" Snakes on a Plane (Bring It) ", also referred to as " Bring It (Snakes on a Plane) ", is the debut single by Cobra Starship , released on August 28, 2006, as the main single from the soundtrack to the film Snakes on a Plane . In addition to Cobra Starship vocalist Gabe Saporta, the song features William Beckett of The Academy Is... , Travie McCoy of Gym Class Heroes , and Maja Ivarsson of The Sounds .
17-451: Bring It may refer to: " Snakes on a Plane (Bring It) ", the song by Cobra Starship from the soundtrack album Snakes on a Plane: The Album "Bring It" (song) , a 2011 single by English singer-songwriter Jodie Connor Bring It! , a 2009 album by Puffy Bring It! (TV series) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
34-783: A Plane T-shirt designed by webcomic artist Jeffrey Rowland (with snakes flying a plane). The video ends with a sign for South Pacific Airlines Flight 121 as the band boards the plane, the same flight as in the film. The video was filmed at the Air Hollywood sound stage in San Fernando, California . Jeffrey Rowland Jeffrey J. Rowland (born May 22, 1974) is the author and artist responsible for Wigu and Overcompensating , two popular webcomics . Originally from Locust Grove , Oklahoma , Rowland now lives in Easthampton, Massachusetts , where he continues to work on
51-557: A Plane (Bring It) Gabe Saporta spoke about how the song came together in a 2006 interview with Entertainment Weekly , "The last Midtown record, for me, was really introspective. It made me go off into the desert. I went on this whole retreat trip where I was contemplating my life. And when I was in the desert I got bitten by this snake, and I saw a UFO, and the snake spoke to me. He's, like, 'Yo, man, you've got to stop taking yourself so seriously, you've got to start having some fun.' And I came back and started Cobra Starship in honor of
68-418: A cameo appearance (at 1:46), talking on a payphone nervously as the band members pass ominously. Samuel L. Jackson (who plays Neville Flynn, the main protagonist of the movie) also makes a cameo appearance, lowering his shades and eyeing the band members as they pass, unaware of the true contents inside their cases before returning to his 100 Bullets comic. He is also seen wearing the unofficial Snakes on
85-416: A journal/daily blog comic about his life. Overcompensating , though clearly fictitious, does appear to have some reality in it. Caricatures of real life people such as Richard Stevens , John Allison and Vera Brosgol make appearances, while other characters, such as Baby, do not exist. In April 2005, Rowland predicted and then 'faked' his death by having Weedmaster P, a character in the strip, update
102-472: Is his full-time job and source of income. Rowland's comics were used along with Penny Arcade , Fetus-X and Questionable Content as an example of comics using the web to create "an explosion of diverse genres and styles" in Scott McCloud 's 2006 book Making Comics When I Grow Up is a webcomic written by Rowland, which ran from June 14, 1999 until January 1, 2002. It takes place in
119-464: Is otherwise a different comic with a new set of characters. The comic is centered on the adventures of a little boy named Wigu Tinkle and his family. Each chapter of the comic represents one day in Wigu's life. Wigu is an intelligent child with an active imagination who uses much of his free time to watch television and play video games , where he encounters the beings of Butter Dimension³ , primarily
136-486: The comic, posting that Rowland had died. Rowland is the owner and operator of the web merchant TopatoCo , which sells T-shirts, stickers, magnets, comics, hoodies, tote bags, and other items for a number of webcomics. As of May 2012, TopatoCo sells merchandise for over 40 different comics. Comics that TopatoCo represents include Questionable Content , Dinosaur Comics , MS Paint Adventures , Wondermark , and Sam and Fuzzy . Rowland currently operates TopatoCo out of
153-501: The fictional town of Shallow Brook, Oklahoma . The main characters were Neal, a young African American scientist working for the U.S. government; Roger, an unemployed slacker ; Zoe, a selfish, bitter newscaster ; and Gina, a college student and part-time employee of a video store. The structure of When I Grow Up is very similar that of Rowland's second comic, Wigu . It includes five different story arcs, which are often interrupted by short stories or single strips. When I Grow Up
170-447: The film, the song was titled "Bring It". Brian Schiller of Slant Magazine stated that the track, "will probably never be heard from again after Snakes on a Plane leaves theaters... 'Snakes on a Plane (Bring It)', should honestly be one of the worst songs of the year but isn't via its association to the film. If Snakes on a Plane is nearly as campy as it promises to be, then the song's already dated production fits too perfectly for
187-506: The intergalactic heroes Topato (a flying potato whose catchphrase is "Spring into action!" and whose primary defense mechanism consists of being made entirely of poison ) and Sheriff Pony (an eloquent Space Pony who, as the storyline reveals, excretes vanilla ice cream instead of fecal waste. Topato excretes sour cream, which he also uses to shave). Wigu was nominated for the 2004 Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards categories Outstanding Short Form Comic and Outstanding Story Concept. Wigu
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#1732797293225204-451: The snake that bit me." Saporta began writing "Snakes on a Plane (Bring It)" when Pete Wentz and Jonathan Daniel of Crush Music approached him and thought that the song "would be perfect" for the soundtrack. They got in contact with the film's music supervisor and needed to change some parts to the song. However, Saporta wasn't on board with the idea at first, but eventually "knew it had to be done." Before being rewritten specifically for
221-466: The song to be in the wrong at all." The video, directed by Lex Halaby, shows McCoy, Ivarsson, Saporta and Beckett walking through Honolulu International Airport , acting as if they were villains hired by Eddie Kim (the antagonist of Snakes on a Plane ) sneaking snakes on board in their suitcase and guitar case. They are able to pass through security when Ivarsson distracts the airport worker by taking off her jacket. Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy makes
238-441: The title Bring It . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bring_It&oldid=603962927 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Snakes on
255-482: The two projects, while running TopatoCo, a company which sells merchandise based on his and other artists' comics. Jeffrey Rowland's comics are part of the TopatoCo network, along with comics such as Dinosaur Comics and MS Paint Adventures . Rowland can be considered one of the small number of professional webcartoonists , as running Overcompensating and Wigu , in addition to his merchandise company TopatoCo,
272-470: Was hosted on Keenspot for some time, but Rowland eventually moved it to his own server. Wigu was a webcomic created by Jeffrey Rowland. It was publicly launched on January 7, 2002 and was also part of the Dumbrella bulletin board. Wigu is the successor to When I Grow Up and derives its name from the earlier strip's initials. There have been some guest appearances from When I Grow Up , but Wigu
289-461: Was originally intended to end on December 31, 2004, but resumed on April 18, 2005. The webcomic ended again on December 31, 2005 so that Rowland could continue the title as a series of printed books. It was intended that there be a new book every month, but due to various delays, only three have been published, and Wigu returned to its original online format on November 22, 2006. On September 19, 2004, Rowland began another comic, Overcompensating ,
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