Sloan - Money City Maniacs

Money City Maniacs was the first release from Sloan's 1998 album Navy Blues. The song begins with a repeated siren, followed with a series of power chords which form the basis of the introduction, verses and chorus. The song's chorus describes a practical joke wherein a friend's body is covered in Coke fizz.

The song is known for its use in Labatt's television commercials in Canada in the late 1990's.

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

A soundalike version of the song's main riff is used in many commercials for Future Shop, a major Canadian electronics retailer.

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Kruposays...

Until reading the Wiki entry I have to admit I didn't realize how badly Future Shop ripped off this song. Wow.

"Change it just enough to not count as the same thing". Damn.

For you non-Canadians, FS is like, and now also owned by, Best Buy. Or any big electronics super-store chain.

10385says...

Ooo I remember this video from years ago; loved it then, and it's nice to see now. Funky aesthetic, and nothing beats the multiplied, freeze-frame, cutout jump kick. Sloan's Canadian? I'm ashamed to say I didn't know that.

I remember first hearing this song with 2 friends in high school. We loved it, but when it came to the chorus we looked at each other and laughed: "and the joke is when he awoke his body was covered in goat jizz." I know that's juvenile, but we ALL (mis)heard the same thing.

Also, those ad agencies/clients that get composers to write bad knockoffs of popular songs make me angry. The composer is either soulless, or tries to pitch the client original tunes with a similar feel and subsequently gets shot down in favour of "just do that song from that band but don't get us sued."

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