Still Fighting It Explained

Still Fighting It
Cover:Still Fighting It Ben Folds.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Ben Folds
Album:Rockin' the Suburbs
Released:April 9, 2002
Genre:Alternative rock, pop rock
Length:4.25
Label:Epic
Prev Title:Rockin' the Suburbs
Prev Year:2001
Next Title:Tiny Dancer
Next Year:2005

"Still Fighting It" is a song by Ben Folds released in 2002 as the second single from his 2001 album Rockin' the Suburbs. The song is a bittersweet ode to the pain of adolescence dedicated to his son Louis. He would later write an accompanying song for his daughter Gracie on the 2005 album Songs for Silverman, and he often performs the two songs together live. The B-sides on the single release of "Still Fighting It" are live versions of "Zak & Sara" from Rockin' the Suburbs and "Boxing" from Ben Folds Five's self-titled debut album.

Angela Aki covered the song for the B-Side of her single "", which was released in 2008. Another cover of this song was performed by Lee Chan-sol for the soundtrack of the 2020 South Korean television drama Itaewon Class.[1]

Single track listing

  1. "Still Fighting It"
  2. "Zak & Sara" (Live)
  3. "Boxing" (Live)
  4. "Still Fighting It" (Video)

Popular culture

The track "Still Fighting It" was featured in the Scrubs episode "My New Suit". The song was also used in a government information film in the UK about cyberbullying called "Let's Fight It Together".[2]

On an episode of The Ryen Russillo Podcast, the song's chorus was sung by Scott Van Pelt to describe Ryen's feelings of melancholy after seeing a father and son purchase a shovel together.

Music video

The music video was filmed in Adelaide, Australia on the Glenelg tram and at Port Willunga.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lee. Seung-hoon. '슈퍼밴드' 이찬솔, '이태원클라쓰' 첫번째 OST 참여..오늘(31일) 발매. January 31, 2020. Osen. ko. January 31, 2020.
  2. Web site: 'Let's Fight it Together' Cyberbullying film. Digizen.org. Childnet International. 21 September 2014.
  3. Web site: Ben Folds and his ‘home town’ Adelaide . cityofadelaide.com.au . January 5, 2022.