Music

Car Seat Headrest wrote a song entirely in Simlish

by Jeremy Mersereau

Copyright issues almost kept the world from hearing Car Seat Headrest’s “Not What I Needed” at all, so it’s fitting that listeners now have two official language choices when it comes to the song… even if one of them is a fictional gibberish language from a best-selling computer game series.

Yep, the standout track from indie rock darling Will Toledo’s second Matador release Teens of Denial has been recorded in Simlish – by Toledo himself, no less. Angsty indie-rock / life simulation fans everywhere: you can start Woohoo-ing. Ew, not like that!

Of course, songs sung in the fictional language of everyone’s favourite digital denizens are nothing new – everyone from Katy Perry  to Tegan and Sara has gotten a Simlish version at one point or another, many of which have made their way onto the games’ official soundtracks. Car Seat Headrest’s version is no different: it’s included in The Sims 4: City Living, which was released earlier this month.

The Sims-isizing marks an especially strange moment in the song’s protracted lifecycle: earlier this year, Matador Records were forced to recall and destroy thousands of copies of Teens of Denial due to some unauthorized use of some elements of The Cars’ “Just What I Needed” in the original version of the track. No word on how distraught Ric Ocasek is over having once again missed his chance to hop aboard the Sims money train. Our guess: very.

[H/T Paste]