<P> Richard Harrington of The Washington Post dubbed it "nicely naughty ." Ben Greenman, writing for The New Yorker, considered it the "second - catchiest song ever written about a girlfriend's parent," after "Mrs. Robinson". The song ranks No. 350 on Blender's 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born and No. 88 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the' 00s . </P> <P> The music video, directed by Chris Applebaum, features several comedic scenes illustrating the boy's attempts to get closer to Stacy's mother . "We looked at a lot of treatments and some directors were trying to be kind of arty and subtle with it, but Chris Applebaum went completely for the jugular," said Schlesinger . Model Rachel Hunter plays the title role, which she accepted because she was a fan of the band and the song . The group had previously hoped to get Paulina Porizkova for the role . The clip was shot in Los Angeles in late May 2003 . "It was 7 a.m., and there was Rachel Hunter doing a striptease on the kitchen counter," remembered Schlesinger . The video was first sent to television in July 2003 . </P> <P> The video begins with the boy (Shane Haboucha), Stacy (Gianna Dispenza) and some other children standing at a school crossing . Stacy's mother (Rachel Hunter) then pulls up in a red convertible in front of them to pick up Stacy . The boy and his friends gaze at her in awe . The boy later goes over to Stacy's house and is seen lying on a pool toy in her backyard swimming pool while wearing large, dark sunglasses . Through a window he sees Stacy's mother, and then watches her undress . Stacy gives the boy a bottle of soda and, as he sees Stacy's mother remove her bra, he spills soda on himself . As his eyes are hidden by his shades, Stacy laughs, thinking that he is just clumsy . After a scene with the band during the chorus, Stacy, in red heart - shaped sunglasses and swimsuit, is shown sunbathing while the boy mows her lawn . Stacy's mother comes out wearing just a towel and is given a massage on both her back and front . The masseur gives the boy a look of amusement, since he gets to look at Stacy's mother naked and the boy does not . The boy is distracted by the massage and ends up knocking over Stacy's birdhouse with the lawnmower . The video then cuts to him and Stacy watching Fountains of Wayne on TV, before the boy imagines Stacy's mother, while scrubbing the floors, as a pole dancer teasing him . Near the end of the video it is implied that the boy begins to masturbate by the bathroom window while Stacy's mother climbs out of the pool in her red bikini . Moments later, Stacy opens the bathroom door, ignoring a sign saying Ocupado, and catches him in the act . Stacy quickly closes the door and starts smiling, implying that she believes the boy is masturbating to her and not her mother . </P> <P> Fountains of Wayne had asked Ric Ocasek to be in the video for the song . Schlesinger explains that while Ocasek claims that he "politely declined"; he actually just never responded to the request . There are several references to The Cars in the video: a license plate reads "I ♥ RIC", a reference to Ric; one of the boys in the opening scene has dark hair, sunglasses, and clothes such that he looks like an adolescent version of Ocasek; the trademark Elliot Easton "bouncing" (at approximately 1: 15 into the video) and hairdo as he plays his guitar for The Cars; and the re-creation of the Fast Times scene, which featured The Cars' "Moving in Stereo". Further links to The Cars and New Wave music are given by the magazine Nu Wave that is featured in the video, the Roland Juno - 6 keyboard (a synthesizer of the 1980s), and the record sleeve showing' Stacy's Mom' in a car . The video reached No. 1 on both MTV's TRL and VH1's VSpot Top 20 Countdown . </P>

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