The hunted that one night

How ‘The Office’ Writers Came Up With Hunter’s Terrible ‘That One Night’ Song

By Mae Harrington O’Neill | Apr 28, 2020

The Office is still making people laugh nearly seven years after its conclusion, and perhaps no episode makes people laugh (and cringe!) harder than “Dinner Party” from Season 4. The episode is rare in that it takes place outside of Dunder Mifflin, featuring an awkward get-together between four couples: Michael and Jan, Jim and Pam, Andy and Angela, and Dwight and his former babysitter, Melvina. Rolling Stone caught up with some of the writers from the series back in 2018 to talk about how the episode came together.

One of the many aspects of the episode that makes it funny comes towards the beginning when Jan puts on a CD of songs written by her former assistant, Hunter Raymond, starting with the classic hit “That One Night.» The song’s opening lines, «You took me by the hand/Made me a man,» make it clear that it’s likely about Jan.

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«We liked the idea that Michael was clueless and it was clear to everyone else that Jan took her ex-assistant’s virginity,» said The Office writer Gene Stupnitsky. «Watching Carell, just kind of looking like there’s nothing in his eyes, just kind of bopping his head along slightly. He likes the song. He has no clue.» The writers went on to explain that the track was written on an acoustic guitar and went through several iterations before they settled on the final version viewers hear, with the music created by New Pornographers guitarist Todd Fancey.

«I got a call from my friend Alicen Schneider, who was vice president of music creative services for NBC,» Fancey recalled. «I was a huge fan of the show, and she said, ‘Do you want to give this a shot?’ I said, ‘Sure, I’ll do it,’ and the producers sent me the lyrics. I was living in Vancouver. I just went downstairs to my other apartment – I had two at the time – andВ boom. It came really quick. I wrote it on acoustic guitar. I went into a studio in suburban Vancouver and recorded it. My direction was “Make it sound kind of amateur. He’s a struggling musician.”

All their hard work making the song certainly paid off, because Jan awkwardly dancing to the CD is one of the most memorable scenes in The Office history. If you want to get even more behind-the-scenes details about the fan-favorite series, you can check out The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s, a book full of interviews with the cast and crew. Buy it here.

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The Hunted

The Hunted is a band whose lead singer is Hunter, Jan’s former assistant. One of their songs is titled «That One Night». This song is about how Jan «made him a man.» Jim stole the CD from Jan during the episode «Dinner Party».

The first mention of Hunter’s band is in the episode «The Job». Jan gives Hunter a farewell hug, saying «Good luck with your band,» and adding «Don’t let them change you.»

The words to the song «That One Night» were written by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky. The music was written and performed by Todd Fancy of The New Pornographers. [1] Fancy recorded an extended version including additional lyrics. Listen.

Lyrics

Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky wrote additional verses for the song which were not included in the episode.

You were a queen,
And I was your servant
Travel to lands we’ve never been
My love for you is fervent.

You took me by the hand
Made me a man
I’d walk through snow, rain or sand
Without a compass, a map or a plan

That one night
You made everything all right
So raw, so right, all night, all right
Oh yeah

Like a fine wine that’s reached its time
You’re aged to perfection.
And I was ready to dine
I needed your confection, yeah

That one night
You made everything all right

I dreamt about making you my princess
I dreamt about a world with no painful conceal
I dreamt about taking you away from this distress
But what if my dreams were real, don’t protest

That one night
You made everything all right
So raw, so right, all night, all right
Oh yeah

People talk, let ’em
Parents scowl, forget ’em
Corporate rules, eff’em
‘Cause it ain’t up to ’em
It’s up to us

That one night
You made everything all right
So raw, so right, all night, all right
Oh yeah

All right
All night
That one night
That one night

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“That One Night” by The Hunted: So Wrong, So Right

One of my favorite episodes of the U.S. series The Office is the season four episode entitled “The Dinner Party.” In the show, Michael Scott (Steve Carrell) and Jan Levinson (Melora Hardin) invite some guests from the Dunder Mifflin office for dinner, and the tension in their relationship plays out to make the most awkward party since the Donners.

In the episode, Jim notes to the camera, “Michael and Jan seem to be playing their own separate game, and it’s called ‘let’s see how uncomfortable we can make our guests.’ And they’re both winning.” One of the most uncomfortable moments comes from a wonderful song, “That One Night,” by The Hunted.

The Hunted

The Hunted is the fictional band led by Hunter Raymond, the young man who had worked as Jan’s assistant. As Jan plays the CD on the stereo in “The Dinner Party” episode, the awkwardness ramps up when we realize that Hunter is apparently singing about losing his virginity to Jan (“You took me by the hand/ And made me a man.”).

Below is the cringe-worthy clip of when Jan first plays the song.

The song appears again at the end of the episode when Jim reveals to Pam that he stole the CD, a sweet gesture to make Pam laugh. Jim’s act is also a sympathetic theft so that Michael no longer has to hear the song. Jim plays the CD in their car as the song then plays over an epilogue showing the dinner guests after the party.

Who Created “That One Night”?

Unfortunately, there is no real album by The Hunted, but the song works perfectly in the episode of The Office. When a comedy uses an original song for comic effect, it is a challenge for the song to sound believably real while being funny too. “That One Night” hits it out of the park on all counts.

Who are the geniuses behind “That One Night”? In the series, actor Nicholas D’Agosto (born April 17, 1980) portrayed Hunter Raymond. D’Agosto appeared in two episodes during the third season, his voice appeared in another episode, and his image graced the CD cover for “That One Night” in “The Dinner Party” episode.

The actual singer on “That One Night,” though, is Todd Fancey, a singer-songwriter who is the guitarist for The New Pornographers. Fancey also wrote the catchy music for “That One Night,” while writing and producing team Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg wrote the lyrics.

The Lyrics?

There are no “official” lyrics for the song posted on the web. So, there seems to be a disagreement about the words Fancey sings.

Some say that part of the chorus says “so raw, so right,” while others claim he sings “so wrong, so right.” Another source claims the words are “so rock the ride all night all right.”

I have always thought the disputed words were “so wrong,” not “so raw.” That interpretation makes the most sense, but I understand how one may also hear it as “so raw.”

While we never got a tour or a full album from The Hunted, we loved the band’s music for that one night. Oh yeah.

Update and Alternate Version of “That One Night”

In April 2017, Rolling Stone featured an interesting oral history about the episode. One of the revealing facts was that Fancey also put together a more polished longer version of “That One Night” with alternate lyrics. While it is interesting to hear, one can see why The Office went with the version they did. Below is the alternate version.

What is your favorite episode of The Office? If you also love “The Dinner Party,” check out these deleted scenes. Leave your two cents in the comments.

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