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• Moosehead from Scevery time i hear this, i text chikity china to agent 42. love the song and quinnie fish!
• Bigboybrian from Aberdeen, ScotlandI remember reading on a 12" liner notes where BNL mentioned REM - many years later, I'm listening to REM's greatest Hits "Part Truth...Part Garbage" and I heard Bad Day and It's The End Of The World As We Know It and it hit me - "Aha!" One Week was a nod/parody of/inspired by these REM songs! My brother used to play hockey at the Ted Reeve Arena which is next door to Birchmount Stadium but i never knew what that last lyrics were until I read the liners on Their Greatest Hits (Disc One)
  Love it, they have released some very good music over the years!
• Confusedintentions from Midwest UsaUpon reading the lyrics and learning them better, I truly thought this song was about a man with Aspergers...and was flashing back to childhood conflict with parent before diagnosis...then present day conflict with significant other, trying to explain his non-neurotypical reactions and emotions...
• Jennifer from Spring Hill, Fl My mission in life is to learn every damned word of this song and be able to sing it...twenty years, haven't mastered it yet
• Brian from Aberdeen, Scotland, UkI'm gonna burst some bubbles here but I heard Ed Robertson is a big fan of REM - this song sounds almost a parody of End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) or Bad Day! I was listening to some REM one day and it just hit me - when are REM gonna do a parody of a Barenaked Ladies tune?
• David from Maplewood, NjThe "Chalet Swiss" in the second verse is Swiss Chalet, a Canadian casual dining chain. It's definitely not a place to get sushi.
• Hannah from Gustavus, OhI think the part about "Sailor Moon has got the boom anime babes that make me think the wrong thing" is a reference to how the cartoon was originally banned in the United States because two of the characters were lesbians and how the episodes were re-written to make them cousins, but the overtones would still sometimes show up.
• Daniel from Winchester, OhAnd it does a good job of entertaining the masses all in all its a decent song
• Tannan from Hays, KsIn the third verse, after the reference to Akria Kurosawa, there is a reference to the anime Sailor Moon. "Gotta get in tune with sailor moon
  Cause that cartoon has got the boom anime babes". I'd heard the song several times but didn't pick up on that until last night.
• Caroline from Happy, Txi love this song. its in ten things i hate about you...awesome teen movie
• Landon from Winchester, OhThe lyrics are not meant to have meaning, they are meant to entertain. Good to know.
• Lalah from Wasilla, AkRachael and Shannon: The song with the underwear reference is "Pinch Me". Like any improvisation; they probably change the rapping part each time they sing it. This is just the recorded version. I hear they're a scream in concert.
• Matthew from CalgaryI've tried to learn this song all the way through. All I've got is random parts and the chorus. It's so fast-paced though. Hard to keep up even if you do know the words.
• Josh from Conshohocken, PaDylan:
  I can sing every lyric from this song; can you? If not... why are you criticizing people who can't?
• Dylan from Port Orange, FlLive raping?
  
  You are one sick bastard.
  
  LOL
• Dylan from Port Orange, FlI have yet to meet someone who can sing this whole song.
  
  No offense people, but... it's not that hard.
• Leah from Humboldt, Iafreaking awesome. know all the word. still smile eveytime i hear it.
• Ashli from Indianapolis, In(chickity china the chinese chicken:you have a drumstick and your brain stops tickin)is my favorite bpart in this song..i have heard the song many of times..but i didnt know that was the words!-lol-
• Daniel from Cincinnatti, Ornot their best
• Danny from Los Angeles, CaIf you did not yet notice, the Ford Gran Torino from Starsky & Hutch and "General Lee" from the Dukes of Hazzard are featured in the last minute and half of the music video.
  - Danny, Whittier, CA
• Shannon from Garland, Txthis isnt the one with the underwear.. thats by barenaked ladies tho
• Aaron from Amelia, NeThere are two places in the song where the liner notes have lyrics that aren't actually sung. The first set of lyrics that aren't sung in the actual song (during the first verse that Ed sings) is "Like Andrew Lloyd I've got a big show/Mine's about a back-hoe/There'll be a big sound from the pavement", and the second set (from the second verse) is "Like Skywalker gotta big hunch/Hey that's my lunch/Yoda's a really really old guy".
• Annabeth from Kutztown, Pathis is about a couple that has a fight. They both know they're wrong, but niether is willing to admit it. So they try distracting themselves with other things (chicken, anime, golf, etc.)
• Belinda from Miami, FlThe meaningless lyrics were created when he was freestylin' in front of a camera one day. The band liked the concept and kept it.
• Rachel from Waurika, OkI dont really like this song. Its somewhat funny though. If this is the right song they chicken and underwear in it and when i was young i laughed for hours and made ny mom listen to it.
• Terri Lynn from Heart's Desire, Canadathis was their first big hit, no doubt it really got them a lot of attention with the media and mainstream pop. i still remember the days of "if i had a million dollars" though... :) aww.
• Jordan from Sacramento, CaIf you look at the lyrics, you can tell that it is about an arguement that a couple had. Several of the lines not only talk about the fight, but they also explain when they happened. Trying to match wits and busting through... like she's holding him back, and he needs to be able to write/sing some of the crazy lyrics that are in the song. You can relate everything to something that you do when you breakup with someone... eat, listen to classical type music, try other activities, such as golf, or fantasize about others... even cartoon characters. The lyrics might be crazy, but they are anything but nonsense.
• Dave from Edmonton, CanadaI really hope that the guy below meant to say "live RAPPING". As it is, the visual he projects is not a pleasant one.
• John from Clinton, NjI think I remember from the Barenaked in America Documentry that One Week was a tour song or about touring. I also remember Ed saying how he loved to do his live raping and i think that probablly is one reason they did the song.

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