They are best known for their singles "Girl All The Bad Guys Want" in 2002 on Drunk Enough to Dance which was nominated for a 2003 Grammy Award for "Best Pop Performance by a Group or Duo" and "1985" (originally written by Mitch Allan of SR-71) in 2004 on A Hangover You Don't Deserve. Speaking with Songfacts about "Girl All The Bad Girls Want" in a 2010 interview, Reddick said: "'Girl All The Bad Guys Want' was my very first co-write ever, and me and Butch Walker sat in a room and literally wrote that song in 30 minutes. I mean, it was done."
The band's name is derived from comedian Steve Martin's "Bowling for Sh*t" routine from his 1978 comedy album, Wild and Crazy Guy, itself a reference to Bowling for Dollars. Jaret Reddick has also stated that at the end of his last performance with his old band one of the members came on stage and proclaimed "Come back next week when we play with our new band... BOWLING FOR SOUP!". This was supposed be to be joke name, but since they couldn't think of anything better the name stuck. Their single '1985' can be found on the UK and the Norwegian editions of Singstar Rocks for the PS2.
They have also became hits on Radio Disney with edits of "1985", "Punk Rock 101", "High School Never Ends", and the inclusion of their version of "I Melt With You" in the Disney movie "Sky High". They have also written and recorded "Today is Gonna Be a Great Day" as the theme song for Disney's "Phineas and Ferb"
Band Lineup:
Jaret Reddick - Lead Vocals/guitar
Chris Burney - Guitar/vocals
Erik Chandler - Bass/vocals
Gary Wiseman - Drums
Walk of Shame
Bowling for Soup Lyrics
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She slipped and fell on the porch step and stepped in some dog shit on the front lawn.
How in the hell did she get here she wondered as her uncharged phone hit the wall.
And what the hell did he look like she asked herself but did it really matter at all?
If she could call a cab,
This wouldn't be so bad,
She'll never drink again,
She's gonna kill her friends,
If she could just find her way home.
Whatever gets you through the night
Somebody to love
Somebody to find
And when did the good times get so bad?
And mornings so bright?
And your stuck in the rain
And your tired of the games
When you've got no one to blame
On the Walk Of Shame
He stuck his head out of the doorway and only saw the maid cart there in the hall.
Ten floors down on the elevator smelling like sex and alcohol.
What the hell was I thinking or drinking,
I womnder where I parked my car.
And what is everybody staring at I should have never left my pants at the bar.
Whatever gets you through the night
Somebody to love
Somebody to find
And when did the good times get so bad?
And mornings so bright?
And your stuck in the rain
And your tired of the games
When you've got no one to blame
On the Walk Of Shame
Shame shame shame
Everybody knows your name
Shame shame shame
Everybody knows your name
Shame shame shame
Everybody knows your name
Shame shame shame
Everybody knows your name
(Whatever gets you through the night)
Shame shame shame
Everybody knows your name
On the walk of shame
Shame shame shame
Everybody knows your name
(And when did the good times get so bad)
Shame shame shame
Everybody knows your name
(on the walk of shame)
In Bowling for Soup's song Walk Of Shame, the lyrics describe a situation where the singer (presumably female) wakes up in a strange place after a night of heavy drinking with a man she barely knows. As she tries to leave the place unnoticed, she bumps her head on the doorway and falls down the porch step, making her journey home even more difficult. The situation is made worse when she steps in dog sh*t on the front lawn. As she looks at her uncharged phone, she wonders how she got there in the first place and what the guy looked like. She tries to call a cab but realizes that pay phones are a thing of the past. She makes a promise to herself that she will never drink again and is adamant about killing her friends for letting her get into this mess.
The following verse describes the male character's viewpoint, who wakes up to the maid rolling the cart in his room. He realizes that he's ten floors above ground, smelling of sex and alcohol, and wonders what he was thinking while he was drinking. He is unsure of where he parked his car and wonders why everyone is staring at him. He is embarrassed that he left his pants at the bar and feeling shame for his behavior.
The refrain of the song emphasizes the fact that anyone can make mistakes, and everyone has their way of coping with them. The characters' journey home is the walk of shame, where they're trying to deal with the consequences of their actions and their choices in life.
Line by Line Meaning
She bumped her head on the doorway ducking out before he even knew she was gone.
She hit her head leaving unnoticed and rushed out before he could realize she'd left.
She slipped and fell on the porch step and stepped in some dog shit on the front lawn.
She fell on the porch and got dog shit on her shoes.
How in the hell did she get here she wondered as her uncharged phone hit the wall.
She questioned how she got there as her phone died after hitting the wall.
And what the hell did he look like she asked herself but did it really matter at all?
She asked herself what he looked like, but realized it didn't matter.
If she could call a cab, This wouldn't be so bad. Whatever happened to pay phones.
If she could call a cab, it would be easier. She wondered what happened to pay phones.
She'll never drink again, She's gonna kill her friends, If she could just find her way home.
She vowed to never drink again and thought about killing her friends. She just wanted to find her way home.
Whatever gets you through the night.
Somebody to love,
Somebody to find.
Whatever helps you cope at night. Someone to love, to find.
And when did the good times get so bad?
And mornings so bright?
When did things get so bad? When did mornings become so harsh?
And your stuck in the rain
And your tired of the games
When you've got no one to blame
On the Walk Of Shame
You're stuck in the rain, tired of games, and have no one to blame for the walk of shame.
He stuck his head out of the doorway and only saw the maid cart there in the hall.
Ten floors down on the elevator smelling like sex and alcohol.
He peeked out and only saw the maid cart. He got to the lobby floor smelling of sex and alcohol.
What the hell was I thinking or drinking. I wonder where I parked my car.
He wondered what he was thinking or drinking and where he left his car.
And what is everybody staring at. I should have never left my pants at the bar.
People were staring at him. He regretted leaving his pants at the bar.
Shame shame shame
Everybody knows your name
On the walk of shame.
In shame, everyone knows your name on the walk of shame.
Contributed by Claire K. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Andy Yerman
I'd never heard this song until now, and I've been a huge BFS fan for many years. Thank you for sharing it!
001BarryBonds
I hope BFS puts out another album of B-sides...I'm hearing all these unreleased/UK only tracks and I'm loving them all
Kerry Koen
Can soo relate!! Took that same walk more than I care to admit WAY BACK in my single days!
Sebastian Writter
Get's me going every time! I love it <3 Great job!!!
Guide theLight
I’d like to thank Bowling for soup for helping me through my first hangover
tyler hastings
That chorus though
1989sjb
My work mates will be singing this song on saturday night for our first work night out, can't fucking wait to get plastered.
Florencia Agustina Feldmann
Como me encantan los temas de esta banda :)
just mike
Florencia Agustina
igual a mi, tenia que responder el único comentrio en español
Brandon Anderson
Uno dos tres.....No habla ingles...