"Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld" | |
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Single by Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld | |
B-side | "Timmy Livin' a Lie" |
Released | September 5, 2000 |
Genre | Heavy metal, comedy rock |
Length | 2:22 |
Label | Sony |
Songwriter(s) | Bruce Howell, Trey Parker |
Producer(s) | Bruce Howell Executive Producers Trey Parker, Matt Stone |
"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]
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]
There are two sides of the record:
No. | Title | Length |
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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:
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]
The song shares copyright between Sony Music Entertainment and Comedy Central. However, it was published by Hilarity Music Inc. [8]