History YMMV / BarenakedLadies

* SignatureSong: In Canada, it's "If I Had $100000000." In America, "One Week."

** ''Gordon'', the album which features the songs "Brian Wilson" (a heartfelt tribute to the long-suffering Beach Boy) and "Box Sex" (about a washed up pop star making tacky creative moves to both stay relevant and appease dyed-in-the-wool boomer fans and their children), was released one month after Music/TheBeachBoys' ''Summer In Paradies'', their only album in which Brian wasn't involved and which was panned for both trying to shamelessly sell nostalgia for the band's glory days back to it's older fans and failing to appeal to modern musical trends with {{piss take rap}}s and misguided production. A scrappy, new, young band recording two songs, in [[AlternativeRock a genre that]] ''[[AlternativeRock was]]'' [[AlternativeRock growing in popularity at the time]], both of which apply to a band who had just released a distinctly nostalgic album which killed their reputation while the younger band was beginning what would be a long, prosperous and well-regarded career. And just to make it even more meta, the young band's biggest hit would include dorky rapping. It's kind of eerie.

** "Sell, Sell, Sell", an already politically charged song, seemed to predict TheWarOnTerror a year before 9/11, especially with the line about Iraq and Saddam Hussein.

** ''Gordon'', the album which features the songs "Brian Wilson" (a heartfelt tribute to the long-suffering Beach Boy) and "Box Sex" (about a washed up pop star making tacky creative moves to both stay relevant and appease dyed-in-the-wool boomer fans and their children), was released one month after Music/TheBeachBoys' ''Summer In Paradies'', their only album in which Brian wasn't involved and which was panned for both trying to shamelessly sell nostalgia for the band's glory days back to it's older fans and failing to appeal to modern musical trends with {{piss take rap}}s and misguided production. A scrappy, new, young band recording two songs, in [[AlternativeRock a genre that]] ''[[AlternativeRock was]]'' [[AlternativeRock growing in popularity at the time]], both of which apply to a band who had just released a distinctly nostalgic album which killed their reputation. In hindsight, the timing was eerily appropriate.

** ''Gordon'', the album which features the songs "Brian Wilson" (a heartfelt tribute to the long-suffering Beach Boy) and "Box Sex" (about a washed up pop star making tacky creative moves to both stay relevant and appease dyed-in-the-wool fans), was released one month after Music/TheBeachBoys' ''Summer In Paradies'', their only album in which Brian wasn't involved and which was panned for both trying to shamelessly sell nostalgia for the band's glory days back to it's older fans and failing to appeal to modern musical trends with {{piss take rap}}s and misguided production. A scrappy, new, young band recording two songs, in [[AlternativeRock a genre that]] ''[[AlternativeRock was]]'' [[AlternativeRock growing in popularity at the time]], both of which apply to a band who had just released a distinctly nostalgic album which killed their reputation. In hindsight, the timing was eerily appropriate.

* NightmareFuel: The album cover of "Stunt" can be unsettling to some people.

** This line from "Box Set" seemed to predict Music/MichaelJackson's ''Music/HistoryPastPresentAndFutureBookI'', which was met with complaints that fans who would have to buy an entire album's worth of songs they already had just to hear his new studio album.

** This line from "Box Set" seemed to predict Music/MichaelJackson's ''Music/HistoryPastPresentAndFutureBookI'', which was met with complaints that fans who wanted to hear his new album had to also buy an entire album's worth of songs they already had:

** "Box Set". Hard to believe they were this savvy on their first album.

--->"This is where the helicopters came to take me away\\
This is where the children used to play\\
This is only half a mile away from the attack\\

** "War On Drugs." The stigma towards mental illness is literally kill those living with it.

** "War On Drugs." End the stigma towards mental illness or it'll literally kill those living with it.

** "Sell, Sell, Sell", an already politically charged song, seemed to predict TheWarOnTerror a year before 9/11, especially with the line about Iraq and Saddam Hussein. ''Maroon'' was even released on September '''12th''' 2000.
** From the same album, the first few lines of "Helicopters" wouldn't sound out of place in a song about the September 11th attacks themselves.

** "War On Drugs." Give more love and attention to people struggling with mental illness before it's too late.

* SignatureSong: In Canada, it's "If I Had $100000000." In America, "One Week."

* HarsherInHindsight: A great number of songs after Steven Page's departure, most notably "Alcohol", "Bank Job," "War on Drugs" and "Call and Answer," the last of which was actually the last song he ever performed live as a member of the band.
** "Sell, Sell, Sell", an already politically charged song, seemed to predict TheWarOnTerror a year before 9/11.
*** Especially with the line about Iraq and Saddam Hussein.

* HarsherInHindsight: A great number of songs after Steven Page's departure, most notably "Alcohol", "Bank Job," "War on Drugs" and "Call and Answer," the last of which was actually the last song he ever performed live with the band prior to their one-off reunion during their induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.

* HilariousInHindsight: "Box Set". Hard to believe they were this savvy on their first album.

* EarWorm: "It's been...one week since you looked at me!"
** On their theme to ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'': "Our whole universe was in a hot, dense state..."
** From their album ''Snacktime!'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt6-wqkEcPQ "Pop! Pop! Pop! Pop! Pop!"]]
** "I'm lyin' in bed just like Brian Wilson did..."

** "Sell, Sell, Sell", an already politically charged song, seemed to predict UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror a year before 9/11.

* HarsherInHindsight: A great number of songs after Steven Page's departure, most notably "Call and Answer", "Alcohol", "Bank Job" and "War on Drugs," the first of which was actually the last song he ever performed live with the band.
** "Sell, Sell, Sell", an already politically charged song, becomes this after 9/11 and the ensuing War on Terror.

** From the same album, the first few lines of "Helicopters" wouldn't sound out of place in a song about the September 11th attack.

** "Pinch Me" discusses the feeling of being depressed even when things are going fine. It stings a bit harder knowing that Steven Page, as it turned out, does have mental health issues.

* SignatureSong: "One Week".
** In their native Canada, where "One Week" was not as popular as in the US, their Signature Song is far and away "If I Had $1000000," which is easily their second most famous song in the States.

** From their album ''Snacktime!'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt6-wqkEcPQ Pop! Pop! Pop! Pop! Pop!]]

** Harrison Ford, Harrison Ford, Harrison Ford, Harrison Ford, Harrison Ford, Harrison Ford, Harrison Ford...

--> "This is where the helicopters came to take me away
--> This is where the children used to play
--> This is only half a mile away from the attack
--> This is where my life changed in a day, and then it changed back"
--> "This is where the allies bombed the school, they say by mistake"

* MemeticMutation: Creator/NeilCicierega has turned "One Week" into this.