Rockstar

This article is about the That Dog song. For the Rivers Cuomo songs, see Rock Star (disambiguation).

"Rockstar"
Album track by That Dog
from the album Totally Crushed Out!
Released	July 18, 1995
Recorded	May and December 1994
Length	7:37
Label	DGC
Songwriter(s)	Anna Waronker
Producer(s)	Tom Grimley and That Dog
Status	Released
Totally Crushed Out! track listing
13 tracks "Ms. Wrong" "Silently" "In the Back of My Mind" "He's Kissing Christian" "Anymore" "To Keep Me" "Lip Gloss" "She Doesn't Know How" "Holidays" "Side Part" "One Summer Night" "Michael Jordan" "Rockstar"

"Rockstar" is the thirteenth and final track on That Dog's second album, Totally Crushed Out!.

Appearances

• Totally Crushed Out! (1995)

Overview

Anna: It's not from my perspective. I was at a Beck soundcheck after he'd been touring for a few months, and there were kids literally crying outside waiting to meet him. I came home feeling a little weird about it because these people were freaking out over this guy I'm friends with. It was a tribute to the fans, because I can still remember feeling like that about certain people. But I don't feel that way about Johnny Depp anymore.

Tony: This is our big fuck you to ourselves in terms of our recording ethic. After so much agonizing about how to record the record, wanting to keep it simple, we decided to just let that all go. And by the way, we didn't loop or sample anything!

—1995 interview with Anna Waronker and Tony Maxwell

Clocking in at over seven and a half minutes, "Rockstar" is by far the longest song in that dog.'s catalog.

Lyrics

Could you sign my guitar?
Can I take a picture with a rock star?
Your face wallpapers my walls
Here's my number, when you're in town give me a call

I know I don't know you, but I'm in-love
The bad reviews kills me 'cause I know what you're made of
I have ten copies of you on the cover
When I went to see you, got a ride from my mother

Your CD singles comfort my ears
Your unplugged songs bring me to tears
I see your video in my dreams
Can I shake your hand, you're totally supreme?

See also

• List of That Dog songs