Stupid Kid

"Stupid Kid"
Song

"Stupid Kid" is a song by the Chicago-based punk rock band Alkaline Trio, released as the first single from their 2001 album From Here to Infirmary. Two different versions of the single were released in the United Kingdom, where it became the band's first charting song by reaching #53 on the UK Singles Chart

The song's music video was directed by Matthew Barry and Maureen Egan. It depicts the band performing the song outside of a middle school. Inside the school, a boy becomes infatuated with his female teacher and makes attempts to impress her. When the teacher writes "you scare me" in the boy's yearbook, he is humiliated in front of the class and the other children laugh at him. He stands outside the classroom window and removes his tuque, revealing a pair of devil-like horns as the teacher is consumed by smoke.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Alkaline Trio (Matt Skiba, Dan Andriano, and Mike Felumlee) except where noted

Version 1

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Stupid Kid" (from From Here to Infirmary)	2:23
2.	"The Metro" (John Crawford; originally performed by Berlin)	3:41
3.	"Private Eye" (from From Here to Infirmary)	3:30
Total length:		9:31

Version 2

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Stupid Kid" (from From Here to Infirmary)	2:23
2.	"She Took Him to the Lake" (from Maybe I'll Catch Fire)	2:40
3.	"You've Got So Far to Go" (from Maybe I'll Catch Fire)	3:14
Total length:		8:17

Personnel

Alkaline Trio

• Matt Skiba – guitar, vocals
• Dan Andriano – bass guitar, vocals
• Mike Felumlee – drums on "Stupid Kid", "The Metro", and "Private Eye"
• Glenn Porter – drums on "She Took Him to the Lake" and "You've Got so Far to Go"

Production

• Matt Allison – producer
• Neil Weir – assistant producer on "Stupid Kid", "The Metro", and "Private Eye"
• Jerry Finn – mix engineer on "Stupid Kid", "The Metro", and "Private Eye"
• John Golden – mastering engineer on "She Took Him to the Lake" and "You've Got so Far to Go"