Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish & Monique Powell
Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish
This song was a sarcastic response to all the flack they got from signing to a major label (Atlantic Records).
Reel Big Fish was on a major label from 2000 – 2005 and has been making music independently ever since.
[Verse 1]
"Well, I know you can't work in fast food all your life
But don't sign that paper tonight", she said
But it's too late
And I don't remember what I read
Don't remember what they said
I guess it doesn't matter
Guess it doesn't matter anymore
[Pre-Chorus]
You're gonna go to the record store
You're gonna give 'em all your money
Radio plays what they want you to hear
Tell me it's cool, I just don't believe it
[Chorus]
Sell out with me, oh yeah
Sell out with me tonight
The record company's gonna give me lots of money
And everything's gonna be all right
[Verse 2]
No more flippin' burgers puttin' on my silly hat
You know I don't want that no more
And I didn't ask when we'd get paid, I quit my day job anyway
I guess it doesn't matter
Guess it doesn't matter anymore
[Pre-Chorus]
'Cause you're gonna go to the record store
You're gonna give 'em all your money
Radio plays what they want you to hear
Tell me it's cool, I just don't believe it
[Chorus]
Sell out with me, oh yeah
Sell out with me tonight
The record company's gonna give me lots of money
And everything's gonna be
[Bridge]
And I don't think it'll be so bad
And I know it won't be so bad
'Cause the man said, "That's the way it is"
And the man said, "It don't get better than this"
No, no, no
[Pre-Chorus]
So I signed on to the record company
They say they're gonna give me lots of money
If I play what they want you to hear
Tell me it's cool and I'll sure believe it
[Chorus]
Sell out with me, oh yeah
Sell out with me tonight
The record company's gonna give me lots of money
And everything's gonna be alright
[Outro]
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
The record company's gonna make everything alright
"Baby, don't you sign that paper tonight", she said
"But I can't work in fast food all my life"
Sell Out was written by Scott Klopfenstein & Aaron Barrett.
Sell Out was produced by John Avila & Jay Rifkin.
Reel Big Fish released Sell Out on Tue Aug 13 1996.
Aaron Barrett, in a 2015 interview with Teamrock.com, said:
“This song was written in 1995. I was actually trying to learn a Dance Hall Crashers song called Go, and this came out instead. I was basically just goofing around on the guitar, and I made up my own song. That’s kind of the story of all o...