"The Queen and I" is the first single from the Gym Class Heroes

Gym Class Heroes

Gym Class Heroes is an American hip hop rock band from Geneva, New York. They have collaborated with Fall Out Boy's Patrick Stump on numerous occasions, notably for providing backing vocals on the song "Cupid's Chokehold." Stump also produced the majority of their album The Quilt.The group formed...

 (GCH) album, As Cruel as School Children

As Cruel as School Children

As Cruel as School Children is the third Gym Class Heroes album released by Fueled by Ramen. It was released on July 25, 2006. It was produced by Fall Out Boy's Patrick Stump...

. The song is a more fast-paced song than many other of the group's songs. The song refers to lead singer, Travis McCoy, falling in love with an alcoholic (the "Queen"). "The Queen and I" was a non-chart qualifier in the UK

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 as both physical formats contained a sticker, which is against UK chart rules. The single was re-released in the UK on 29 October 2007, following the top five success of "Cupid's Chokehold" and "Clothes Off!!" there. This song has been featured in computer games such as Tony Hawk's Project 8

Tony Hawk's Project 8

Tony Hawk's Project 8, officially abbreviated as THP8, is the eighth installment in the Tony Hawk series of video games. It was released on sixth-generation and seventh-generation consoles...

 and as an instrumental version on Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08

The Xbox 360, PS3, and DS versions of the game received generally positive reviews from critics.The Xbox 360 version received an average score of 80% based on 49 reviews on the review aggregator Game Rankings, and an average score of 80 out of 100 based on 45 reviews on Metacritic.The PS3 version...

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Formats and track listings

UK CD:

1. "The Queen and I" (explicit album version)
2. "Ovrigadu, P.A." (non-album track)

7" Vinyl:

1. "The Queen and I" (explicit album version)
2. "Boomerang Theory" (non-album track)

UK re-release CD 1:

1. "The Queen and I" (album version)

UK re-release CD 2:

1. "The Queen and I" (album version)
2. "The Queen and I" (video)

UK re-release 7" Vinyl:

1. "The Queen and I" (album version)
2. "Boomerang Theory"

Australian CD:

1. "The Queen and I" (Album Version)
2. "The Machine and I" (feat. Keith Buckley of Every Time I Die)
3. "Clothes Off!!
   Clothes Off!!
   "Clothes Off!!" is the fifth single from Gym Class Heroes' third album, As Cruel as School Children. It features vocalist Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy...
   
   " (Stress Remix) (feat. Ghostface Killah and Tyga)

Music video

The music video was directed by Shane Drake

Shane Drake

Shane C. Drake is an American music video director originally from Redding, California. He has directed videos for bands such as Trivium, Paramore, Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco, Angels & Airwaves, Flo Rida, Timbaland, Blindside, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, The Almost, Hawthorne Heights and...

and starts with multiple men (such as a jester and a wizard) all trying to gain the love of a queen. Each one desperately tries to woo her, each one equally as unsuccessful. Travis McCoy then comes in and tries his luck by rapping for the queen, but he also seems to be unsuccessful. As he leaves, he trips and the queen smiles. She soon changes her mind about him and chases after him. However, when she reaches him, he disappears, leaving only his jacket and his trademark, a toothbrush (he is seen brushing his teeth at some point in almost every video). The video ends with the queen looking very angry and the words "she was to live unhappily ever after" are printed on the last page of a story book (the one opened at the beginning of the video).

Charts

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Chart (2006)	Peak position