Cookie Jar (song)
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| Single by Gym Class Heroes featuring The-Dream | |||||||||||
| from the album The Quilt | |||||||||||
| Released | July 8, 2008 (U.S.) August 25, 2008[1] (UK) |
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| Recorded | 2008 | ||||||||||
| Genre | Alternative hip hop | ||||||||||
| Length | 3:35 | ||||||||||
| Label | Decaydance, Fueled By Ramen | ||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Gym Class Heroes, The-Dream, T-Pain | ||||||||||
| Producer(s) | Tricky Stewart | ||||||||||
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"Cookie Jar" is the second single from the Gym Class Heroes album, The Quilt. The song features The-Dream singing the chorus with Travis McCoy. It was released on July 8, 2008 on the Patches from the Quilt - EP.
Premise
The song was written by lead singer Travis McCoy during his year-long relationship with Katy Perry, to describe the temptations a man in a relationship is offered, using the idea of various types of cookie in a reachable jar as an analogy. Guitarist Disashi Lumumba-Kasongo described the song as being based:
"on the kind of dilemma that many guys have, like, they find a girl and then they're like, 'Oh, but I can have this one; it would be so much better.' Then they go to the other girl and they’re like, 'No. ... but I think this would be better.' The lyrics are based on the dilemma of trying to find the girl that makes you feel happy and having trouble with that."[2]
Music video
The video premiered on FNMTV on August 15, 2008. The music video has five different scenes. The first scene shows them in a room with blaring lights in the background. The second shows them in a white room singing to the camera. Third, is where the lead singer, Travis McCoy, is in a room with a woman who is supposed to be his girlfriend. Travis is in a room where he is sitting by a cookie jar which is the fourth scene. The fifth scene features Travis again where he is in a room with a greyish background.
The music video has also appeared on the MTV show The Base Chart Show.
Charts
The song's biggest success came in the United Kingdom, where it entered at #16 on the UK Singles Chart on September 7, 2008 (for the week ending September 13, 2008), on downloads alone, and went on to peak at #6. In Australia, it debuted at #50 on ARIA Charts for the week ending September 27, 2008, and remained there the next week. In its fourth week, it ascended to #44, and in its fifth week, ascended to #41.
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
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| Australia (ARIA)[3] | 41 |
| Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[4] | 91 |
| Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100)[5] | 34 |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100)[6] | 85 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[7] | 24 |
| Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[8] | 65 |
| UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[9] | 6 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[10] | 59 |
References
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- ↑ BE! Interactive. "An Interview With Gym Class Heroes". http://www.mytelus.com/music/interview_details.do?id=779890 January 29, 2009. Retrieved: 8 June 2010.
- ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Gym Class Heroes feat. The-Dream – Cookie Jar". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
- ↑ Illegal name entered Gym Class Heroes feat. The-Dream/Gym+Class+Heroes+feat.+The-Dream/chart?f=793 "Gym Class Heroes feat. The-Dream – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Gym Class Heroes feat. The-Dream.
- ↑ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 200836 into search.
- ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Gym Class Heroes feat. The-Dream – Cookie Jar" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
- ↑ "Chart Track: Week 39, 2011". Irish Singles Chart.
- ↑ "SNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 200850 into search.
- ↑ "Archive Chart: 2008-09-27" UK Singles Chart.
- ↑ Illegal name entered Gym Class Heroes feat. The-Dream/Gym+Class+Heroes+feat.+The-Dream/chart?f=379 "Gym Class Heroes feat. The-Dream – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Gym Class Heroes feat. The-Dream.
