Rockin' the Suburbs (song)

Folds said of the inspiration for the song:

"I used to do this big rant at the end of some gigs with Ben Folds Five. The band broke into this big heavy metal thing and I started as a joke to scream in a heavy metal falsetto. I found myself saying things like: Feel my pain, I am white, feel my pain. I was going to write this song about Korn. I don't know, it wasn't as funny when I directed it at somebody. So I thought I would write it not directed to anybody. I mean, I would be happy to tell the guys from Korn that I wrote a song about them, but I think, when people listen to it, it is a better song when it is not directed to anybody."^[3]

The song parodies Korn and Rage Against the Machine. Folds stated of the song "I am taking the piss out of the whole scene, especially the followers."^[3]

1. "Rockin' the Suburbs" [Radio Edit]
2. "Girl"
3. "Make Me Mommy"
4. "Rockin' the Suburbs" [Video]

Japanese EP:

1. "Rockin' the Suburbs" [Radio Edit]
2. "One Down"
3. "Girl"
4. "Make Me Mommy"
5. "The Secret Life of Morgan Davis"

The music video for "Rockin' the Suburbs" was directed by friend "Weird Al" Yankovic, who also plays the role of a producer who fixes Folds' "shitty track", directly riffing on one of the song's lyrics. The video features Folds playing multiple members of an angry rock band in a suburban den and in front of a white background.

At the end of the song's second verse, Folds sings the lyrics, "Girl, give me something I can break", which are a riff on the Limp Bizkit song "Break Stuff". After the song's bridge, Folds is shown outside in a suburban neighborhood wearing a backwards red New York Yankees cap, the trademark of Limp Bizkit's frontman Fred Durst. During this portion of the video, Folds engages in "suburban" activities such as skateboarding, jumping in pools and flipping burgers.

At the end of the video, the "band" (all played by Folds again) plays in front of a black background with holes punched in it, a style that deliberately matches the live-action parts of the Korn video for "Freak on a Leash." A subliminal message reading "Korn Sucks" briefly appears.