
10. McGlaughin Groove
Is a play on words for “McGlaughin Group”, a 1/2 hour TV program broad-casted in the United States. The lyrics of the song are based on actual off-hand comments made by the commentators of the show. It’s completely nonsensical, which makes for perfect content of an AWK song!
9. Party Party Party
Created for the Aqua Teen Hunger Force TV show. This humorous parody of the familiar “Party” theme associated with AWK is highlighted in its lyrics “O Party Party Party, party’s make me farty, I gotta take an antacid, so I can keep on party”. After the first couple of listens it’s pretty catchy! Gotta love the Bach-esque piano outro.
8. Hearing What I Said
This one slid under the radar due to Cartoon Network pulling the plug on the correlating music video from YouTube just a day after it was posted. This was probably PR damage control due to the out-cry from CN network fans against CN’s new “CNREAL” programming change. I could careless about CN. But hey! us AWK fans got a music video and a song out of it, right?! The song is actually a rendition of “Not Going To Bed” from the CCWBW album.
7. I Was Born To Love You
If you haven’t heard of this one it’s because it’s brand-new! The new E-Single from Japan is a cover of the Freddie Mercury’s song of the same name. It’s Andrew’s latest release in a marketing blitz to build up to his upcoming EP (March 30th) and LP (sometime later this year… hopefully). Andrew really belts it out in this one “An Amazing Feeling, Coming Through”!!!!
6. It Just Got Hotter
This was created in 2007 as the theme song for the Arizona hockey team “Sun Dogs”. It’s a rendition of “Fun Night” from the I Get Wet album. Though it was primarily released from the official AWK website, what many people don’t know is that there was an actual promo CD released for it as well. It also included the track “You Will Remember Tonight” on it. I love the way the song ends in this version “Because-It-Just-Got—-HOTTER”.
5. Steev Mike Radio Commercial
Though not technically an actual “song” but more of a promo/advert/commercial. Ranked #5 because this will undoubtedly raise an eyebrow at the oddities found in the track. Not only does it contain Andrew W.K. stating he’s Steev Mike (an Island Records recording artist) but it also has alternate versions of It’s Time To Party, She Is Beautiful and others. Hey, it’s mixed together pretty well too!
4. The Santos Cheer
Though it has no official “Andrew W.K.” name credited to it, the night club’s theme song was obviously influenced/created by him. What you may not have known is that the Santos Party House Blog once offered the “tracks” within the song to competitors to create the best mix of the song for a prize. It’s no wonder why this tune is one of the most popular “B-Sides” on this site. The news must have gotten out about this base-thumper and the catchy sing-a-long chorus! (if you have those individual tracks… let me know!
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3. Kit Kat Song
Short and sweet, but what a regular song can only do in 2:30 this song does it in 30 seconds flat! The highs and lows, it’s all slam packed into this one. Dare I say… way better than the original Kit Kat jingle?! I know at least 930 people that would agree with me.
2. Mickey Mouse Club March
Wow. Ranked #2 for a reason. Words can’t really explain it, just listen to it.
1. Fang (Kiba)
For whatever reason, I never hear anybody talking about this song. Which is why I’ve chosen it as the #1 spot for the most underrated-unknown song by AWK. Kiba is a Japan-only single and this English version entitled “Fang” really packs a punch. While collaborating with Marty Friedman, Andrew’s lyrical inspiration on this track may not have been rivaled since The Wolf (Fang (Kiba) lyrics here). Enjoy!
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Do you have the Steev Mike radio promo on here? I’m really interested in hearing that. I still can’t wrap my head around that whole concept. I’m pretty sure there’s only one Andrew but everything I hear complicates it and makes it annoying lol.
#9 was the first Andrew W.K. I heard. It was a bit of a gateway song
what about his Poltergeist movie soundtrack? or stuff with the Beast People?
@Jake, the Steev Mike song is in the B-Sides section. Which actually is where most of these tracks are archived.
@Ben, that’s definitely an interesting song to discover AWK with. HA!
@Brown thunder, Andrew has been in tons of bands and made tons of songs under those names. This was just a list for “Andrew W.K.”. For example, The Beast People would be a “Beast People” track not an Andrew W.K. track.