Flagpole Sitta

"Flagpole Sitta" is a song by Harvey Danger from their 1998 album, Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone?. It was released as a single on September 22, 1998. The song gained popularity after Sean Nelson gave a copy of the album to a KNDD DJ. Shortly after this, it was picked up by KROQ, resulting in the song appearing in Billboard's top 40 and number one on the magazine's Modern Rock Tracks chart.

This song is constantly being falsely credited on the internet to the band Lit, and to a lesser extent Green Day, and Blink-182.

[edit] Use in popular culture

"Weird Al" Yankovic used the chorus of this song in his polka medley, "Polka Power!", in his 1999 album, Running with Scissors.
The song was in the film Dickie Roberts during the scenes of news and talk shows when Dickie is returning to fame.
The song was used in the film American Pie, during a montage of the protagonist's quest for dates. It was also used in the trailer of Disturbing Behavior. After the song proved to be popular, it replaced part of a piece titled "Unplugged at Bishop Flats" in the film itself.
Since Series 2, it has been the theme song for the British comedy Peep Show.
The song appeared in the television show October Road episode, "Best Friend Windows."
On April 20, 2007, the employees of "Connected Ventures". , the company responsible for sites such as CollegeHumor and Busted Tees, uploaded to Vimeo a lip dub video of them singing the song. The video, which was filmed in one take, features a large number of the employees "singing" in unison in their office. The video was quickly circulated in many online communities. ^[1]