Zoot Suit Riot (song)
| "Zoot Suit Riot" | ||||||||||
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| Single by Cherry Poppin' Daddies | ||||||||||
| from the album Zoot Suit Riot: The Swingin' Hits of the Cherry Poppin' Daddies | ||||||||||
| Released | 1997 | |||||||||
| Format | CD single | |||||||||
| Recorded | 1997 | |||||||||
| Genre | Swing | |||||||||
| Length | 3:53 | |||||||||
| Label | Mojo Records | |||||||||
| Writer(s) | Steve Perry | |||||||||
| Producer(s) | Steve Perry | |||||||||
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"Zoot Suit Riot" is a song by the American ska-swing band the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, written by vocalist and frontman Steve Perry for the band's 1997 compilation album of the same name on Mojo Records.
First issued as a single in October 1997, "Zoot Suit Riot" slowly gained radio momentum with the commercial growth of the late 1990s swing revival before ultimately hitting its peak in the summer of 1998, reaching #41 on Billboard's Hot 100 and #15 on the Modern Rock chart, while a surrealist music video became one of MTV's most played of the year, earning the Daddies a nomination for "Best New Artist in a Video" at the 1998 MTV Video Music Awards.
To date, "Zoot Suit Riot" remains the only single of the Daddies' career to place on the Billboard charts.
By the end of 1996, the formerly underground swing revival began drawing mainstream recognition following the success of bands including the Squirrel Nut Zippers and the hit film Swingers. As a result, the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, who were then at that time largely associated with the West Coast ska punk scene, began attracting a separate and sizable following for the prominent swing influences in their music. As means of having something new to sell on their next tour while the band was writing their next studio album, the Daddies quickly put together a compilation album of only the swing tracks from their first three albums, recording four new songs—including "Zoot Suit Riot"—to round out a full-length record. The album, titled Zoot Suit Riot: The Swingin' Hits of the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, was released independently on Space Age Bachelor Pad Records in March 1997.
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