Sk8er Boi
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| Single by Avril Lavigne | |||||
| from the album Let Go | |||||
| B-side | "Get Over It" | ||||
| Released | October 28, 2002 (see release history) |
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| Format | CD Single, Digital Download | ||||
| Genre | Pop punk | ||||
| Length | 3:24 | ||||
| Label | Arista | ||||
| Writer(s) | Avril Lavigne, Lauren Christy, Scott Spock, Graham Edwards | ||||
| Producer | The Matrix | ||||
| Certification | 1× Platinum[1](ARIA) | ||||
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"Sk8er Boi" is a song by Avril Lavigne, and was the second single from her debut album, Let Go (2002). It was written by Avril Lavigne and The Matrix (Scott Spock, Lauren Christy, and Graham Edwards), and produced by The Matrix. Released in 2002, the single reached number ten on the United States Billboard Hot 100 (becoming Lavigne's second top ten single there), number eight in the United Kingdom, number three in Australia, number thirteen in Canada and number one in Spain, becoming one of her most successful songs to date.
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[edit] Music video
The music video, directed by Francis Lawrence, begins with a man in the alley of a city with a pile of spray paint on the ground. The video continues with posters that have a star on them advertising a concert Lavigne hosts, where people use their cars and amps to have the concert on the streets. The police arrive and attempt to stop it. At the end of the video, Lavigne crashes her guitar into the car windscreen and a helicopter appears overhead.
While singing, Lavigne wears a t-shirt with the logo for Wilkesboro Elementary School, a North Carolina elementary school. After the video was released, the school was flooded with so many requests for the t-shirts that they were able to buy computers with the extra revenue from t-shirt sales.[2][3]
[edit] Cover versions and appearances in other media
The compilation album A Japanese Tribute to Avril Lavigne features a cover version of "Sk8er Boi" by Becky. Eurodance group Cascada recorded a dance cover of the song for the European and Japanese editions of their 2007 album Perfect Day. A cover version of the song by Angela Michael appears in the video game Elite Beat Agents for the Nintendo DS. The song is also included in SingStar Pop, a PlayStation 2 game.
"Sk8er Boi" is featured in the television series Cold Case (Season 3, "The Promise", October 2, 2005).
In 2003, Paramount Pictures optioned the song for adaptation into a feature film.[4] As of April 2008, the film has apparently been abandoned or is in development hell.[5]
Also in 2003, Australian Sketch Show Big Bite did a sendup of Sk8er Boi that was called 'It's just the sales boy'.
In 2008, a cover version of the song was featured in the video game "Rock Revolution".
In 2008, HBO included the song in the episode "Get Some" of the miniseries Generation Kill. The song is sung by Cpl. Josh Ray Person as he is urinating in the desert.
The song is referenced in Comedian Rob Paravonian's Pachelbel Rant.
[edit] Track listings
- Australia CD single
- UK, Mexico CD single
- "Sk8er Boi" 3:23
- "Get Over It" 3:27
- "Nobody's Fool" (recorded live in Vancouver for Z95) 3:58
- "Sk8er Boi" (music video)
- French CD single
- "Sk8er Boi" 3:23
- "Get Over It" 3:27
[edit] Promo
- Australia, UK, USA promo
- "Sk8er Boi" 3:23
- USA promo vinyl
- Side A
- "Sk8er Boi" 3:23
- Side B
- "I'm With You" 3:44
- UK 2003 promo
- "Sk8er Boi" (live from Buffalo) 4:10
[edit] Official versions
- "Sk8er Boi" (album version) 3:23
- "Sk8er Boi" (Demo) 3:28
[edit] Charts
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[edit] Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format |
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| USA | August, 2002 | Arista Records | CD, digital download |
| Australia | October 28, 2002 | Sony BMG | |
| Europe | December 6, 2002 |
[edit] References
- ^ ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2002 Singles
- ^ "Avril Sparks T-Shirt ruin" (in English). mtv.com. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1470449/20030310/lavigne_avril.jhtml?headlines=true. Retrieved on 2006-09-30.
- ^ "Avril sets school t-shirt trend" (in English). The Age. http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/03/10/1047144904667.html. Retrieved on 2009-01-15.
- ^ "Lavigne's 'Sk8ter Boi' Is Big Screen Bound" (in English). Billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1896988. Retrieved on 2009-01-15.
- ^ "Yahoo! Movies" (in English). Yahoo! Movies. http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/search?p=Sk8er+Boi. Retrieved on 1009-01-15.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Avril Lavigne - Sk8er Boi". http://www.swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?key=5427&cat=s.
- ^ "Artist Chart History". http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=485926&model.vnuAlbumId=902639.
| Preceded by "Dilemma" by Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland |
Los 40 Principales Spain number-one single March 15, 2003 - March 22, 2003 |
Succeeded by "No Me Llames Iluso" by La Cabra Mecanica |
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