Songfacts®:

• A song from the group's first album, Gordon, "Box Set" is about a washed-up musician who releases a box set. He explains how each disc corresponds to a different chapter in his life, from his hits (Disc 1) to his unreleased demos (Disc 4) to his dance remixes (Disc 6).
  
  He explains that he never thought he would be reduced to issuing a box set, but he's fallen on hard times and understands that all fans want are his old favorites.
• The name of The Barenaked Ladies singles 1991-2001 collection, Disc One: All Their Greatest Hits (1991-2001) refers to a line from this song: "Disc One, it's where we've begun, it's all of greatest hits. >>

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• Steven Page wrote this song and sang lead.
• The guy in this song complains that "some stupid #1 hit single has got me in this mess." Six years later, Barenaked Ladies had a #1 hit with "One Week," but they were careful about respecting the song and not falling into the trap of derogating their big hit. They kept the song in their setlists and treated it with respect.