Paralyzer
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Paralyzer" is the first single from Canadian alternative rock band Finger Eleven's fifth album,
Them vs. You vs. Me. It was released in March 2007. Finger Eleven's frontman Scott Anderson has said that the single has a feel distinct from the rest of Finger Eleven's music, possessing more of a "dance rock" feel. The song received high airplay in both the United States and Canada, and was performed live on the March 14, 2007 episode of
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and again ten months later on January 9, 2008, in a testament to the longevity of the single's success. The song has surpassed "One Thing" to be Finger Eleven's most successful single. The single has three versions. One is the original CD version, while the other two are radio edit versions, in which the line containing the word "shitty" is either censored or replaced with shady. The song alludes to the band's prior hit "One Thing" with the lyric
"I should just stay home, if one thing really means one"; in addition, the recurring guitar riff quotes The Cars' "Moving in Stereo." The style of the song has been compared to "Take Me Out", a 2004 single by indie rock band Franz Ferdinand.