I'd Do Anything (Simple Plan song)

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"I'd Do Anything"
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Single by Simple Plan featuring Mark Hoppus
from the album No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls
ReleasedSeptember 16, 2002 (2002-09-16)
Genre Pop punk [1]
Length3:17
Label Lava
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Arnold Lanni
Simple Plan singles chronology
"I'm Just a Kid"
(2002)
"I'd Do Anything"
(2002)
"Addicted"
(2003)
Music video
"I'd Do Anything" on YouTube

"I'd Do Anything" is a song by Canadian rock band Simple Plan. [2] It was released on September 16, 2002, as the second single from their debut album, No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls . It features vocals from Mark Hoppus. [3]

Contents

Content

The song is about a relationship breakup and the singer's attempts to get the person back. [3] In a 2004 interview, guitarist Sébastien Lefebvre revealed the song is "about how in high school you've got a crush on [a] girl, but she doesn't know you even exist." [4] "I'd Do Anything" was one of the first songs singer Pierre Bouvier and drummer Chuck Comeau wrote as Simple Plan; the two had previously collaborated in Reset, an earlier iteration of the band. The group recorded their earliest demos, including one for "Anything", at a small studio in Montreal. [5]

The song features backing vocals from Blink-182's Mark Hoppus. The "na na na" refrain was written specifically for Hoppus. [6] His inclusion on the song stemmed from Bouvier and Comeau's longtime love of Blink-182. Reset had played with the trio when they toured through Montreal in the mid-1990s. As a fan, Comeau would travel to where Blink was playing and would wait by their tour bus to get Hoppus' attention and share the band's demo tape. Eventually, Hoppus acquiesced and the two began communicating by email in 2001; [7] he thought "Anything" was a particularly strong demo, and the band offered him a spot on the song. [8] Lava was prepared to compensate Hoppus but he declined the payment, offering the feature as a gesture of goodwill to the upstart band. [6]

Chart performance

On the US Billboard Hot 100, "I'd Do Anything" peaked at number 51. [9] It also charted on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart, where it reached number 15. [10] Internationally, the song reached number 78 in the United Kingdom and number 92 in Australia. [11] [12]

Music video

The music video for the song revolves around kids trying to get into a Simple Plan concert by first impressing the doorman. Mark Hoppus of Blink-182 is also featured in the video. [13]

Track listing

  1. "I'd Do Anything" (album version)
  2. "I'm Just a Kid" (single version)
  3. "Grow Up"
  4. "My Christmas List"
  5. "I'm Just a Kid" (enhanced video)

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [16] Gold500,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
AustraliaSeptember 16, 2002CD Lava [17]
United StatesSeptember 23, 2002 Alternative radio [18]
United KingdomMarch 10, 2003CD [19]

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