Your Love Is a Lie
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"Your Love Is a Lie" is the second single by Simple Plan from their self-titled third studio album.
The song exists in two versions. One found on explicit editions of the CD, in which lead singer Pierre Bouvier sings the word "fuck" in the second verse singing "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 he instead sings "And do you think about me when he touches you?". This is the third song in which Simple Plan use a swear word, the first was their first single "I'm Just a Kid" ("hell", which is often changed to "fuck" in live performance), and their second being their cover of Cheap Trick's "Surrender" ("fucking"). The verse's chord progression is similar to Green Day's "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" and Oasis' "Wonderwall".[1]
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 a 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 an assignation.
After 2 weeks, the video had 1,000,000 views on YouTube.[2] It currently has more than 8 million views.
Charts
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 33 |
| Billboard Canadian Hot 100 | 16 |
| Chile 100 Singles Chart[3] | 29 |
| UK Singles Chart | 63 |
| México Top 100 Singles Chart | 36 |
| Dutch Top 40 | 17 |
| US My Top 30 Hits | 2 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100 | 53 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 108 |
| Brazilian Hot 100 | 32 |
| Malaysia hitz 20[4] | 8 |
| Sweden Trackslistan | 12 |
| Singapore 98.7fm top 20 | 7 |
Track listing
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)[5]
References
- ^ Chart Blog. Simple Plan - 'Your Love Is A Lie'
- ^ YouTube - Simple Plan - Your Love Is A Lie
- ^ Chilean Singles Chart
- ^ "Hitz.FM top 20". Hitz.fm. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
- ^ "Sanity "Your Love Is a Lie"". Sanity. Retrieved 2007-10-30.