What was the reason they wrote A.N.I.C. about Anna Nichole Smith ? I only ask because I barely remember anything about her.
That's awesome for them. Must feel good. On a somewhat related note, remember when "Blood In My Eyes" randomly got nominated for a grammy? I wonder how that came to be.
I took a look at the current mainstream rock charts. They are even charting higher than Blink which is kind of cool (although the song styles are completely different).
She was really well known for some controversial things, and the height of this was at the time they released DTLI, because she had a reality TV series at this time, too.
Can't believe they haven't had a top 20 hit on any chart since 2005. Sum 41 Scores First Top 20 Airplay Hit Since 2005 With 'Out for Blood'
I'm shocked nothing from Underclass Hero charted as it was a lot more poppy. SBM and 13V I can understand though.
I know "With Me" did really well in other aspects, not too sure about charting, but it got radio play, and even on Gossip Girl, which was a big get at the time.
I remember it being featured on GG too. I always assumed it charted pretty well with the promotion and airplay it got at the time.
Mainstream radio stations here played it even.Other than that, I remember the music video for "Underclass Hero" making the video countdown on MuchMusic here in Canada, so I'm assuming it got radio play, as well, but I do not recall hearing it.
I thought fake my own death would have charted. It’s got a good chunk of youtube views at least. Their performance on colbert was also really good.
How big is this band in Canada? When I was young I assumed they were like Green Day level over there but I have a feeling that was never right lol
Simple Plan is a bigger band than Sum 41 though arguably as they had still had some actual hits when Sum 41 didn't anymore. Over here in continental Europe both of those bands can still play main stages of big open air festivals.
Yeah it seems like Simple Plan is deceptively popular in most countries other than the U.S. lol. I remember Summer Paradise being a pretty big hit for them.
Yeah Summer Paradise and Jet Lag were huge over here. Summer Paradise still gets the occasional spin on like top 40 radio.
Yeah it's a pretty good slow jam. I have huge expectations from this album now haha. All three songs are so good.
I feel that is a fair comparision for their breakthrough. MuchMusic and Canadian radio really rooted for them, right from the start of the homemade Makes No Difference video. They earned their rise and made it internationally far and wide; they were on many international magazine covers, and they are still recognized here for all that they are, They have been nominated and won (Juno) awards here (the Canadian equivalent to the Grammys). They're playing a pretty big outdoor hometown show here soon, but they also do still play club shows here and are able to have sold out shows. When the announcement for the upcoming album was released, big news outlets picked it up, and I always feel a sense of pride when I see this happening still to this day. Me too! I've held off on anything released since "Out for Blood", but those latest two releases have got me even more with anticipation. Not ready for all the emotions "Never There" will bring! And on a related note, I haven't been able to get "Crash" out of my head since I woke up this morning.