Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water

Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water is the third studio album by American nu metal band Limp Bizkit. It was released on October 17, 2000, through Flip and Interscope Records. The album saw the band capitalize on newfound mainstream attention following the success of their previous album, Significant Other (1999).

The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart in the United States, selling 1,054,511 copies in its first week and setting a record for the fastest-selling rock album in the country. It ultimately sold over 6.7 million copies in the U.S. alone and earned platinum certifications in 13 countries, selling a further 10 million copies worldwide.

It was the band's last release to feature guitarist Wes Borland until the EP The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1) (2005), and the last album to featured the band's classic lineup until Gold Cobra (2011).

Background and recording

In January 2000, Limp Bizkit returned to the studio to capitalize on their mainstream success stemming from Significant Other's release the previous year. The band initially hired Rick Rubin to produce the record, though creative differences culminated in him abandoning the project after less than a week, resulting in Terry Date returning to produce the record. Through multiple interviews, Fred Durst and guitarist Wes Borland often expressed that they had very little material prepared for the writing sessions, with Borland claiming during an interview in January 2000; "I don't think that we entered the studio with a method, or there's like 17,000 methods and we used all of them".