On a whim the other day, I decided to watch "Riva Ras Regas" from What's New, Scooby-Doo? and was inspired to listen to Lindsay Pagano's debut album for the first time ever afterwards, since I'd not checked out any of her music outside of the show. As you may also know, I also chatted with Lindsay several years ago, who was super nice, and was kind enough to guest-write the 300th fun fact for the blog. For today's fun fact, I was inspired to do some research into Lindsay's music career before and after her appearance in What's New, since I realized I didn't really know all that much about it.
Lindsay was inspired to pursue music as a career because her parents were in a band, which she mentions in an interview with MTV. She mentions that a pivotal moment for realizing she was interested in becoming a singer was after winning a talent show in fifth grade, where she sung "Hero" by Mariah Carey (who is Lindsay's favorite artist). At her 13th birthday party, Lindsay sang three songs for her friends. A family friend video taped the performance, and sent it to Jude Cole, who loved Pagano's voice, and signed on as her songwriter and producer. Lindsay's career started in 2001 when she was 15, and she was quickly launched into popularity through her song "Everything U R" being used in an AOL commercial, as well as appearing on the soundtrack for the American Pie 2. She became known as the "AOL Girl" due to her song being used in the commercial. She also appeared in a number of ads for Reebok. As previously mentioned in Fun Fact #301, "Everything U R" also became the theme song for the NBC sitcom Maybe It's Me. She released her debut album in 2001, which was titled Love & Faith & Inspiration. The album featured 11 tracks, one of them being an extended reprise of the title track at the end. During the album's development process, Lindsay was introduced to Paul McCartney of The Beatles, who also enjoyed her music. McCartney would later offer to remake his 1983 song "So Bad" for her, and perform it as a duet with Lindsay on the album (you can listen to their song together here). In 2002, as Lindsay shared in the 300th fun fact, she guest-starred in "Riva Ras Regas" after her label approached her with the suggestion to appear in What's New, Scooby-Doo?, as a way to get her name out there. Lindsay was 16 at the time of guest starring in the episode. This was a common strategy that Warner Brothers seemed to be piloting with their artists during the time that What's New, Scooby-Doo? aired, as is evident by other new musical acts appearing in episodes, including Simple Plan in "Simple Plan and the Invisible Madman" and Smash Mouth appearing in "Reef Grief." Also during that year, Lindsay went out on tour with singer Aaron Carter to promote her album. Lindsay mentioned in an interview (the clip is 1:03:30 - 1:04:50) that the songs she sings in "Riva Ras Regas" were not real songs in her discography, and were written by the show's writers. Moreover, full versions of these songs were never made. Lindsay recorded only the parts that appeared in the episode. She released a single in 2004 titled "Bang!" but her label ended up shutting down and changed management. She mentioned in an interview that she felt her and and the label's new management had creative differences, so she decided to part ways with the label. As a result, the song is also no longer available for download anywhere, and became lost media (in my research, I found there are a number of Reddit threads of people trying to find it). In 2009, Lindsay released two singles exclusively to YouTube, including "I Gotta Stop" (which was sent to radio) and "Three Wishes." These were the last official songs she released to date. In 2014, Lindsay would become a contestant the hit TV show The Voice. Shakira chose Lindsay to be on her team, but Lindsay was eliminated after three episodes. Although Lindsay has not officially released any other music, she continues to perform live in small venues. This was a bit of a different style of fun fact than the typical, so I hope you enjoyed it! Also, it's Lindsay's birthday on Saturday, so happy early birthday to her!
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Mr Neither
6/17/2024 01:41:04 pm
Interesting to know. I found out yesterday that Mystery Incorporated included a reference to Alien Invaders. Both "Night on Haunted Mountain" and Alien Invaders involve the location Scorpion Ridge.
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6/17/2024 07:39:58 pm
Oh wow, I had never caught that before. I wonder if it was an intentional reference or if it just happened to be the same name. Seems like it could be either imo.
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Mr Neither
6/18/2024 08:15:29 am
Agreed, I had no idea until I was doing a little digging for the poll this week and stumbled upon it. Wasn't sure if you had mentioned already but clearly not!
Matt
6/17/2024 08:46:29 pm
That’s crazy that she collaborated with PAUL MCCARTNEY. It’s always a shame when someone’s career seems primed to take off and it never really happens
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6/17/2024 08:51:11 pm
Yeah, that was easily the most surprising thing I found in researching her. Definitely would not have expected a collaboration between the two of them, and I thought the song was actually really good.
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Juan
6/21/2024 05:56:37 pm
Hi WV. Found some cool stuff maybe you could share.
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6/22/2024 11:59:30 am
Wow, these are so cool! I had no idea there was a Star Wars themed preview of The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo! I agree the chest looks super cool. The Scrappy and Weird Al bumper is pretty neat too. This would make an awesome fun fact!
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