"Money City Maniacs" is a song by

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band Sloan. It was released as the lead single from the band's 1998 album, '' Navy Blues''. In a 2000 poll conducted by the music magazine ''

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'', the song was voted the 12th greatest Canadian song of all time. Between 1995 and 2016, "Money City Maniacs" was the eighth most played song by a Canadian artist on rock radio stations in Canada.

Description

The song begins with a repeated siren, followed with a bassline and series of

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s which form the basis of the introduction and verses. The song's chorus describes a practical joke wherein a friend's body is covered in Coke fizz. The bassline of the song bears a resemblance to

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's " Live Wire". The similarity is noted by

Patrick Pentland Patrick Pentland (born 20 September 1969) is an Irish rock guitarist member of the Canadian rock band Sloan. All four members of Sloan write, produce, and sing their own songs, but Pentland primarily plays lead guitar for most songs. He occasiona ...

in an interview with ''

'' magazine.

Music video

The music video for "Money City Maniacs" was directed by Mike Andringa, who previously directed Sloan's music videos for " The Good in Everyone" and "

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." The video consists of the band playing with intermittent freeze frames and faux-red colorization.

In popular culture

*The song is featured on the

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compilation album, ''

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''. *The song is also featured on the compilation album, '' Frosh 2''. *The song was used in

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television commercials in

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in the late 1990s. *The song is featured in an episode of the television show ''

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'' which was originally broadcast on March 5, 2014. *A re-recorded version of the song's main riff was used in commercials for

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, a former Canadian electronics retailer. *The song is featured in the film ''

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''. *The song is used as the entrance song for the ''

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''.

Charts

Weekly charts

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References

{{authority control Sloan (band) songs 1998 singles 1998 songs Songs written by Patrick Pentland