Bruce Hornsby Gives Greendale’s School Song an A

Some say Pierce Hawthorne was streets ahead while creating Greendale Community College’s school song. Others would argue it’s a clear rip-off of “The Way It Is” by Bruce Hornsby. But what can you do? That’s just the way it goes. Such is the scenario Pierce (Chevy Chase) contorts himself into in Community’s season-one episode “Advanced Criminal Law,” after he’s approached to lend his piano and songwriting magic to the musical cause. He insists he’ll be able to craft a song so good...