Are a Drag by Released May 18, 1999 Length 25: 58, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes chronology (1997) Are a Drag (1999) (2001) Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Are a Drag is the second album by, released in 1999 on the. The album is made up mainly of. The album's title alludes to the fact that most of the songs on the album feature vocalist singing songs that were originally performed by female characters in their original stage shows/movies (with the exception of the Phantom's part in 'Phantom of the Opera', 'Science Fiction/Double Feature' which was sung by a female traditionally, but more popularly by Richard O'Brien in, and 'Rainbow Connection'). The album's cover features the members of the band dressed up, in drag, as five characters from the musicals represented in song: a member of A Chorus Line ('What I Did For Love'), Annie Mudge from Annie ('Tomorrow'), from The Wizard of Oz ('Over the Rainbow'), Sandy Dumbrowski from Grease ('It's Raining on Prom Night'), and Dr. Frank-N-Furter from The Rocky Horror Show ('Science Fiction/Double Feature'). Like many other Gimme Gimmes albums, Are a Drag contains many elements of - more specifically, musical allusions to punk or power-pop songs in their covers. The intro to the song 'My Favorite Things' quotes 'Generator', by, and at the end of 'Tomorrow', Fat Mike can be heard singing 'Mommy's alright, daddy's alright, they just seem a little weird' - a lyric from '.

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes will be on a worldwide tour in 2017 so be sure catch them live. When duty calls for one of the Gimmes to perform with their other band.

Contents • • • • Track listing [ ] No. Title Lyrics Music Musical Length 1. S4d. ' O'Brien 2:34 4.

' (contains an interpolation of 'Generator' by, written by ) 1:52 6. ', Williams, Ascher 2:18 7. 'I Sing the Body Electric' 1:44 9. 'It's Raining on Prom Night', Jacobs, Casey 2:57 10. ' (contains an interpolation of ' by, written by ) 1:31 11.

'What I Did for Love' 1:46 12. 'Cabaret' 3:24 Personnel [ ] • - vocals • (a.k.a. ) - lead guitar • - rhythm guitar • - bass • - drums Additional musicians [ ] • Karina Denike - backing vocals • Sara K. Fisher - backing vocals References [ ].