“She was a fan, she liked the song and the band, and she thought it was a good idea, and who are we to say no? She was absolutely perfect for it, she totally got the song and did the video in the right spirit.”īefore approaching Rachel, the band wanted to get Paulina Porizkova to play the role. “We somehow convinced Rachel Hunter to star in our video, which is a very good thing,” Schlesinger told the Washington Post. She was married to Rod Stewart for nine years, and is the mother of two of his eight children. Stacy’s Mom herself is played by Rachel Hunter, a New Zealand-born supermodel who has been on the cover of Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Issue twice and Playboy once. Brittney Powell, who plays the titular mother, had a small role in That Thing You Do. There’s a movie called Stacy’s Mom, a 2010 low-budget comedy that seems to be based on the song yet not have permission to use it, which really seems like someone fucked up. The Nu-Wave magazine he’s seen on here is another nod to the Cars’ era. He also wrote a lot of the songs in Josie And The Pussycats and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. Chris also directed Rihanna’s Umbrella video, Miley Cyrus’s Party In The USA, and everyone in the world’s third favourite song ever, The Impression That I Get by the Mighty Mighty Bosstones.Īdam Schlesinger, outside of Fountains Of Wayne, was Oscar-nominated for Best Original Song for That Thing You Do, written for the Tom Hanks film of the same name. “We looked at a lot of treatments and some directors were trying to be kind of arty and subtle with it, but Chris Applebaum went completely for the jugular,” Adam told MTV. Several directors up for the job presented less-overt ideas, but the band preferred the no-nonsense treatment of one. The horn-crazed hero is played by actor Shane Haboucha, who has made guest appearances in big shows like ER, The OC and Monk, as well as voice acting as both Superman (in Justice League Unlimited) and Robin (in Justice League: The New Frontier). Stacy is portrayed by Gianna Distenca, who has now left the acting industry and is now a fine artist and sculptor, studying at the Royal College of Art in London. Fountains Of Wayne, the shop, was seen in The Sopranos in 2001 (season three, episode five, Another Toothpick) and closed down in 2009. Earlier names they used included Woolly Mammoth, Are You My Mother? and Three Men Who When Standing Side By Side Have A Wingspan Of Over Twelve Feet. The name Fountains Of Wayne came from a shop in New Jersey. The pair did all their songwriting separately, but shared credits on everything they put out as Fountains Of Wayne to avoid arguments.
This was their biggest hit, written by bassist Adam Schlesinger but credited both to him and vocalist Chris Collingwood.