Drunk Enough to Dance

Drunk Enough to Dance is the fourth studio album by American rock band Bowling for Soup, released August 6, 2002 through Jive Records.^[1] It was recorded at Tree Sound Studios and Sonica Recording in Atlanta and Big Time Audio in Dallas, Texas. The album's only single, "Girl All the Bad Guys Want," was nominated for a Grammy award in 2003 in the "Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal" category.

A re-release in 2003 added: "Punk Rock 101"; a cover of '80s new wave band A Flock of Seagulls' "I Ran (So Far Away)"; and "Star Song". There is an acoustic version of the song "Belgium" at the very end of the album.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

The album was included in Rock Sound's 101 Modern Classics list at number 63.^[3] The album was included at number 32 on Rock Sound's "The 51 Most Essential Pop Punk Albums of All Time" list.^[4] BuzzFeed included the album at number 28 on their "36 Pop Punk Albums You Need To Hear Before You F——ing Die" list.^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Don't Wanna Rock"	Jaret Reddick	3:03
2.	"Emily"	Reddick	3:30
3.	"Girl All the Bad Guys Want" (*)	Reddick, Butch Walker	3:17
4.	"On and On (About You)"	Reddick	3:10
5.	"Surf Colorado"	Reddick	3:54
6.	"Life After Lisa" (**)	Reddick, Walker	3:08
7.	"Where to Begin"	Reddick	5:19
8.	"The Last Rock Show"	Reddick	1:28
9.	"Self-Centered"	Reddick	3:00
10.	"The Hard Way"	Reddick	3:09
11.	"Out the Window"	Reddick	3:20
12.	"Cold Shower Tuesdays"	Reddick	3:35
13.	"Running from Your Dad"	Reddick	3:37
14.	"Scaring Myself"	Reddick	3:32
15.	"She's Got a Boyfriend"	Reddick	3:50
16.	"Greatest Day" (***)	Reddick	3:14
17.	"Non-Musical Silence"
18.	"Belgium" (acoustic)	Reddick	4:45
Total length:			58:56

Each version of the album has a number tracks that are five-to-six seconds of complete silence, titled "[Blank]," between the last song and "Belgium." The number of blank tracks varies upon the version, but "Belgium" is track 28 on all versions except for the Japanese Edition, where it is on track 20 after "Other Girls". There is about 1 minute of silence in between both songs.

U.K. Edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
18.	"(Is the World) World Falling Apart" (also appears on U.K. Promo)	Reddick	3:38
Total length:			62:34

Japanese Edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
19.	"Other Girls" (also appears on U.K. and Australian "Girl All the Bad Guys Want" single)	Reddick	3:45
Total length:			62:41

2003 Re-Release
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
18.	"Punk Rock 101" (Special Bonus Track *)	Reddick, Walker	3:08
19.	"I Ran (So Far Away)" (Extra Special Bonus Track ****)	Mike Score, Ali Score, Frank Maudsley, Paul Reynolds	2:34
20.	"Star Song" (Now This is a Super Extra Special Bonus Track *****)	Reddick, Walker	3:25
Total length:			68:03

B-sides

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Changed My Mind" (released on the U.K. "Emily" single)	3:47

Personnel

Bowling for Soup:

Jaret von Erich (Jaret Reddick) — vocals, rhythm guitars
Erik Rodham Clinton (Erik Chandler) — bass, vocals
Christopher Van Malmsteen (Chris Burney) — lead guitars, vocals
Gary Wiseass (Gary Wiseman) — drums
Produced, Engineered and Mixed by Butch Walker for Ruby Red Productions, Atlanta, GA, except:

* Mixed by Tom Lord-Alge

** Additional Engineering by John Briglevich; Mixed by Tom Soares

*** Produced by Jaret Reddick; Engineering by Steve Browne; Mixed by Tom Soares

**** Produced by Rhys Fulber; Mixed by Tom Lord-Alge

***** Mixed by Chris Shaw

Basic Tracks Recorded at Tree Studios, Atlanta, GA, except "Punk Rock 101," "I Ran (So Far Away)" and "Star Song" Recorded at Ruby Red Studios, Atlanta, GA, "Life After Lisa" Recorded at Sonica Recording, Atlanta, GA and "Greatest Day" Recorded at Big Time Audio, Dallas, TX
Overdubs Recorded at Ruby Red Studios, Atlanta, GA, except "Life After Lisa" Recorded at Sonica Recording and "Greatest Day" Recorded at Big Time Audio
Mixed at Stonehenge at ZAC Recording, Atlanta, GA, except "Girl All the Bad Guys Want," "Punk Rock 101" and "I Ran (So Far Away)," Mixed at South Beach Studios, Miama, FL, "Star Song" Mixed at Avatar Studios, NYC, "Life After Lisa" Mixed at Streetlight Studios, NYC and "Greatest Day" Mixed at Electric Lady Studios, NYC
Mastered by Chaz Harper at Battery Mastering, NYC
General Assistant to Butch Walker: Christie Priode
Assistant Engineers:

Tree Sound - Rus-T Cobb and Robert Hannon

Stonehenge at ZAC Recording: Rus-T Cobb and Jon Oullette

Second Engineer: Ari Newman

Sonica Recording: Mike Schneider

Streetlight Studios: Tim Obremski

Electric Lady: Shinobu Mitsuoka

Ruby Red Studios: Rus-T Cobb

Avatar Studios: Ross Petersen

Percussion, piano, Hammond and additional guitars by Butch Walker Additional vocal on "Life After Lisa" by Butch Walker
Additional Backing Vocals on "I Don't Wanna Rock" and "Running from Your Dad" by FFroe and Howie
Keyboards on "I Ran (So Far Away)" by Jamie Muhoberac
Management: Jeff Roe for FFroe
Legal Representation: Mike McKoy - Serling, Rooks, Ferrara
Road Crew: Sweet Charlie, Greg Lobdell

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
2002	Heatseekers	2
2003	The Billboard 200	129
2003	Top Heatseekers	2

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2002	"Girl All the Bad Guys Want"	Modern Rock Tracks	38
2003		Adult Top 40	39
		The Billboard Hot 100	64
		Top 40 Mainstream	17
		Top 40 Tracks	25

Notes

A ^ Featured in frontman Jaret Reddick's seventh Bowling for Soup podcast, released March 10, 2010.

References

Citations

↑ "A List of the 11 BFS studio albums (for my twitter peeps)". 5 January 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
↑ Allmusic review
↑ "Rock Sound’s 101 Modern Classics: 74 - 50". Rock Sound Magazine. June 27, 2012. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
↑ Bird, ed. 2014, p. 70
↑ Sherman, Maria; Broderick, Ryan (July 2, 2013). "36 Pop Punk Albums You Need To Hear Before You F----ing Die". BuzzFeed. Retrieved July 29, 2015.

Sources

Bird, Ryan, ed. (September 2014). "The 51 Most Essential Pop Punk Albums of All Time". Rock Sound (London: Freeway Press Inc.) (191). ISSN 1465-0185.

External links

Drunk Enough to Dance at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)

Bowling for Soup

Jaret Reddick Chris Burney Erik Chandler Gary Wiseman Lance Morrill

Studio albums	Bowling for Soup Cell Mates Rock on Honorable Ones!! Let's Do It for Johnny!! Drunk Enough to Dance A Hangover You Don't Deserve Bowling for Soup Goes to the Movies The Great Burrito Extortion Case Sorry for Partyin' Fishin' for Woos Lunch. Drunk. Love.

Live albums	Bowling for Soup: Live and Very Attractive

Compilation albums	Merry Flippin' Christmas Volumes 1 and 2 Playlist: The Very Best of Bowling for Soup Songs People Actually Liked – Volume 1 – The First 10 Years (1994–2003)

EPs	Tell Me When to Whoa My Wena EP The Dollyrots vs. Bowling for Soup

Singles	"Scope" "The Bitch Song" "Suckerpunch" "Girl All the Bad Guys Want" "Emily" "Punk Rock 101" "1985" "Almost" "Ohio (Come Back to Texas)" "I Melt with You" "High School Never Ends" "When We Die" "I'm Gay" "My Wena" "No Hablo Inglés" "S-S-S-Saturday" "Turbulence" "I've Never Done Anything Like This"

Tours	Drunk Enough To Dance Tour Warped Tour 2003 The Get Happy Tour UK Acoustic Party In Your Pants Tour Sorry For Partyin' Tour Just Can't Get Rid Of Us Tour Fishin' For Woos Tour One Big Happy Tour Warped Tour 2013 Warped Tour 2014 Are Finally Legal Tour How About Another Round Tour

Record labels	Sony BMG Music Entertainment RCA/Jive Label Group: Jive Records RCA Records Silvertone Records Zomba Que-so Records

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