Editing Let's Do It for Johnny!

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Let's Do It for Johnny
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Bowling for Soup]]
| cover      = BowlingForSoup LetsDoItForJohnny 2000.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = May 16, 2000
| recorded   = 1998–2000
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Pop punk]]
| length     = 44:34<br>52:03 <small>(Japanese Edition)</small><br>50:39 <small>(Australian Edition)</small>
| label      = {{flatlist|
* [[Jive Records|Jive]]
* [[Silvertone Records (1980)|Silvertone]]
* FFROE
}}
| producer   = 
* Eric Delegard
* [[Jaret Reddick]]
| prev_title = [[Tell Me When to Whoa]]
| prev_year  = 1998
| next_title = [[Drunk Enough to Dance]]
| next_year  = 2002
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Let's Do It for Johnny!!
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = The Bitch Song
 | single1date = 2000
 | single2     = Suckerpunch
 | single2date = 2000 <small>(promo)</small>
}}
}}
{{music ratings
| rev1 = [[AbsolutePunk]]
| rev1score = Favorable<ref name=AP.netreview>{{cite web|url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/sub_pages/reviews/album_reviews/database/showreview.php?id=12|title=AbsolutePunk - Bowling for Soup / Let's Do It for Johnny |work=AbsolutePunk.net|author=Tate, Jason|accessdate=July 15, 2016}}{{dead link|date=August 2018|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
}}
'''''Let's Do It for Johnny''''' is the third studio album by American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Bowling for Soup]], released on May 16, 2000, by [[Jive Records]].<ref name="Posterous">{{cite web|title=A List of the 11 BFS studio albums (for my twitter peeps) |url=http://jaretreddick.posterous.com/a-list-of-the-11-bfs-studio-albums-for-my-twi |accessdate=January 6, 2010 |date=January 5, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715110142/http://jaretreddick.posterous.com/a-list-of-the-11-bfs-studio-albums-for-my-twi |archivedate=July 15, 2011 }}</ref> It was recorded at Reel Time Audio in [[Denton, Texas]], about 100 miles from where the band was formed in [[Wichita Falls, Texas|Wichita Falls]], and featured the group's first hit, "The Bitch Song." The album name is a reference to ''[[The Outsiders (novel)|The Outsiders]]''. It is the first album with Gary Wiseman on drums. The album also features a cover of [[Bryan Adams]]' "[[Summer of '69]]".

The band re-recorded several of their older songs for this album. Tracks 6, 7, and 8 appeared on the album ''[[Rock on Honorable Ones!!]]'', tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, and 9 originally appeared on the EP ''[[Tell Me When to Whoa]]'', and track 8 appeared on both ''Rock on Honorable Ones!!'' and ''Tell Me When to Whoa''.

==Production and recording==
It was announced in a band newsletter on July 2, 1999, that drummer Lance Morrill decided to quit the band to focus on the family life after recently getting married. Longtime friend Gary Wiseman would be welcomed as the band’s new drummer and would soon get to work recording a new album.

On January 12, 2000, the band made it known that they have been in the recording studio and that they have signed to Jive Records. The title was first mentioned as "Let's Do It For Jonnie" but Jonnie was later changed to Johnny for unknown reasons. The title takes its name from the 1983 [[Francis Ford Coppola]] film ''[[The Outsiders (film)|The Outsiders]]''.

Tracks such as "Belgium", "Scope", and "The Bitch Song" from previous albums were remixed by Matt Wallace, who had previously worked with [[Everlast]] and [[Faith No More]].

Additionally, the band recorded a song "Greatest Day" for a [[Tiger Woods]] video game, which was later featured on the following albums ''[[Drunk Enough to Dance]]'' and ''[[Bowling for Soup Goes to the Movies]]''.

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| all_writing = [[Jaret Reddick]], except where noted
| title1 = Suckerpunch
| writer1 = 
| length1 = 3:18
| title2 = The Bitch Song
| writer2 = 
| length2 = 3:23
| title3 = Pictures He Drew
| writer3 = 
| length3 = 3:23
| title4 = Dance with You
| writer4 = 
| length4 = 3:30
| title5 = You and Me
| writer5 = 
| length5 = 4:06
| title6 = Scope
| writer6 = Reddick, Eric Delegard
| length6 = 3:32
| title7 = Valentino
| writer7 = 
| length7 = 3:28
| title8 = Belgium
| writer8 = J. Erik Chandler, Reddick, Delegard
| length8 = 3:24
| title9 = Andrew
| writer9 = 
| length9 = 2:05
| title10 = Boulevard
| writer10 = 
| length10 = 3:34
| title11 = Hang On
| writer11 = 
| length11 = 3:37
| title12 = [[Summer of '69]]
| writer12 = [[Bryan Adams]], [[Jim Vallance]]
| length12 = 3:05
| title13 = All Figured Out
| writer13 = 
| length13 = 4:14
| total_length = 44:34
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = ''Japanese Edition''
| title14 = Soho
| writer14 = 
| length14 = 4:57
| title15 = Dumb
| writer15 = 
| length15 = 1:24
| title16 = Everything
| writer16 = 
| length16 = 2:18
| total_length = 52:03
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = ''Australian Edition''
| title14 = Soho
| writer14 = 
| length14 = 4:57
| title15 = Everything
| writer15 = 
| length15 = 2:18
| total_length = 50:39
}}

===Singles===
Bowling for Soup made two singles of this album in 2000.
* "The Bitch Song" has a video, where the band is playing the song in a prison, while Jaret remembers the good moments with his girlfriend, whom he calls a bitch.
* "Suckerpunch" has no video, but the band considers this song as a single and has played it at several concerts.

==Personnel==
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'''Bowling for Soup'''
* [[Jaret Reddick]] — [[Lead vocalist|vocals]], [[rhythm guitar]], producer
* Erik Chandler — [[Bass guitar|bass]], [[Backing vocalist|vocals]]
* Chris Burney — [[lead guitar]], vocals
* Gary Wiseman — [[Drum kit|drums]], vocals on "All Figured Out"

'''Production'''
* Eric Delegard — [[Record producer|producer]], [[Audio engineering|engineering]] at Reel Time Audio, Denton, TX
* Tom Soares — [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]] at Electric Lady Studios, NYC
* [[Matt Wallace (record producer)|Matt Wallace]] — mixing for "The Bitch Song at Encore Studios, Burbank, CA
* Michael England — recording assistant
* Shinobu Mitsuoka and James McCrone — mix assistants
* Rob Avsharian and Matt Thompson — drum techs
* Greg Calbi — [[Audio mastering|mastering]] at Sterling Sound, NYC

'''Additional musicians'''
* Casey Diiorio — [[guitar]]s on "Pictures He Drew" and "Boulevard"
* Matt Slider and Eric Delegard — [[Singing|vocals]] on "All Figured Out"
* Joe Cripps — [[Percussion instrument|percussion]] on "Pictures He Drew," "Scope," "Dance With You," "Belgium," "Hang On" and "All Figured Out"
* Mike Duffy — percussion on "The Bitch Song"
* Michel England — guitar on "All Figured Out"
* Management: Jeff Roe for FFroe Management
* For Booking: Michael Arfin for QBQ Entertainment
* Gilbert Garza — stage manager
* Sweet Charlie — merchandise and assistant to Mr. Von Erich
* Legal Representation: Mike McKoy - Serling, Rooks and Ferrara

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWbI9u4qmCSOnQZ5OFQt-yNR0A81eH9w3 ''Let's Do It for Johnny!''] at [[YouTube]] (streamed copy where licensed)

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