
Peak
7
Weeks
37
Score
4,813
Chart Year
2009
The official video begins with words being typed on the screen stating "A global virus of catastrophic proportions has attacked the entire male population. Only two male models from Colorado survive... this is their story". The screen shifts to a shot of the band in briefs at a photo shoot. The set resembles that of a hotel. Another photo shoot takes place at a set resembling a high school wrestling match, where they are dressed in neon-colored singlets. The last photo shoot is in the prehistoric era, and the band is dressed as cavemen. The video ends with a shot of a mushroom cloud, and the words "Transmission terminated" are typed onto the screen, followed by an apology. The video received a nomination at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards for Best New Artist. In an interview with Paper, Nathaniel Motte discussed the video, commenting: Yeah, being fun and weird is something we take pride in. I can remember that was the most tired I've ever been after that video shoot, we were just going crazy for 16, 18 hours. I'm not sure if there was a concept, really, it was so chaotic and all over the place. Just the raw energy and the raw strangeness.
3Oh!3 are Sean Foreman and Nathaniel Motte - two natives of Boulder, Colorado. Motte explained to Emotional Punk that this tune about the glamorizing of the party scene was "one of two songs I co-produced with Benny Blanco, a phenomenal producer who our label hooked us up with. We sat down and started making that beat right when we [met up]. It came out sounding different than the other stuff but we were excited about it." 3Oh!3 became the third act starting with the numeral '3' to post a Top 10 hit in the US. The other two are 38 Special and 3 Doors Down. Three other acts starting with the word 'three' (or related words) have also achieved entries in the Top 10, Three Dog Night, the Three Degrees, and Third Eye Blind. Co-incidentally the same week that this song entered the top tier of the Hot 100, Eminem's "3am" debuted at #32, which was the third song starting with the numeral '3' to reach the Top 40. In the music video, directed by Travis Kopach and Isaac Ravishankara, Foreman and Motte are the last two men on earth, who also happen to be models. We follow them through several shoots that have them prancing in their underwear, wrestling in a high school gym, and acting like prehistoric cavemen.
Black dress with the tights underneath, I got the breath of the last cigarette on my teeth, And she's an actress (actress) But she ain't got no need She's got money from her parents in a trust fund back east T-t-t-tongues always pressed to your cheeks While my tongue is on the inside of some other girls teeth T-tell your boyfriend if he says he's got beef That I'm a vegetarian and I ain't fucking scared of him She wants to touch me (whoa) She wants to love me (whoa) She'll never leave me (whoa, whoa, oh, oh) Don't trust a ho Never trust a ho 'Cause a hoe won't trust me She wants to touch me (whoa) She wants to love me (whoa) She'll never leave me (whoa, whoa, oh, oh) Don't trust a ho Never trust a ho 'Cause a hoe won't trust me X's on the back of your hands Wash them in the bathroom to drink like the bands And your set list (set list) You stole off the stage Had red and purple lipstick all over the page Be-be-be-bruises cover your arms Shaking in the fingers with the bottle in your palm And the best is (best is) No one knows who you are Just another girl alone at the bar She wants to touch me (whoa) She wants to love me (whoa) She'll never leave me (whoa, whoa, oh, oh) Don't trust a ho Never trust a ho Cause a hoe won't trust me She wants to touch me (whoa) She wants to love me (whoa) She'll never leave me (whoa, whoa, oh, oh) Don't trust a ho Never trust a ho 'Cause a hoe won't trust me Shush girl shut your lips Do the Helen Keller and talk with your hips I said, Shush girl shut your lips Do the Helen Keller and talk with your hips I said, Shush girl shut your lips Do the Helen Keller and talk with your hips Whoa, whoa, whoa She wants to touch me (whoa) She wants to love me (whoa) She'll never leave me (whoa, whoa, oh, oh) Don't trust a ho Never trust a ho 'Cause a hoe won't trust me She wants to touch me (whoa) She wants to love me (whoa) She'll never leave me (whoa, whoa, oh, oh) Don't trust a ho Never trust a ho 'Cause a hoe won't trust me
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nov 15, 2008 | 99 | 27 |
| 8 | Jan 3, 2009 | 95 | 31 |
| 9 | Jan 10, 2009 | 56 | 70 |
| 10 | Jan 17, 2009 | 77 | 49 |
| 11 | Jan 24, 2009 | 81 | 45 |
| 12 | Jan 31, 2009 | 71 | 55 |
| 13 | Feb 7, 2009 | 70 | 56 |
| 14 | Feb 14, 2009 | 79 | 47 |
| 15 | Feb 21, 2009 | 80 | 46 |
| 16 | Feb 28, 2009 | 84 | 42 |
| 17 | Mar 7, 2009 | 74 | 52 |
| 18 | Mar 14, 2009 | 65 | 61 |
| 19 | Mar 21, 2009 | 51 | 75 |
| 20 | Mar 28, 2009 | 45 | 81 |
| 21 | Apr 4, 2009 | 42 | 84 |
| 22 | Apr 11, 2009 | 34 | 92 |
| 23 | Apr 18, 2009 | 29 | 97 |
| 24 | Apr 25, 2009 | 25 | 101 |
| 25 | May 2, 2009 | 19 | 107 |
| 26 | May 9, 2009 | 13 | 113 |