Short Skirt/Long Jacket
| "Short Skirt/Long Jacket" | ||||
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| Single by Cake | ||||
| from the album Comfort Eagle | ||||
| Released | 2001 | |||
| Recorded | 2000 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, funk rock | |||
| Length | 3:24 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter | John McCrea | |||
| Producer | Cake | |||
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"Short Skirt/Long Jacket" is the first single by American alternative rock band Cake from their 2001 album Comfort Eagle. It peaked at number 7 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart. It is one of the band's most recognizable songs with its funky grooves, opening trumpet lick, and use of the vibraslap.
The TV series Chuck used the instrumental version of this song as the opening theme song from 2007 to 2012.