"Saint Joe on the School Bus" is the name of the second single by alternative rock

Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

/post-grunge

Post-grunge

Post-grunge is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged in the mid-1990s as a derivative of grunge, using the sounds and aesthetic of grunge, but with a more commercially acceptable tone...

 band Marcy Playground

Marcy Playground

Marcy Playground is an American alternative rock band consisting of three members: John Wozniak , Dylan Keefe , and Shlomi Lavie . The band is best known for their 1997 hit "Sex and Candy".-Early years:...

. Although far from being as successful as the band's earlier smash hit "Sex and Candy," "St. Joe on the Schoolbus" managed to hit number 8 on the US Modern Rock Charts and number 31 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks

Mainstream Rock Tracks

Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks is a ranking in Billboard magazine of the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations, a category that includes stations that play primarily rock music. Modern rock tracks are counted in the Alternative Songs chart.This chart began with the March 21, 1981, issue...

. In the album

Marcy Playground (album)

Marcy Playground is the self-titled album by Marcy Playground, released on February 25, 1997 with EMI. It was reissued later that year on October 7 on Capitol Records with a large amount of promotion for the single "Sex and Candy," which became the band's breakthrough single, spending a then-record...

liner notes Wozniak, the band's front man states "this song is about being picked on".

Track listing

1. "Saint Joe On The School Bus" - 3:20
2. "The Vampires Of New York (Real Version)" - 2:55
3. "The Shadows Of Seattle (Live In Amsterdam)" - 2:50

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
1998	U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	8
1998	U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	31