Song of the Day 2/1: Teenage Fanclub and De La Soul, “Fallin'”

This one is for the Senate Republicans. Congratulations, fellas. As the chorus of this one-off collaboration goes, you played yourself.

Thanks to Ice-T, that phrase was already in circulation when this was recorded in 1993. (In a sign that the ’90s are officially back, the phrase is once again in circulation thanks to DJ Khalid.) The hip-hop trio and the best power pop band of the ’90s were brought together for a song for the soundtrack of “Judgement Night,” a film I never even heard of at the time but the soundtrack of which was notable because every track was a collaboration between a hip-hop group and an indie rock band. This one has just the mocking tone appropriate for a political party that just threw itself off a bridge and missed the water.