I'm Just a Kid

"I'm Just a Kid"
Single by Simple Plan
from the album No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls
Released	February 19, 2002
Recorded	2001
Genre	Pop punk
Length	3:18
Label	Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	Pierre Bouvier Chuck Comeau Arnold Lanni Sébastien Lefebvre Jeff Stinco
Simple Plan singles chronology
"I'm Just a Kid" (2002) "I'd Do Anything" (2002)
Music video
"I'm Just a Kid" on YouTube

"I'm Just a Kid" is the debut single by the band Simple Plan, written by Pierre Bouvier. It appeared on their debut album No Pads, No Helmets... Just Balls. It was featured in the films Grind, The New Guy, and Cheaper by the Dozen.

Track listing

1. "I'm Just a Kid (Single Version)"
2. "One By One"
3. "Grow Up"

Music video

The music video is about how an awkward, average guy (DJ Qualls) attempts to impress a popular girl (Eliza Dushku) by attempting to perform dangerous stunts, but other, more popular boys interrupt to take his place. They fail to succeed and are injured, and the main characters look on with pained expressions of pity and a certain amount of schadenfreude. Ending with the average guy simply speaking to the girl and her walking off with him while the heavily injured popular boys watch in disbelief. There is also a surreal sequence, in which the archetypal popular boy, played by rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist Sebastien Lefebvre, is hit by a school bus. The video was made with actors from the movie The New Guy, such as Qualls and Tony Hawk. As such, it was released as an extra on the DVD of The New Guy. As well, in the video, there is a clip of Hawk taken from the final football game in the movie. Most of the scenes in the video were filmed at Long Beach Polytechnic High School in Long Beach, California.

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