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"Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld" is a self-titled single released on September 9, 2000 by the creators of South Park featured in the episode "Timmy 2000". The song appears in the music video game Rock Band as a playable track and is exportable for play in later games in the series.[1][2][3] In September 2015, it was named the 38th best fictional song of all time by Spin.[4]

Background

The single was originally from the episode Timmy 2000. Handicapped Timmy Burch forms his own band after being excused from homework due to ADD.[5]

Tracks and personnel

There are two sides of the record:

No.TitleLength
1."Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld"2:22
2."Timmy Livin' a Lie"2:29

A list of personnel who performed in the song:

  • Bass, Vocals – Matt Stone, co-creator of South Park
  • Timmy – Trey Parker, co-creator of South Park
  • Drums – Curt Bisquera, studio drummer
  • Engineer – Joe Schiff
  • Executive Producer – Matt Stone, Trey Parker
  • Guitar – Bruce Howell
  • Keyboards – D. A. Young
  • Mastered By – Dave Mitson
  • Mixed By – Bruce Howell, Joe Schiff
  • Performer – Trey Parker
  • Producer – Bruce Howell
  • Written-By – Bruce Howell, Trey Parker

Reception

The song quickly became popular in the video game Rock Band, as a bonus song.[3]

IGN also highlighted the song when mentioning each of the bonus songs in the game.[6]

Rate Your Music gave the album 3.12 stars.[7]

Spin magazine labeled the song as the 38th best fictional song of all time.

A stop-start groove and bouncing bass line better than any real turn-of-the-century modern-rock hit, fronted by the rare period frontman who never became overbearing in his verbosity. Don’t sleep on the backing Lords, though, who sum up goth-rock in one line better than the entire South Park episode on the subject.

— Andrew Unterbeger, The 50 Best Fictional Songs of All Time, [4]

Copyright

The song shares copyright between Sony Music Entertainment and Comedy Central. However, it was published by Hilarity Music Inc.[8]

References

  1. ^ ""Timmy & the Lords of the Underworld" - Timmy & the Lords of the Underworld // Rock Band®". Archived from the original on 2010-05-09. Retrieved 2011-06-19.
  2. ^ "Rock Band and the Lords of the Underworld". 10 November 2007.
  3. ^ a b Kohler, Chris. "South Park Song Leads Rock Band Bonus Tracks". Wired.
  4. ^ a b The 50 Best Fictional Songs of All Time Spin. September 23, 2015
  5. ^ Reid-Hresko, John Paul; Reid, D. Kim (2015-10-13). "Deconstructing Disability: Three Episodes of South Park". Disability Studies Quarterly. 25 (4). doi:10.18061/dsq.v25i4.628. ISSN 2159-8371.
  6. ^ Rock Band and the Lords of the Underworld - IGN, 10 November 2007, retrieved 2020-05-02
  7. ^ Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld by South Park, retrieved 2020-05-02
  8. ^ "Timmy & The Lords Of The Underworld - Timmy And The Lords Of The Underworld". Discogs. Retrieved 2020-05-02.

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