The Flys were an American

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 post-grunge

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 group, formed in Hollywood in 1994 and on indefinite hiatus since 2002. They had success with the 1998 top five hit "Got You (Where I Want You)

Got You (Where I Want You)

"Got You " is the first single released from The Flys' second studio album Holiday Man. It reached a peak of No. 5 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart on December 19, 1998.-Chart History:...

", the video for which featured actress Katie Holmes

Katie Holmes

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. "Got You (Where I Want You)" was featured on their debut album Holiday Man

Holiday Man

Holiday Man was The Flys' second studio album released on August 25, 1998 by Trauma Records. The album's most notable songs are "Got You " and "She's So Huge".-Chart history:-Track listing:-Personnel:...

in 1998 and also appeared on the soundtrack for the 1998 MGM film Disturbing Behavior

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, which starred Katie Holmes. Their music is also featured in The Crow: Salvation

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soundtrack, with the track "I Know What You Want". "She's So Huge

She's So Huge

"She's So Huge" is the second single released from The Flys' second studio album Holiday Man. It reached a peak of No. 32 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart on April 17, 1999.-Chart History:...

" was featured in the 2001 film Sugar And Spice

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.

Notably two members of the band, Adam Paskowitz and Josh Paskowitz, were members of the Doc Paskowitz

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 family.

With the single "Got You (Where I Want You)" reaching #5 on the Modern Rock Charts and being featured in Disturbing Behavior, The Flys 1998 album Holiday Man album reached #109 on the Billboard charts. A second single "She's So Huge" peaked at #32 on Modern Rock Charts. In 2000 The Flys released their second album, Outta My Way. The album contained the single "Losin' It", as well as two samples from two songs by The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys

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 from their Pet Sounds

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album, "Here Today" and "Caroline, No".

In 2002 The Flys went on indefinite hiatus. In 2008 The Flys announced on their MySpace page that "The Flys Are Back," and released an iTunes single (a cover of "Hey Jude

Hey Jude

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") along with a remake of their biggest hit, entitled "Got You Where I Want You 2008."

Discography

• 25 Cents (1995)
• Holiday Man
  Holiday Man
  Holiday Man was The Flys' second studio album released on August 25, 1998 by Trauma Records. The album's most notable songs are "Got You " and "She's So Huge".-Chart history:-Track listing:-Personnel:...
  
  (1998)
• Outta My Way (2000)