In this week’s Who Charted, I noted that the Alvin & The Chipmunks soundtrack had taken up residence in the album chart’s top 20, which prompted this comment from our in-house chart guru Chris Molanphy: “I chose to ignore this in last week’s “100 and Single” column, but contrary to my prediction of a couple of weeks ago, not only is “The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late)” not gone yet, but three other Chipmunks songs debuted on the Hot 100 last week, including their cover of Daniel Powter’s “Bad Day.” Imagine, if you can, the existence of people who went out of their way to download the Chipmunks version of that song.” It’s actually even more frightening to imagine those peoples’ existence when you’ve heard the Chipmunks’ take on the track, so… here you go!
How did they manage to make it more plodding? How? Also: Do you think the lead vocal is actually handled by David Cross?
Alvin & The Chipmunks - Bad Day [YouTube]
OMG! The reverb! I’m having a bad day now.
I listened to that record yesterday. They autotuned the pitched-up vocals. It’s an atrocity. An AMAZING atrocity.
My brain just broke.
Oh my. I’m not quite sure what to say about that. Is there a special committee that decides to push that sort of monstrosity on the huddled masses? Or is it one guy in an ivory tower who really, really, REALLY thinks that the above was a GREAT idea and ROCKS! Who actually listens to this crap?
The mind blowing thing is that there are full songs on the album that, in the movie, are supposed to be the “bad” songs the chipmunks make after they sell out.
Think about it.
Wow, this totally ruined my day. Thanks Idolator! On a side note, I love how David Cross got all of the flack for being in this movie but nobody said a thing about Jason Lee being the male lead.
Oh my god, hand me something sharp
If I knew anyone who admitted to buying this because they liked it, I would do the world a favor and kill them immediately. Who likes this crap?
@Hamster-Style: apparently 170,000 people out there do, although I wonder how many of the album’s buyers were actually misguided relatives looking for something to stuff the stockings of their bratty nieces and nephews.
I would like to apologize to all concerned for my part in highlighting this travesty.
I’m working this album. It has (unfairly? cruely?) sold more than any cool project I’ve ever been involved in. Never mind the album sales; the album will hit 1 MILLION individual track downloads in the next couple of weeks. May God have mercy on my soul.
I would go puncture my ear drums now to prevent that from ever happening again, but I really don’t want that to be the last thing I ever hear.
Just as you can’t get a temperature below absolute zero, you can’t get a vileness below absolute suck. And since Powter’s version is absolute suck, the Chipmunk version is better. It’s a scientific fact.
@The Van Buren Boys: Jason Lee is a Scientologist. He’s already lost.
I bought this album. Yeah, I guess I have death threats now… I actually find this album quite enjoyable. Their version of Bad Day is better than Daniel Powter, and I like that version. Call me what you will, but there are plenty of people out there that really enjoy this stuff. Go listen to a different song on the album, you might even like it. If not just please don’t resort to suicide.