Stick Stickly (song)

The title, "Stick Stickly" is named from the Nickelodeon character Stick Stickly. ==Composition==

"Stick Stickly" was written by Andrew Whiting, Andrew Wetzel, Caleb Shomo, John Holgado, Johnny Franck and Austin Carlile, while production was handled by Joey Sturgis. The demo version of the song was recorded at Paper Tiger Studios. ==Critical reception==

"Stick Stickly" was met with generally negative reviews from music critics. Jeremy Aaron of AbsolutePunk criticized the song for its "over-reliance on breakdowns on the heavy parts and the vocal hook," and the use of vocoder effects that, "sounds like it was pulled straight out of Forever the Sickest Kids' album." However, he complimented the heavy guitar work and the unclean vocals. Metal Injection remarked, "It sounded like two different songs from the same album being played at once... during the last 30 seconds or so, it sounds like a completely different album from a different band being played." Chip Norman of Buddyhead.com described the song as "the most-offensively-wack-song-of-all-time." ==Legacy==

In 2008, the video became an internet meme popularizing crabcore. The infamous part of the video that sparked the meme was when guitarist Andrew Whiting is seen squatting low with his legs spread in a "crab-like" stance. In November 2019, Caleb Shomo and Johnny Franck reunited and released a parody version of the song titled, "Thicc Thiccly". ==Music video==

There are two versions of the music video for "Stick Stickly". The first version of the video was recorded after the band signed with Rise Records. The first video was low-budget and shows the group performing the song on a bridge in front of a city (Walnut Street Bridge in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) and later in a club, where a boy struggles to open a door to where the group is performing. The video begins with a woman sitting in front of an old house. The video then cuts to the group performing the song. Throughout the video, the band is shown head-flailing while playing their instruments and singing, as well as cutting back to the woman who is now sitting inside of the house. Both videos depict Nick Barham as the lead vocalist as both videos were filmed after original vocalist Austin Carlile departed from the band, whom of which performs on the song. According to Shomo, the crab moves in the video was lead guitarist Andrew Whiting's idea. The music video for the second version of "Stick Stickly" was filmed in Oregon. According to vocalist and guitarist Johnny Franck, their record label came up with the concept of the video. The band used the famous Charles E. Nelson House, which burned down in 2018. ==Personnel==

;Attack Attack! • Austin Carlile – lead vocals • Johnny Franck – clean vocals, guitar • John Holgado – bass guitar • Caleb Shomo – keyboards, synthesizers • Andrew Wetzel – drums • Andrew Whiting – guitar ;Production • Joey Sturgis – producer, engineering, mixing, mastering ==Release history==