"She Likes (Bittersweet Love)" | ||||
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Single by Forever the Sickest Kids | ||||
from the album The Weekend: Friday | ||||
Released | January 14, 2010 | |||
Genre | Pop punk [1] | |||
Length | 2:49 | |||
Label | Universal Motown | |||
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | Matt Squire | |||
Forever the Sickest Kids singles chronology | ||||
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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 groups fourth EP The Weekend: Friday . The song reached number one on Kerrang 's Top 10 chart. [2]
"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 music video for "She Likes (Bittersweet Love)" premiered on April 19, 2010 and was directed by Danny Drysdale. [4] The video features cameo appearances from television sportscaster Pat Summerall and drummer Kyle Burn's girlfriend Mindy White. [5] [6] 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. [7] [8]
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." [9] At the end of the video, a couple members were disqualified and others were declared winners. [6] The music video reached number 167 on the US iTunes music video chart. [10]
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Chart (2010) | Peak position |
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UK Kerrang Top 10 [2] | 1 |
Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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United States | January 14, 2010 | Contemporary hit radio | Universal Motown | [11] |
United Kingdom | March 9, 2010 | [12] |
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