Park Avenue (song)

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"Park Avenue"

Single by Girls Against Boys

from the album Freak*on*ica

Released

1998

Recorded

October 1997

Studio

Baby Mountain Studios

Genre

Industrial rock^[1]

Length

3:50

Girls Against Boys singles chronology

"Disco Six Six Six"
(1996)

"Park Avenue"
(1998)

"Basstation"
(2002)

"Park Avenue" is a song by post-hardcore band Girls Against Boys, released in 1998. It was the lead single from their album Freak*on*ica and is their only single to chart in the United States.^[1]^[2]

Background

"Park Avenue" was released as the lead single from the band's 1998 album Freak*on*ica. The album was the band's first (and to date, only) album to be released on a major label, Geffen Records. Both the single and the overall album had an electronic-influenced sound, a departure from the post-hardcore genre that the band had mainly presented beforehand.^[2] The single of "Park Avenue" consisted of a remix of the song "Black Hole" (in which the original version was found on Freak*on*ica) in addition to the outtake track "EPR" (which also appeared on the soundtrack to the film Permanent Midnight).^[3]

In the U.S., the single peaked at No. 28 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. It was the band's only appearance on a Billboard songs chart in the U.S.; however, the single peaked at No. 83 on the UK Singles Chart. In the UK, "Park Avenue" became the band's fourth and final appearance on the country's singles chart. A music video was produced for "Park Avenue" as well.^[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Girls Against Boys

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Park Avenue"	3:50
2.	"American White Dwarf" (Miami Bassomatic Remix)	4:40
3.	"EPR"	4:09

Personnel

Girls Against Boys

Alexis Fleisig – drums
Eli Janney – keyboards, bass guitar, backing vocals, engineering, mixing
Scott McCloud – lead vocals, guitar
Johnny Temple – bass guitar

Production and additional personnel

Nick Launay – production
Mike Scielzi – mixing
Greg Calbi – mastering^[3]

Charts

Chart (1998)	Peak position
US Mainstream Rock Tracks^[5]	28
UK Singles Chart^[4]	83

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1998	Geffen Records	CD, LP	GFSTD 22335

References

^ ^a ^b "Girls Against Boys". MusicianGuide. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
^ ^a ^b Bush, John. "Girls Against Boys Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
^ ^a ^b Park Avenue credits. Geffen Records. GFSTD 22335. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Girls Against Boys Chart". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
^ "Girls Against Boys signs with Jade Tree". Billboard. January 16, 2002. Retrieved November 3, 2022.^{[failed verification]}

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