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The Papercut Chronicles by Gym Class Heroes
The Papercut Chronicles is an album by Gym Class Heroes, released in 2005. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 1 countdown appearance in total. The biggest is “Cupid's Chokehold”, on 1 list with a best position of #59.
Gym Class Heroes made The Papercut Chronicles their first move on a real label, putting it out on Fueled by Ramen on February 22, 2005, after a debut they had released on their own. The Geneva, New York band dated back to 1997, when Travie McCoy and drummer Matt McGinley crossed paths in high school gym class, and by 2003 guitarist Disashi Lumumba-Kasongo and bassist Eric Roberts had filled out the lineup.
What they cooked up is rap rock with the metal scraped off: easygoing rhymes over live playing that swipes from funk and reggae as happily as from hip-hop and rock. They sold it the long way round, on stages at the Bamboozle and the Vans Warped Tour, and built a devoted crowd one set at a time. It's also where "Cupid's Chokehold" lives, the song that later broke them into the mainstream. As Cruel as School Children came next.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from The Papercut Chronicles on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cupid's Chokehold | 1 | #59 | – | 2007 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.