Rock Star (N.E.R.D. song)
"Rock Star" is a song by American funk rock band N*E*R*D. It was released as the second single from their debut studio album "In Search of..." (2001). The song, the second single off the album, performed better in the United Kingdom than their previous single "Lapdance", peaking at number 15. It also became the group's first single to chart in Australia. The song acted as a "second first single" of sorts, as it followed the group's debut "Lapdance", but was the first single to be released from the second, more streamlined version of "In  Search Of..." rerecorded courtesy of Spymob rather than The Neptunes' trademark synths and electronic drum programming. Music video. The song originally had a music video directed by Hype Williams, but became shelved and remains unreleased. Usage in other media. The song is featured in the films "The Guard", "Bringing Down the House" and "Blue Crush". The Jason Nevins remix of the song has been featured in numerous video games such as "Burnout Dominator", "Burnout Paradise", and "Forza Motorsport 2" as well as movie trailers for "" and the 2004 film "Taxi", and was featured in an Apple iPod advert. The Jason  Nevins Club Blaster Edit has appeared in "SSX 3". An edited version of it was also used as the theme song for NFL's 2002 game "NFL Fever", with Pharrell Williams' vocal part replaced with the title game words. The song also appears in the music video game "Band Hero". The original version appears in the video games "Mat Hoffman Pro BMX 2", "SX Superstar", and "". A portion of "Rock Star" also appears in an episode (season 3, episode 4: "Zoso") of the television series "Californication", as well as an episode of Northern Irish comedy "Pulling Moves". It placed at  number 46 in the Triple J Hottest 100, 2002 in Australia, which is the world's largest annual music poll.