"Stupid Kid" is a song by the

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-based punk rock band

Alkaline Trio Alkaline Trio is an American punk rock band from Chicago, Illinois. Since 2001, the band has consisted of Matt Skiba (vocals, guitar), Dan Andriano (vocals, bass) and Derek Grant (drums, vocals). Founded in late 1996 by Skiba, bassist Rob Do ...

, released as the first

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from the group's 2001 album ''

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''. Two different versions of the single were released in the

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, where it became the band's first charting song by reaching #53 on the

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The song's

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was directed by Matthew Barry and

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. It depicts the band performing the song outside of a

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. Inside the school, a boy becomes infatuated with his female teacher and makes attempts to impress her. When the teacher writes "you scare me" in the boy's

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, he is humiliated in front of the class and the other children laugh at him. He stands outside the classroom window and removes his

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, revealing a pair of

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-like

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s as the teacher is consumed by smoke.

Track listing

Personnel

Band

* Matt Skiba – guitar, lead vocals *

Dan Andriano Daniel Michael Andriano (born June 27, 1977) is an American singer and musician. He is best known as the co-lead vocalist and bassist of the punk rock band Alkaline Trio, with whom he has recorded nine studio albums to date. Andriano also rec ...

– bass, backing vocals * Mike Felumlee - drums on "Stupid Kid", "The Metro", and "Private Eye" *

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– drums on "She Took Him to the Lake" and "You've Got so Far to Go"

Production

*Matt Allison – producer *Neil Weir – assistant producer on "Stupid Kid", "The Metro", and "Private Eye" *

Jerry Finn Jermone Gregory Finn (March 31, 1969 – August 21, 2008), sometimes credited as "Huckle" Jerry Finn, was an American record producer and mix engineer. He worked with numerous punk rock and pop-punk artists such as Blink-182, AFI, Sum 41, ...

– mix engineer on "Stupid Kid", "The Metro", and "Private Eye" *John Golden – mastering engineer on "She Took Him to the Lake" and "You've Got so Far to Go"

References

{{Authority control Alkaline Trio songs 2001 singles Vagrant Records singles Songs written by Matt Skiba Songs written by Dan Andriano Songs written by Mike Felumlee 2001 songs