Your Love Is a Lie
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| Single by Simple Plan | ||||
| from the album Simple Plan | ||||
| Released | February 2008 (radio) April 19, 2008 (Australia) |
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| Format | Digital download, CD single | |||
| Recorded | 2007 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, hard rock, pop punk | |||
| Length | 3:41 | |||
| Label | Lava / Atlantic | |||
| Writer(s) | Chuck Comeau[1] | |||
| Producer | Danja, Dave Fortman | |||
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"Your Love Is a Lie" is the second single by pop punk band Simple Plan from their self-titled third studio album.
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[edit] Background
The song exists in two versions. One is found on the explicit editions, in which lead singer Pierre Bouvier sings the word fucks in the second verse (and do you think about me when he fucks you). In clean versions of the CD and for radio play, the word is omitted and replaced with touches (and do you think about me when he touches you). This is the third song in which Simple Plan uses a swear word, the first was their single "I'm Just a Kid" (hell is often changed to fuck in live performances), and their second being their cover of Cheap Trick's "Surrender" (fucking). The verses' chord progressions are similar to Green Day's "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", Oasis' "Wonderwall" and Sum 41's "Thanks for Nothing".[2]
[edit] Music video
The band flew to Los Angeles to shoot the music video. It was shot on March 6th. The video was directed/produced by Wayne Isham.
The video is a straightforward representation of the song. It intersperses shots of the band playing (later in the video, amid wind-blown blossoms) with shots of Pierre Bouvier's girlfriend, meeting (and having sex) with another man, while Bouvier, betrayed by the woman, waits in agony in his apartment. His apartment has a view of the man's apartment, with a clear view of a bedroom's window, where he sees them have sex.
After two weeks, the video had 1,000,000 views on YouTube.[3] It currently has more than 29 million views as of January 2012.
[edit] Live perfomances
The song was used on the MTV show The Hills. It was performed at the closing ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics.
[edit] Charts
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
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| Australian Singles Chart | 33 |
| Canadian Hot 100 | 16 |
| UK Singles Chart | 63 |
| Dutch Top 40 | 17 |
| U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles | 8 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop Songs | 30 |
[edit] Track listing
[edit] Australian CD Single
- "Your Love Is a Lie" (Explicit Album Version)
- "Time to Say Goodbye" (Live in Germany)
- "Your Love Is a Lie" (Live in New York City)[4]
[edit] References
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