Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water

Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water
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Publication (s)	October 16, 2000
admission	2000
Label (s)	Interscope Records , Flip Records
Format (s)	CD , LP , download , MC
Genre (s)	Nu metal , crossover
Title (number)	15th
running time	75:08
occupation	Singing : Fred Durst Electric guitar : Wes Borland Electric bass : Sam Rivers Keyboards : Scott Borland, DJ Lethal Drums , percussion : John Otto Guest vocals: DMX , Rob Dyrdek , Stephan Jenkins , Method Man , Redman , Ben Stiller , Mark Wahlberg , Scott Weiland , Xzibit
production	Terry Date , Limp Bizkit, Josh Abraham, Scott Weiland, Swizz Beatz
Studio (s)	Westlake Studios, Los Angeles (USA)
chronology Significant Other (1999) Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water Results May Vary (2003)
Single releases June 6, 2000 Take a look around October 10, 2000 My generation October 10, 2000 Rollin '(Air Raid Vehicle) January 6, 2001 My way October 22, 2001 boiler

Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water is the third studio album by the US Nu-Metal band Limp Bizkit . It was released on October 16, 2000 on the Interscope Records and Flip Records labels .

Naming

The first part of the title is a scatological reference to the appearance of the human anus ("Chocolate Starfish"). In contrast, “Hot Dog Flavored Water” is an inside joke that was invented by Wes Borland . While the band was touring, Borland noticed a jar of pickled eggs at a truck stop and suggested that they do the same with hot dogs . He went on to say that the water should be bottled and sold as "hot dog-flavored water".

Fred Durst himself refers to the album name in both the song Livin 'It Up , where he explains that "The Chocolate Starfish is my buddy Fred Durst" (Wes Borland stated in an interview that "Chocolate Starfish" is a "strange nickname." Fred has for himself ”), as well as in the song Hot Dog , where he says to his critics:“ Kiss my starfish, my chocolate starfish ”.

Cover design

The album cover shows five gnome-like beings surrounded by black fog and lying in a pile of sausages. One of them holds out a starfish with an anus ("Chocolate Starfish") towards the viewer . At the top of the picture is the gray lettering limp bizkit presents and at the bottom of the picture the title chocolate starfish and the hot dog flavored water , also in gray.

Guest Posts

In addition to Limp Bizkit, other artists can be heard on four tracks on the album. The rapper Xzibit has a guest appearance on the song Getcha Groove On , while the track Rollin '(Urban Assault Vehicle) , which was produced by Swizz Beatz , is a collaboration with rappers DMX , Method Man and Redman . Scott Weiland , singer of the Stone Temple Pilots , supports Limp Bizkit on the song Hold On . In addition, Ben Stiller , Mark Wahlberg , Rob Dyrdek and Stephan Jenkins are represented in the outro .

Track list

#	title	Guest Posts	length
1	Intro		1:18
2	hot dog		3:50
3	My generation		3:41
4th	Full Nelson		4:07
5	My way		4:32
6th	Rollin '(Air Raid Vehicle)		3:33
7th	Livin 'It Up		4:24
8th	The One		5:43
9	Getcha Groove On	Xzibit	4:29
10	Take a look around		5:21
11	It'll be OK		5:06
12	boiler		7:00
13	Hold on	Scott Weiland	5:48
14th	Rollin '(Urban Assault Vehicle)	DMX , Method Man , Redman	6:22
15th	Outro	Ben Stiller , Mark Wahlberg , Rob Dyrdek , Stephan Jenkins	9:49

Information on individual songs

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water   DE 1 10/30/2000 (60 weeks)   AT 1 10/22/2000 (50 weeks)   CH 4th October 29, 2000 (53 weeks)   UK 1 October 28, 2000 (54 weeks)   US 1 04/11/2000 (72 weeks)

Singles

Take a look around   DE 4th 07/17/2000 (17 weeks)   AT 4th 07/16/2000 (18 weeks)   CH 7th 07/09/2000 (25 weeks)   UK 3 07/15/2000 (18 weeks) My generation   DE 23 11/13/2000 (9 weeks)   AT 19th 11/12/2000 (10 weeks)   CH 23 11/12/2000 (12 weeks)   UK 15th 11/11/2000 (10 weeks) Rollin '(Air Raid Vehicle)   DE 10 02/05/2001 (14 weeks)   AT 10 02/04/2001 (17 weeks)   CH 21st 02/11/2001 (14 weeks)   UK 1 01/27/2001 (13 weeks)   US 65 11/11/2000 (17 weeks) My way   DE 38 06/18/2001 (9 weeks)   AT 51 06/24/2001 (5 weeks)   CH 99 07/01/2001 (2 weeks)   UK 6th 06/23/2001 (10 weeks)   US 75 04/28/2001 (14 weeks) boiler   DE 50 05/11/2001 (9 weeks)   AT 44 11/11/2001 (6 weeks)   CH 57 11/11/2001 (3 weeks)   UK 18th 11/10/2001 (5 weeks)

The song Hot Dog is known for using the word " fuck " 48 times. Durst refers to the number of "fucks" in the line "If I say fuck two more times, that's 46 fucks in this fucked up rhyme". The refrain parodies the nine-inch-nails songs Closer , The Perfect Drug and Burn . Durst said he was a huge fan of the Nine Inch Nails, although Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor made negative comments about thirst during that period. Reviewers often interpreted Durst's lyrics in Hot Dog as an insult to Reznor.

Livin 'It Up contains a sample of the song Life in the Fast Lane by the American rock band Eagles .

The video for Rollin '(Air Raid Vehicle) was filmed by Fred Durst at the World Trade Center in late 2000 . It won the award for Best Rock Video at the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards . Also served Rollin '(Air Raid Vehicle) as entrance theme of the wrestler The Undertaker between 2000 and 2002 and again to Wrestlemania XIX (2003), where Limp Bizkit also appeared live.

Take a Look Around appears in Mission: Impossible II , My Generation in The Fighters and Rollin '(Air Raid Vehicle) appears in The Fast and the Furious and Hancock . In Take a Look Around , Lalo Schifrin is named as a co-authorbecause of the use of the Mission: Impossible theme .

More songs that were created during the album production:

• Back O Da bus
• Crushed
• It's Like That Y'all (with Run-DMC )
• Snake in Your Face

Chart successes and singles

Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water entered the German album charts at number 1 on October 30, 2000 and was at number 4 in the following two weeks before dropping to number 9. Overall, the album stayed in the top 100 for 60 weeks. The album also reached the top of the charts in Austria, the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, New Zealand and the Netherlands, while it was ranked 4th in Switzerland.

The song Take a Look Around was released as the first single on June 6, 2000 . It reached number 4 in the German charts, stayed in the top 100 for 17 weeks and received a gold record for more than 250,000 copies sold . The single was also awarded gold in Austria and the United Kingdom. The next singles My Generation (DE # 23, 9 weeks) and Rollin '(Air Raid Vehicle) (DE # 10, 14 weeks) followed on October 10, 2000 . The latter was particularly successful in the UK, where the track ranked No. 1 and was awarded a platinum record for over 600,000 sales. Then the songs My Way (DE # 38, 9 weeks) and Boiler (DE # 50, 9 weeks) were released.

Sales figures and awards

Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water received a gold record in Germany in the year of publication for more than 150,000 copies sold. It has been awarded platinum in Austria and Switzerland, while in the UK it has been awarded double platinum. The album was best sold in the United States, where it was certified six times platinum for over six million sales. In addition, the album received double platinum for more than two million copies sold in Europe. Worldwide sales are over nine million, making it the band's most successful record.

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	gold	20,000
Australia (ARIA)	5 × platinum	350,000
Belgium (BEA)	platinum	(50,000)
Brazil (PMB)	gold	50,000
Denmark (IFPI)	gold	(25,000)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	(150,000)
Europe (IFPI)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
Finland (IFPI)	platinum	(52,202)
France (SNEP)	gold	(100,000)
Japan (RIAJ)	platinum	250,000
Canada (MC)	6 × platinum	600,000
Mexico (AMPROFON)	3 × gold	225,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	5 × platinum	75,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	(80,000)
Austria (IFPI)	platinum	(30,000)
Poland (ZPAV)	gold	(50,000)
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	(50,000)
Switzerland (IFPI)	platinum	(50,000)
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	(50,000)
Hungary (MAHASZ)	gold	(25,000)
Uruguay (CUD)	gold	3,000
United States (RIAA)	6 × platinum	6,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × platinum	(600,000)
All in all	11 × gold 33 × platinum	9,573,000

Main article: Limp Bizkit / Music Sales Awards

reception

Professional reviews
Average rating
source	rating
Metacritic	49%
More reviews
source	rating
laut.de
Rolling Stone
allmusic

Hagen Brille from laut.de rated the album with three out of a possible five points. He describes it as a "solid disc that doesn't come with surprises, but contains songs that you know and expect from Limp Bizkit". The songs Rollin '(Air Rad Vehicle) , Getcha Groove On and Take a Look Around are positively highlighted.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Wild Wild Wes . In: Guitar World . October 2000, p. 104.
2. ↑ album cover
3. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
4. ↑ Chart tracking Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water on officialcharts.de
5. ↑ international chart following Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water
6. ↑ Awards: DE AT CH UK US EU ( Memento from October 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
7. ↑ Rating: metacritic.com
8. ↑ Rating: laut.de
9. ↑ Rating: Rolling Stone ( Memento from June 29, 2001 in the Internet Archive )
10. ↑ Rating: allmusic.com