The Truth About Jani Lane's Complicated Relationship With Cherry Pie

A three-minutes-plus little ditty about the upside of fooling around, Columbia executives loved the song so much, the original title and concept for the follow up to "Dirty, Rotten, Filthy, Stinking Rich" was ditched; replacing the "Uncle Tom's Cabin" title and theme with the far more titillating "Cherry Pie."

A three-minutes-plus little ditty about the upside of fooling around, Columbia executives loved the song so much, the original title and concept for the follow up to "Dirty, Rotten, Filthy, Stinking Rich" was ditched; replacing the "Uncle Tom's Cabin" title and theme with the far more titillating "Cherry Pie."

The artwork for the album was quickly updated and a music video for "Cherry Pie" was created, as well. Just as tongue in cheek as the song, the video featured Lane's then-girlfriend Bobbie Brown dancing, provocatively dressed in short shorts and revealing top. The first release off the newly retitled album "Cherry Pie," the single blasted up the charts, peaking at No. 10 on the Billboard 100, lingering there for an impressive 19 weeks.

As time moved on, however, attitudes toward the song "Cherry Pie" began to change. Sure, it was a fun little song in 1990, but with the introduction of grunge music in the early '90s, fans' attitude toward the song shifted. When once it was a stadium shattering smash, "Cherry Pie" became the poster child for the excesses of the era, and the butt of too many jokes. Lane left Warrant in 1993 to pursue a solo career (via Ultimate Classic Rock) that was short-lived; he returned to the band less than six months later. Back with Warrant, Lane continued spiraling downward. And by the 2000s, hair metal bands, much like disco before them, became the laughingstock of the music world. Lane became known as the "Cherry Pie guy."

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