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"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[1]

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.[2]

Track listing

Version 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Stupid Kid" (from From Here to Infirmary)Matt Skiba, Dan Andriano, Mike Felumlee2:23
2."The Metro" (originally performed by Berlin)John Crawford3:41
3."Private Eye" (from From Here to Infirmary)Skiba, Andriano, Felumlee3:30
Total length:9:31
Version 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Stupid Kid" (from From Here to Infirmary)Skiba, Andriano, Felumlee2:23
2."She Took Him to the Lake" (from Maybe I'll Catch Fire)Skiba, Andriano, Glenn Porter2:40
3."You've Got So Far to Go" (from Maybe I'll Catch Fire)Skiba, Andriano, Porter3:14
Total length:8:17

Personnel

Band

Production

References

  1. ^ "Chart stats - Alkaline Trio". Chart Stats. Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2009-11-08.
  2. ^ "Media: Alkaline Trio". vagrant.com. Vagrant Records. Retrieved 2009-11-10. [dead link]