The Stills Write a Song about Alex Ovechkin

This has got to be the best thing I have ever heard of.

The Stills frontman Tim Fletcher wrote a freaking SONG about Alexander Ovechkin because he thinks The Great One is...well...great. The song is called "Alexander Ovechkin". You can read all about it on CHARTAttack's website here. You can also listen to the song here.

Highlights of the interview include:

And why did you write a song about him?

About a year ago Olivier [Corbeil, bass] in the band had gone to Cuba for a couple weeks and I got all my recording gear and I just set up in Olivier's fifth floor apartment overlooking the city and I just started writing tunes and recording anything.

And the day before Olivier came back I caught a Washington Capitals game on TV and The Glory was fucking intense. He had a hat trick and was smashing everyone and just jumping all over the place and the whole building was going crazy... and I couldn't stop thinking about how glorious it was and how inspiring and awesome it was. And I was just like, "I'm going to write a song about it," fuck it.

What do you think Alexander's reaction would be if he heard it?

The thing is, we actually met him six or seven months ago at a party and we were chatting with him and I was like, "Hey dude, I wrote a song about you." And he was like, "Oh, yeah! That's unbelievable! You should send it to me."

Repeat: best thing I have heard all year. Not the song. The song is average at best. Just...the news in general. Best thing ever.