Drunk Enough to Dance

Drunk Enough to Dance
Studio album by Bowling for Soup
Released	August 6, 2002
Recorded	Tree Sound Studios Atlanta, Georgia Ruby Red Studios Atlanta, Georgia Sonica Recording Atlanta, Georgia Big Time Audio Dallas, Texas
Genre	Pop punk, alternative rock, punk rock
Length	58:56 62:34 (U.K. Edition) 62:41 (Japanese Edition) 68:03 (2003 Re-Release)
Label	FFROE/Silvertone/Jive/Zomba
Producer	Butch Walker, Jaret Reddick, Rhys Fulber
Bowling for Soup chronology
Let's Do It for Johnny! (2000) Drunk Enough to Dance (2002) A Hangover You Don't Deserve (2004)
Singles from Drunk Enough to Dance
"Girl All the Bad Guys Want" Released: 2002 "Emily" Released: 2002 "Punk Rock 101" Released: 2003

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Drunk Enough to Dance is Bowling for Soup's second album with Jive Records and sixth studio album, released August 6, 2002.^[2] It was recorded at Tree Sound Studios and Sonica Recording in Atlanta and Big Time Audio in Dallas, Texas. The album's only single, "Girl All the Bad Guys Want," was nominated for a Grammy award in 2003 in the "Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal" category.

A rerelease in 2003 added "Punk Rock 101"; a cover of 80s new wave band A Flock of Seagulls' "I Ran (So Far Away)"; and "Star Song". There is an acoustic version of the song "Belgium" at the very end of the album. The cover of "I Ran (So Far Away)" was used as the opening theme song of the anime Knights of the Zodiac in North America.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Don't Wanna Rock"	Jaret Reddick	3:03
2.	"Emily"	Reddick	3:30
3.	"Girl All the Bad Guys Want" (*)	Reddick, Butch Walker	3:17
4.	"On and On (About You)"	Reddick	3:10
5.	"Surf Colorado"	Reddick	3:54
6.	"Life After Lisa" (**)	Reddick, Walker	3:08
7.	"Where to Begin"	Reddick	5:19
8.	"The Last Rock Show"	Reddick	1:28
9.	"Self-Centered"	Reddick	3:00
10.	"The Hard Way"	Reddick	3:09
11.	"Out the Window"	Reddick	3:20
12.	"Cold Shower Tuesdays"	Reddick	3:35
13.	"Running from Your Dad"	Reddick	3:37
14.	"Scaring Myself"	Reddick	3:31
15.	"She's Got a Boyfriend"	Reddick	3:51
16.	"Greatest Day" (Bonus Track ***)	Reddick	3:19
17.	"Belgium" (Acoustic)	Reddick	4:45

Each version of the album has a number tracks that are five-to-six seconds of complete silence, titled "[Blank]," between the last song and "Belgium." The number of blank tracks varies upon the version, but "Belgium" is track 28 on all versions except for the Japanese Edition, where it is on track 20 after "Other Girls". There is about 1 minute of silence in between both songs.

U.K. Edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
18.	"(Is the World) World Falling Apart" (also appears on U.K. Promo)	Reddick	3:38

Japanese Edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
20.	"Other Girls" (also appears on U.K. and Australian "Girl All the Bad Guys Want" single)	Reddick	3:45

2003 Re-Release
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
18.	"Punk Rock 101" (Special Bonus Track *)	Reddick, Walker	3:08
19.	"I Ran (So Far Away)" (Extra Special Bonus Track ****)	Mike Score, Ali Score, Frank Maudsley, Paul Reynolds	2:34
20.	"Star Song" (Now This is a Super Extra Special Bonus Track *****)	Reddick, Walker	3:25

B-sides

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Changed My Mind" (released on the U.K. "Emily" single)	3:47

Personnel

Bowling for Soup:

• Jaret von Erich (Jaret Reddick) — vocals, guitars
• Erik Rodham Clinton (Erik Chandler) — bass, vocals
• Christopher Van Malmsteen (Chris Burney) — guitars, vocals
• Gary Wiseass (Gary Wiseman) — drums

• Produced, Engineered and Mixed by Butch Walker for Ruby Red Productions, Atlanta, GA, except:

* Mixed by Tom Lord-Alge

** Additional Engineering by John Briglevich; Mixed by Tom Soares

*** Produced by Jaret Reddick; Engineering by Steve Browne; Mixed by Tom Soares

**** Produced by Rhys Fulber; Mixed by Tom Lord-Alge

***** Mixed by Chris Shaw

• Basic Tracks Recorded at Tree Studios, Atlanta, GA, except "Punk Rock 101," "I Ran (So Far Away)" and "Star Song" Recorded at Ruby Red Studios, Atlanta, GA, "Life After Lisa" Recorded at Sonica Recording, Atlanta, GA and "Greatest Day" Recorded at Big Time Audio, Dallas, TX

• Overdubs Recorded at Ruby Red Studios, Atlanta, GA, except "Life After Lisa" Recorded at Sonica Recording and "Greatest Day" Recorded at Big Time Audio

• Mixed at Stonehenge at ZAC Recording, Atlanta, GA, except "Girl All the Bad Guys Want," "Punk Rock 101" and "I Ran (So Far Away)," Mixed at South Beach Studios, Miama, FL, "Star Song" Mixed at Avatar Studios, NYC, "Life After Lisa" Mixed at Streetlight Studios, NYC and "Greatest Day" Mixed at Electric Lady Studios, NYC

• Mastered by Chaz Harper at Battery Mastering, NYC

• General Assistant to Butch Walker: Christie Priode

• Assistant Engineers:

Tree Sound - Rus-T Cobb and Robert Hannon

Stonehenge at ZAC Recording: Rus-T Cobb and Jon Oullette

Second Engineer: Ari Newman

Sonica Recording: Mike Schneider

Streetlight Studios: Tim Obremski

Electric Lady: Shinobu Mitsuoka

Ruby Red Studios: Rus-T Cobb

Avatar Studios: Ross Peterson

• Percussion, piano, Hammond and additional guitars by Butch Walker Additional vocal on "Life After Lisa" by Butch Walker

• Additional Backing Vocals on "I Don't Wanna Rock" and "Running from Your Dad" by FFroe and Howie

• Keyboards on "I Ran (So Far Away)" by Jamie Muhoberac

• Management: Jeff Roe for FFroe
• Legal Representation: Mike McKoy - Serling, Rooks, Ferrara

• Road Crew: Sweet Charlie, Greg Lobdell

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
2002	Heatseekers	2
2003	The Billboard 200	129
	Top Heatseekers	2

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2002	"Girl All the Bad Guys Want"	Modern Rock Tracks	38
2003		Adult Top 40	39
		The Billboard Hot 100	64
		Top 40 Mainstream	17
		Top 40 Tracks	25

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ "A List of the 11 BFS studio albums (for my twitter peeps)". 5 January 2011. http://jaretreddick.posterous.com/a-list-of-the-11-bfs-studio-albums-for-my-twi. Retrieved 6 January 2010. 

Notes

• A ^ Featured in frontman Jaret Reddick's seventh Bowling for Soup podcast, released March 10th, 2010.