She Likes (Bittersweet Love)

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"She Likes (Bittersweet Love)"
She Likes (Bittersweet Love).jpg
Single by Forever the Sickest Kids
from the album The Weekend: Friday
ReleasedJanuary 14, 2010
Studio Red Bull Studios, Santa Monica, California
The Lair Studio, Los Angeles, California
Genre Pop punk [1]
Length2:49
Label Universal Motown
Songwriter(s)
  • Austin Bello
  • Caleb Turman
  • Jonathan Cook
  • Michael Shimshack
Producer(s) Matt Squire
Forever the Sickest Kids singles chronology
"What Do You Want from Me"
(2009)
"She Likes (Bittersweet Love)"
(2010)
"Keep On Bringing Me Down"
(2010)
Music video
"She Likes (Bittersweet Love)" on YouTube

"She Likes (Bittersweet Love)" is a song by American pop punk band Forever the Sickest Kids. The song was released on January 14, 2010, as the second and final single from the group's fourth EP The Weekend: Friday . The song reached number one on Kerrang 's Top 10 chart. [2]

Contents

Composition

"She Likes (Bittersweet Love)" was written by Austin Bello, Caleb Turman, Jonathan Cook and Michael Shimshack while production was handled by Matt Squire. Guitarist Marc Stewart spoke about the song's meaning with Alternative Press . He stated, "This is about a girl who can't make up her mind. She likes one thing, but then she likes the opposite. We have all dated that type of girl, so it was easy to write about." [3] The track was recorded at Red Bull Studios in Santa Monica, California and The Lair Studio in Los Angeles, while mixing was handled at Southbeach Studios in Miami by Tom Lord-Alge. [4]

Music video

The music video for "She Likes (Bittersweet Love)" premiered on April 19, 2010 and was directed by Danny Drysdale. [5] The video features cameo appearances from television sportscaster Pat Summerall and drummer Kyle Burn's girlfriend Mindy White. [6] [7] Prior to its release, the band had posted multiple teaser videos on their YouTube account in preparation for the release of the full music video for the song. [8] [9]

The video sees the group competing in the PPPGA tour (a parody of the PGA Tour) in the hopes of winning the "Forever The Sickest Cup." [10] At the end of the video, a couple members were disqualified and others were declared winners. [7] The music video reached number 167 on the US iTunes music video chart. [11]

Personnel

Credits adapted from CD liner notes. [4]

Charts

Chart performance for "She Likes (Bittersweet Love)"
Chart (2010)Peak
position
UK Kerrang Top 10 [2] 1

Release history

Release history for "She Likes (Bittersweet Love)"
RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
United StatesJanuary 14, 2010 Contemporary hit radio Universal Motown [12]
United KingdomMarch 9, 2010 [13]
March 29, 2010 CD Island [4]

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