Underclass Hero (song)
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| Single by Sum 41 from the album Underclass Hero |
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| Released | May 15, 2007 | ||||||||||
| Format | CD single, Digital single | ||||||||||
| Recorded | November 6, 2006 - March 2007 | ||||||||||
| Genre | Pop punk Punk rock |
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| Length | 3:16 | ||||||||||
| Label | Island Records | ||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Deryck Whibley Steve Jocz[1] |
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| Producer | Deryck Whibley | ||||||||||
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"Underclass Hero" is the first single from Sum 41's fifth studio album Underclass Hero. It was officially released on May 15, 2007. The song in its entirety was leaked on April 23 from a 91X podcast interview with Deryck Whibley. It was confirmed on Sum 41's official site that this is the opening track for the album. It is now one of the songs on their MySpace page.[3] The song is also available on iTunes and other digital music suppliers as a digital single, both in Canada and The United States. Additionally, the song is featured in the EA Sports game Madden 08.[4] Originally, the song was to be released in a physical format in the UK on the 30th July 2007 on 7" vinyl to promote the release of the new album, but after a week of taking pre-orders on HMV and Ebay, the 7" is no longer available and the release may have been cancelled.
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[edit] Overview
"Underclass Hero" was written by Deryck Whibley as a theme of "us against them," similar to their previous lyrics. Although "Underclass Hero" is written from a different angle, as the song refers prominently to society and the struggle of "high-class versus the underclass" instead of "youth against adults" as in All Killer No Filler. The song also features the more classic punk-rock themes of anti-establishment.
This is the theme song for MTV's Crash My School.
[edit] Music Video
Sum 41's video for “Underclass Hero” was premiered May 29, 2007 on their official website. It features the band playing behind a large group of teenagers, fireworks, a marching-band and bonfire, supposedly a pre-high school pep rally for a football game with a mascot, which represented the anarchy symbol. The video was released on May 31, 2007 on Total Request Live at MTV for its worldwide launch. The video was co-directed by Marc Klasfeld and Sum 41 drummer, Steve Jocz.
While the video shows a similar setup than most of the early Sum 41 videos, it has a more sober feeling on it, giving the more mature state of the band. The critics have been mixed, as later comments has said that the video is trying to capitalize on previous band success from early singles.
[edit] Subject to Change
It also should be noted that the chorus of "Underclass Hero" is a remake of the chorus from the unfinished version of No Reason that originated from Chuck and was released as a bonus track, titled "Subject to Change". The song has the same lyrics in the chorus.
[edit] Charts
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
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| Pop 100[5] | 86 |
| Hot Modern Rock Tracks[6] | 34 |
| Polish Singles Chart[7] | 69 |
| MuchMusic Countdown | 4 |
[edit] Track listing
[edit] Radio Promo
- "Underclass Hero" (clean edit)
[edit] CD Single
- "Underclass Hero" - 3:16
- "This Is Goodbye" - 2:27
- "March of the Dogs" - 3:10
- Road to Ruin #4 - webisode
- Underclass Hero - video
[edit] References
- ^ Billboard Charts - Singles - Canadian Hot 100
- ^ Top Music Charts - Hot 100 - Billboard 200 - Music Genre Sales
- ^ MySpace.com - Sum 41 - Toronto, CA - Rock / Punk / Alternative - www.myspace.com/sum41
- ^ Magrino, Tom (2007-06-29). Madden 08 drafts song list. GameSpot. Retrieved on 2007-07-01.
- ^ Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Sum 41
- ^ Top Music Charts - Hot 100 - Billboard 200 - Music Genre Sales
- ^ Polish Singles Chart
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