Director Peyton Reed told DVD Talk that he had a fixed music budget to start, but he had to have Warrant's song "Cherry Pie" during the tryouts scene. He said he ended up shuffling some things around to put as much money toward the songs that were the highest priority, and this was one of them. The band charged the studio $40K to use "Cherry Pie," which Reed said was a price they talked them down to after they originally asked for more.