chasey Lain"
(2000)		 "Mope"
(2000)

Content

According to a band interview to the BBC, the song was written after Jimmy Pop had seen pornographic film actress Chasey Lain in a clothing ad. When questioned if the infatuation was real, he commented "No. No. What happened was, I saw her in a clothing ad, and I was like, 'she's really cute'. So I'm not sure if we started 'researching' Chasey Lain but she came out and performed on our record with us, and her arms were like, hairier than mine. And she was dumber than that table".[2]

In 2023, lead singer Jimmy Pop tweeted that he regretted that he had "talked shit on" Lain, had been "butthurt" that she hadn't shown up for a video shoot, and that "her arms weren't hairy and she didn't come off as dumb, just bubbly."[3][4]

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, Jimmy Pop complains about being distracted and an obese man eating food in a sloppy and disgusting manner is shown, implying that Pop was distracted by him, rather than the naked women.

Charts

Release history
Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
Europe February 14, 2000 CD
[10]
United Kingdom August 21, 2000
  • CD
  • cassette
 [20]

References
  1. "The Bloodhound Gang". The Scotsman. August 20, 2004. Archived from the original on June 8, 2019. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
  2. The Bloodhound Gang interview, BBC, November 15, 2005
  3. @jimmypop (April 10, 2023). "🤣 Is this what they call a "Gotcha! moment"? And yes, I regret saying that and if I ever see her again, I will apologize to her for saying that, even if she didn't know that I said it. Her arms weren't hairy and she didn't come off as dumb, just bubbly" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. @jimmypop (April 10, 2023). "I talked shit on her because I was butthurt that she didn't show up for the video shoot" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  6. "Bloodhound Gang – The Ballad of Chasey Lain" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  7. "Bloodhound Gang – The Ballad of Chasey Lain" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
  8. "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 17, no. 14. April 1, 2000. p. 11. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  9. "Bloodhound Gang: The Ballad of Chasey Lain" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat.
  10. "Bloodhound Gang – The Ballad of Chasey Lain" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
  11. "Íslenski Listinn Topp 20 (1.6–8.6 2000)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). June 2, 2000. p. 10. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  12. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – The Ballad of Chasey Lain". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  13. "Bloodhound Gang – The Ballad of Chasey Lain" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  14. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  15. "Bloodhound Gang – The Ballad of Chasey Lain" Canciones Top 50. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  16. "Bloodhound Gang – The Ballad of Chasey Lain". Singles Top 100.
  17. "Bloodhound Gang – The Ballad of Chasey Lain". Swiss Singles Chart.
  18. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  19. "Íslenski Listinn Topp 100". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). January 5, 2001. p. 10. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
  20. "New Releases – For Week Starting August 21, 2000: Singles". Music Week. August 19, 2000. p. 25.


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