Marvelous 3 Hits Big With "Neglected" Single

April 8, 1999
MTV.com

Marvelous 3 is currently riding the charts in grand style with the hit "Freak of the Week." Like another Atlanta-based newcomer, Shawn Mullins, the band got its big push when local radio station 99X began playing the single long before the band had a major record deal. But that particular song isn't exactly the breakthrough M3 had in mind.

"That was one of the most neglected songs [we] recorded," front man Butch Walker told MTV News. "That was one of those songs when it's just not working, you know...  when you've only got three hours to record a song in between your road schedule or whatever... Slug played the drums one take, five minutes. I remember he, like, played over too long or something, I was just like, 'oh, I'll just chop it... don't worry about it, this is just a demo of it.' And that was the version that's getting played today."

M3's "Hey! Album" is in stores now. You can catch the band with Collective Soul in Dubuque, Iowa on Friday and Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Saturday.