Kelly Clarkson Rocks Out to Harvey Danger's 'Flagpole Sitta' for Kellyoke — Watch!

Mar. 15, 2025

Kelly Clarksonis throwing it back to the ’90s!

On Monday, Feb. 3, the hitmaker sang a rocking rendition of Harvey Danger’s hit “Flagpole Sitta” for the Kellyoke segment onThe Kelly Clarkson Show.

Kelly Clarkson.Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal via Getty

Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal via Getty

“I’m not sick but I’m not well/ And I’m so hot ‘cause I’m in hell,” Clarkson, 42, belted out. “I’m not sick but I’m not well/ And it’s a sin to live so well.”

At the end of the performance, Clarkson confessed she messed up the edit.

“Man, I’ve been hearing that since I was a kid and I totally forgot the edit for a second. If you didn’t notice, it never happened,” she quipped.

“Flagpole Sitta” was Harvey Danger’s debut single in 1997 and was later featured on their albumWhere Have All the Merrymakers Gone?. In September, the All-American Rejects released a cover andmusic videoto the iconic song.

In the past, Clarkson has covered songs from rock bands like The Killers, Smashing Pumpkins, Kings of Leon, and Foo Fighters for Kellyoke. Meanwhile, in November, she put adreamy rock twisttoTaylor Swift’sMidnightsopening track"Lavender Haze."

Harvey Danger circa 1999.Bob Berg/Getty

Bob Berg/Getty

In January, Clarkson revealed that shestarted her own labelwhile speaking withKeke Palmerabout the actress-singer’s musical groupDivaGurl.

“I’m so much older than you… and it’s my first time in my career and I just now started my own label and I’m putting out my own stuff,” the “Since U Been Gone” hitmaker said. “And I’ve had some good teams, like, to work with, but there is nothing like being that 10-year-old again and being excited and nobody saying ‘Oh, you should do this’ and ‘You should do this.'”

Palmer — who has had her own record label for “six or seven years” — then noted how “people don’t know how hard it is.”

Clarkson responded, saying, “Girl, I’m finding out. I’m putting together a music video, and I’m like, ‘Wait, I forgot to do what?'” She then added, “I just now started it. I started writing, and I was like, ‘Wait, how do I put this out now?’ And then, I was like ‘Well, I guess through me.'”

source: people.com