What We're All About
"What We're All About" | ||||
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Single by Sum 41 | ||||
from the album Music from and Inspired by Spider-Man | ||||
Released | April 17, 2002 (UK) | |||
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Length | 3:49 | |||
Label | Aquarius (Canada) Island (US) | |||
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Producer(s) | Deryck Whibley | |||
Sum 41 singles chronology | ||||
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"What We're All About" (titled "It's What We're All About" on the single cover) is a song by Canadian rock band Sum 41. It was released in April 2002 as a single for the soundtrack to the film Spider-Man.
Background
This is a reworked version of "Dave's Possessed Hair/ What We're all About" from the band's first EP, Half Hour of Power. Part of the first verse is rapped in an acappella version in the beginning of the "Fat Lip" music video. Similar to "Fat Lip", vocal duties in "What We're All About" are split evenly between rhythm guitarist Deryck Whibley, drummer Stevo Jocz, and lead guitarist Dave Brownsound. The song segues into the 55-second instrumental track, "Ride the Chariot to the Devil", on the EP version of the song.
Music video
The music video for "What We're All About" was directed by Marc Klasfeld and premiered in mid-2002. It features the Sum 41 band members playing upside-down with their instruments chained to the roof as they perform on the rooftop to the audience below. Throughout the video, various clips of the Spider-Man movie play, and in the middle of the performance, Kerry King of rock band Slayer makes a cameo appearance, performing his guitar solo in the song.
Track listing
- "It's What We're All About"
- "Handle This" (live version)
Personnel
- Sum 41
- Deryck "Bizzy D" Whibley – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
- Dave "Brownsound" Baksh – lead vocals, lead guitar
- Jason "Cone" McCaslin – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Steve "Stevo 32" Jocz – lead vocals, drums
- Additional musician
- Kerry King – guitar solo
Charts
Chart (2002) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA)[3] | 63 |
Germany (Official German Charts)[4] | 91 |
Ireland (IRMA)[5] | 23 |
Italy (FIMI)[6] | 30 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[7] | 71 |
Scotland (OCC)[8] | 30 |
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[9] | 43 |
UK Singles (OCC)[10] | 32 |
UK Rock & Metal (OCC)[11] | 4 |
References
- ^ Parks, Andrew (April 7, 2002). "Sum 41 concert full of cliches, caters to the younger crowd". The Daily Orange. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
- ^ "SLAYER's Kerry King on SUM 41 collab: "I turned it down 10 times"". February 3, 2023.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 271.
- ^ "Sum 41 – What We're All About" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
- ^ "Irish Singles Chart – Search for song". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
- ^ "Sum 41 – What We're All About". Top Digital Download. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
- ^ "Sum 41 – It's What We're All About" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
- ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
- ^ "Sum 41 – It's What We're All About". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
- ^ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
External links
- "It's What We're All About" Official music video on YouTube
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- Deryck Whibley
- Dave Baksh
- Jason McCaslin
- Tom Thacker
- Frank Zummo
- Steve Jocz
- Jon Marshall
- Grant McVittie
- Richard Roy
- Mark Spicoluk
- All Killer No Filler
- Does This Look Infected?
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- Screaming Bloody Murder
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- Introduction to Destruction
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- Sake Bombs and Happy Endings
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- "In Too Deep"
- "Motivation"
- "Handle This"
- "What We're All About"
- "Still Waiting"
- "The Hell Song"
- "Over My Head (Better Off Dead)"
- "We're All to Blame"
- "Some Say"
- "Pieces"
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- "Baby You Don't Wanna Know"
- "Fake My Own Death"
- "War"
- "Out for Blood"
- "A Death in the Family"
- "Never There"
- "45 (A Matter of Time)"
- "Catching Fire"
- "Landmines"
- "Rock You"
- "Get Back (Sum 41 rock remix)"
- "March of the Dogs"
- "Blood in My Eyes"
- "God Save Us All (Death to Pop)"
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