Terrorists winning, Orange Country losing: songs whose upbeat, good-time appeal was ruined by being released soon after 9/11

1. Smash Mouth "All Star"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrJi2OwsRgo

As much of a romp as "Pacific Coast Party" is, it's not completely indicative of the rest of the band's new self-titled album, which comes out November 27. Sure, Smash Mouth are still a party band at heart, but they're no longer whooping it up 24-7. Much of that has to do with the hardships they've endured since they stopped touring for their last LP, Astro Lounge. There have been the pressures of creating another hit record, the departure of drummer Kevin Coleman (who was replaced by Michael Urband), the devastating loss of Harwell's son Presley Scott to lymphatic leukemia in July (see "Smash Mouth Singer's Infant Son Dies") and the recent horrors of September 11.

"I've been through a world of sh-- lately," Harwell said with a sigh. "We have a song on the new album called 'Out of Sight,' and that kind of starts out where I'm saying that there's all this bullsh-- going on, but that we can deal with it. You know, for everybody that's been killed and everyone that lost their lives and people that have lost family members, [I feel like] the ones that are gone are okay, and everything's gonna be alright. It just makes you think a little bit."

whoops "1. Smash Mouth: Pacific Coast Party"

you can just email perpetua directly you know, i'm not even sure he lurks here anymore

I remember the events ruining a couple of band's lead-off singles because it didnt feel right, but this is the only one I remember.

The song itself doesn't fit in the op's concept, but Bush's "Speed Kills" was another one that Cunga is referencing. It was retitled "The People That We Love" and the cover of Golden State (released 10/23/01) was changed to a really boring band title and album title in text only, from this:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Scrappedgoldenstate.jpg

It doesn't exactly fit the concept either, but the Strokes' "New York City Cops" comes to mind: present on the UK version of Is This It in July 2001, but omitted from the CD version released in the US that October.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOmkPrhpQGQ

These are both great examples of the genre.

should this have been Orange "County"?

Mariah's Glitter came out on the day itself. so did Love & Theft as i recall?

Jimmy Eat World's Bleed American got renamed...

also

"The music video promoting "Ich Will", a Rammstein song, was to debut on MTV the night of the September 11 attacks. It depicted scenes of one band member dressed as a suicide bomber."

ouch.

Released a few weeks after 9/11. The following single was "It's Not The End Of The World?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhCcBTux5f8

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Don't know if this counts, but I seem to recall the first and last time that I ever saw this music video was on the weekend prior to September 11.