“Suicide Saturday” is by far the most popular track from Hippo Campus' debut EP Bashful Creatures. As of March 2019, the song has almost 20,000,000 streams on Spotify. It is still frequently played live by the band, unlike the other songs on the EP.
[Suicide Saturday] was sorta birthed from this id...
[Verse 1: Jake]
I heard it told by her mother old
She could try, she could try it
With the power of tin and a bottle of gin
She was wise, she was wise to it
Cocked her father's gun, like the oldest son
She could try, she could try it
Blessed by the bed where she laid her head and calmed to a dull roar
[Chorus: Jake]
Oh oh, oh oh woah, oh oh woah
It was a suicide Saturday
Oh oh, oh oh woah, oh oh woah
In a summertime kind of way
Oh oh, oh oh woah, oh oh woah
It was a suicide Saturday
Oh oh, oh oh woah, oh oh woah
In a summertime kind of way
[Verse 2: Jake]
She felled the streets 'til she heard the screams
She could drive, she could drive it
That was where she'd buy her time, yeah
Her friends were crazed in the solemn rains
She could try, she could try it
I met her once, she was tight, she was tight
She was tight, she was tight, she was tight as hell
[Chorus: Jake]
Oh oh, oh oh woah, oh oh woah
It was a suicide Saturday
Oh oh, oh oh woah, oh oh woah
In a summertime kind of way
Oh oh, oh oh woah, oh oh woah
It was a suicide Saturday
Oh oh, oh oh woah, oh oh woah
In a summertime kind of way
[Bridge: Jake]
Oh don't you wait now
Oh don't you wait now
Oh don't you wait now for me
Oh don't you wait now
Oh don't you wait now
Oh don't you wait now for me, for me, for me, yeah
Oh don't you wait now
Oh don't you wait now
Oh don't you wait now for me, for me, for me, yeah
Oh don't you wait now
Oh don't you wait now
Oh don't you wait now for me, for me, for me, yeah
Oh don't you wait now
Oh don't you wait now
Oh don't you wait now for me
[Outro: Jake]
Suicide Saturday
Suicide Saturday
Suicide Saturday was written by brotherkenzie & Mono Moon & Lupin & Whistler Isaiah & Hippo Campus.
Suicide Saturday was produced by Alan Sparhawk.
Hippo Campus released Suicide Saturday on Tue Nov 18 2014.
I don’t think we really thought about it that hard. We were kind of just like “this is catchy.” We kind of wanted it to mess with people a little bit. It was kind of like a joke song and the beginning… The suicide was more based on social suicide not actual suicide. But yeah, it is kind of a decepti...