Limp Bizkit "Chocolate St★rfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water"

Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water (stylised as Chocolate St★rfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water) is the third studio album by American band Limp Bizkit, released on October 17, 2000 by Flip and Interscope Records.

Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 1,054,511 copies in its first week of being released, with 400,000 of those copies being sold in the album's first day of release—the largest first-week sales debut for a rock album in the United States ever since Nielsen Soundscan began tracking album sales in 1991. In its second week of being released, the album sold 392,000 copies, and remained at number 1 on the Billboard 200. The album also went to number 1 on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 98,707 copies in its first week in the country. Two months after its release date, the album was certified 4x platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and almost seven months after its release date, it was certified 5x platinum by the RIAA. In April 2002, the album was certified 6x platinum by the RIAA. It also was certified 6x platinum by Music Canada in October 2001.

The first part of the title is a scatological reference to the appearance of the human anus (Chocolate Starfish). However, Hot Dog Flavored Water is an inside joke started by Wes Borland at a truck stop while the band was on tour, where Borland saw bottles of Crystal Geyser flavored water, and made a joke about having meat or hot dog flavors.

Durst himself refers to the album name in three songs. First, "Livin' It Up", where he declares that "The chocolate starfish is my man Fred Durst" (Wes Borland has stated in an interview when questioned on the naming of the album that "Fred calls himself Chocolate Starfish, because people call him an asshole all the time"), "Hot Dog", where he tells his detractors to "Kiss my starfish, my chocolate starfish," and "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)" where he mentions "Chocolate Starfish" in the introduction.

The song "Hot Dog" features the word "fuck" 46 times as pointed out by Durst himself in the lyrics "if I say fuck 2 more times that's 46 fucks in this fucked up rhyme" which is also the most profanity contained on any Limp Bizkit song. The chorus parodies the Nine Inch Nails songs "Closer", "The Perfect Drug" and "Burn". Durst said he was a big fan of Nine Inch Nails, who inspired his music, although Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor had made negative remarks about Durst during that period. Reviewers have often interpreted Durst's lyrics in "Hot Dog" as an insult to Reznor. "Livin' It Up" samples "Life in the Fast Lane" by the American rock band The Eagles. The lyrics of My Generation reference "My Generation" by The Who and "Welcome to the Jungle" by Guns N' Roses.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Fred Durst, except where noted; all music is composed by Wes Borland, John Otto, and Sam Rivers, except where noted.

1. "Intro" 1:18
2. "Hot Dog" 3:51
3. "My Generation" 3:43
4. "Full Nelson" 4:08
5. "My Way" 4:32
6. "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)" 3:34
7. "Livin' It Up" 4:24
8. "The One" 5:44
9. "Getcha Groove On" (featuring Xzibit) Durst/Xzibit/DJ Lethal 4:29
10. "Take a Look Around" Lalo Schifrin 5:22
11. "It'll Be OK" 5:07
12. "Boiler (song ends at 5:36, hidden track begins at 5:45 if not on Repeat Track)" 5:36/1:15
13. "Hold On" (featuring Scott Weiland) DurstScott Weiland    5:48
14. "Rollin' (Urban Assault Vehicle)" (featuring DMX and Method Man & Redman) DMX/Durst/Method Man/Redman Swizz Beatz 6:22
15. "Outro" ("Outro" ends at 4:50. Instead of silence, Ben Stiller's laughs can be heard, and then, at minute 7:40, a hidden track begins: it's a phone call.) 4:50/1:57

Total length: 74:55

Produced by Limp Bizkit and Terry Date, additional production by Scott Weiland and Josh Abraham (all tracks but 9 and 14); DJ Lethal and Fred Durst (track 9); Swizz Beatz (track 14)

Executive producer – Eve Butler

Assistant executive producer – Peter Katsis

Production coordination – Erin Haley

Editing: Domenic Barbers, DJ Premier, Carl Nappa

Editing assistant – Cailan Mccarthy

Engineers – Eric B., Joe Barresi, Barney Chase, Terry Date, Jesse Gorman, Kevin Guarnieri, Scott Olson, Ted Reiger, Dylan Vaughan, Darren Venbitti, Rakim

Assistant engineers – Barney Chase, Steve Conover, David Dominguez, Jaime Duncan, Fran Flannery, Kevin Guarnieri, Femio Hernández, Matt Kingdom, Carl Nappa, Pete Novak, Ted Reiger, Doug Trantow, Alex Morfas

Mastering – Vlado Mellior

Mixing – Andy Wallace (all tracks but 9, 10 and 14), Rich Keller (track 14), Brendan O'Brien (track 10), Michael Patterson (track 9)

Assistant mix engineers - Steve Sisco, Josh Wilbur, Ryan Williams, Karl Egsieker

Art coordinator – Liam