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"Welcome to My Life"
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Single by Simple Plan
from the album Still Not Getting Any...
B-side "Worst Day Ever" (live)
ReleasedSeptember 13, 2004 (2004-09-13)
Genre
Length3:22
Label Lava
Songwriter(s) Pierre Bouvier, Chuck Comeau
Producer(s) Bob Rock
Simple Plan singles chronology
"Don't Wanna Think About You"
(2004)
"Welcome to My Life"
(2004)
"Shut Up!"
(2005)
Music video
"Welcome To My Life" on YouTube

"Welcome to My Life" is a song by Canadian rock band Simple Plan. "Welcome to My Life" was released to radio on September 14, 2004, as the lead single from their second studio album, Still Not Getting Any... (2004). It peaked at number 40 on the US Billboard Hot 100, number seven in Australia, and number five in New Zealand, their highest charting song there. The song is certified gold in the United States and Italy, and platinum in Australia. [3] [4] [3]

Contents

Content and music video

The song's intention is to express teenage angst about life becoming so frustrating that no one can understand how awful it is for them.[ citation needed ] In the music video, a traffic jam is seen and scenes are shown in which passengers deal with dysfunctional families and how the families' dysfunction affects their lives. At the end of the video, a few of the people in the traffic jam get out of their cars and begin to walk down the road. The video received some criticism for being similar to R.E.M.'s "Everybody Hurts". It was shot at the Henry Ford Bridge and the Commodore Schuyler F. Heim Bridge in San Pedro, Los Angeles.

Chart performance

"Welcome to My Life" became another top-40 hit on the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at the number-40 position. [5] It reached the top 10 in Australia and New Zealand, peaking at number seven in the former country and number five in the latter. [6] [7]

Track listings

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [30] Platinum70,000^
Italy (FIMI) [4]
Since 2009
Gold50,000
United States (RIAA) [3] Gold500,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United StatesSeptember 13, 2004 Modern rock radio Lava [31]
AustraliaOctober 25, 2004CD [32]
United KingdomJune 20, 2005
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD
[33]

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