'' is the third
Gym Class Heroes album released by
Fueled By Ramen . It was released on
July 25 ,
2006 . A second version of the album, released on
November 4 ,
2006 additionally contains the single "
Cupid's Chokehold " (a different recording of the song was featured on their second album ''
The Papercut Chronicles ''). Both versions of these albums have the
Parental Advisory sticker on them. As Cruel as School Children shows a significant departure from the style of their previous work.
As of July 11, 2007, the album has sold 408,964 copies in the US.
Billboard Top 200
#1st Period: "
The Queen And I " – 3:15
#2nd Period: "
Shoot Down The Stars " – 3:38
#3rd Period: "
New Friend Request " – 4:14
#4th Period: "
Clothes Off!! " (featuring
Patrick Stump ) – 3:55
#Lunch: "Sloppy Love Jingle Part 1" – 1:52
#6th Period: "
Viva La White Girl " – 3:53
#7th Period: "7 Weeks" (featuring
William Beckett ) – 3:51
#8th Period: "It's OK, but Just this Once!" – 3:10
#Study Hall: "Sloppy Love Jingle Part 2" – 1:01
#10th Period: "Biters Block" – 3:48
#Yearbook Club: "Boys In Bands Interlude" – 0:59
#12th Period: "
Scandalous Scholastics " – 4:17
#13th Period: "On My Own Time (Write On!)" – 4:42
#Intramurals: "
Cupid's Chokehold " (featuring
Patrick Stump , only on the re-release) – 3:58
#Detention: "Sloppy Love Jingle Part 3" – 2:15
- The "Living MySpace " themed video for "New Friend Request" was directed by Andrew Paul Bowser and Joseph M. Petrick, Bowser also directed '' The Papercut Chronicles '' version of the " Cupid's Chokehold " video.
- "The Queen and I" was the first single released from this album.
- The song "7 Weeks" features The Academy Is... vocalist William Beckett .
- " Clothes Off! " features Fall Out Boy vocalist Patrick Stump . The hook for the song is from Jermaine Stewart 's 1986 song "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off".
- "Biter's Block" features Speech of Arrested Development .
- On the back of the CD case, the title for track 5 should be "Sloppy Love Jingle Pt. 1", but there is a typing error and it is written as "Sloppy Live jingle Pt. 1". This mistake was fixed on the re-release. In addition, when the album is played on a computer, all three "Sloppy Love Jingle" appear as "Sloppy Live Jingle".
- The song "The Queen and I" has a new video, which is in rotation on MTV , MTV2 , FUSE , and MuchMusic .
- The band re-released this album, which includes the new remix of "Cupid's Chokehold". {Link without Title}
- The chorus for "Cupid's Chokehold" comes from the single "Breakfast in America" by Supertramp and is sung by Patrick Stump from Fall Out Boy .
- Stump has appearances on both versions of the video for "Cupid's Chokehold".
- The group recently went on '' The Ellen DeGeneres Show '' to promote the album.
- The name of the album is a lyric from "Scandalous Scholastics", which is a track on the album.
- Track 6, "Viva la White Girl", comes off as a song about cocaine usage, but singer Travis McCoy explains the song is a metaphor for his love of music.
