The Ballad of Chasey Lain

"The Ballad of Chasey Lain" is a song by American comedy rock band Bloodhound Gang. It was released in February 2000 as the third single from their third studio album, Hooray for Boobies (1999). 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
Released	February 14, 2000 (2000-02-14)
Genre	Pop-punk
Length	2:21
Label	Jimmy Franks Geffen
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 lead singer 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".^[1]

In 2023, 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."^[2][3]

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 members are apparently becoming distracted by the naked women; Jared Hasselhoff even falls off the stage at one point. At the end of the video, Jimmy Pop complains about being distracted and the camera pans to an obese man eating food in a sloppy and disgusting manner, implying that the members had been distracted by him, rather than the women.

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2000) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[4] 68 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[5] 11 Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[6] 3 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[7] 44 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[8] 15 Germany (GfK)[9] 12 Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[10] 1 Ireland (IRMA)[11] 29 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[12] 71 Scotland (OCC)[13] 10 Spain (PROMUSICAE)[14] 16 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[15] 35 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] 23 UK Singles (OCC)[17] 15

Year-end charts Chart (2000) Position Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[18] 7

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
Europe	February 14, 2000	CD	Jimmy Franks Geffen	[9]
United Kingdom	August 21, 2000	CD cassette		[19]

References

1. The Bloodhound Gang interview, BBC, November 15, 2005
2. @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.
3. @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.
4. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
5. "Bloodhound Gang – The Ballad of Chasey Lain" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
6. "Bloodhound Gang – The Ballad of Chasey Lain" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
7. "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 17, no. 14. April 1, 2000. p. 11. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
8. "Bloodhound Gang: The Ballad of Chasey Lain" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat.
9. "Bloodhound Gang – The Ballad of Chasey Lain" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
10. "Íslenski Listinn Topp 20 (1.6–8.6 2000)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). June 2, 2000. p. 10. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
11. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – The Ballad of Chasey Lain". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
12. "Bloodhound Gang – The Ballad of Chasey Lain" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
13. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
14. "Bloodhound Gang – The Ballad of Chasey Lain" Canciones Top 50. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
15. "Bloodhound Gang – The Ballad of Chasey Lain". Singles Top 100.
16. "Bloodhound Gang – The Ballad of Chasey Lain". Swiss Singles Chart.
17. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
18. "Íslenski Listinn Topp 100". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). January 5, 2001. p. 10. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
19. "New Releases – For Week Starting August 21, 2000: Singles". Music Week. August 19, 2000. p. 25.

External links

• "The Ballad of Chasey Lain" music video on YouTube