Floored

Floored is the second studio album by American rock band Sugar Ray, released on June 24, 1997. It includes the hit song "Fly", and another moderately successful single, "RPM". Two versions of "Fly" appear on the album, one of them featuring reggae artist Super Cat. Floored is the first album to feature DJ Homicide as an official member, and he remained with the band through to 2009's Music for Cougars.

==Production== ===Background and early writing sessions=== Prior to releasing their reggae-influenced pop rock single "Fly" , the band feared Atlantic Records would drop them due to the underperformance of their 1995 debut Lemonade and Brownies. Drummer Stan Frazier recalled in 1999 that it was "really depressing", noting that the band came close to being dropped from the label. In 1994, Sugar Ray had signed a two-album deal with Atlantic which was worth two million dollars, but the label were considering buying out their contract due to the commercial failure of Lemonade and Brownies. The album had seen some minor success in Europe, but fared very poorly in the United States, where it failed to chart. The band ended up doing seven tours in Europe to support Lemonade and Brownies, but did only a single one in the United States, where they were playing in front of mostly empty clubs. When Atlantic were on the verge of dropping Sugar Ray, a member of their metal department helped Sugar Ray get an appearance on The Howard Stern Show in New York City. They showed up to the studio with a group of women they knew from New York, staying on the program for an hour and a half. During their appearance, Stern's co-host Robin Quivers commented on how handsome singer Mark McGrath was, and the band performed a cover of a song called "Psychedelic Bee", which Stern himself had written while in his teenage band Electric Comic Book. The appearance increased their exposure, and Atlantic wanted to build off this momentum. Following the appearance on The Howard Stern Show, they ended up being given a second chance to go to New York for a month, where they would write new material.