What We're All About

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"What We're All About"
It's What We're All About single cover.jpg
Single by Sum 41 featuring Kerry King
from the album Music from and Inspired by Spider-Man
ReleasedApril 17, 2002 (UK)
Genre
Length3:49
Label Aquarius (Canada)
Island (US)
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Deryck Whibley
Sum 41 singles chronology
"Motivation"
(2002)
"What We're All About"
(2002)
"Still Waiting"
(2002)

"What We're All About" (titled "It's What We're All About" on the single cover) is a song by Canadian rock band Sum 41. It was released in April 2002 as a single for the soundtrack to the film Spider-Man .

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Background

This is a reworked version of "Dave's Possessed Hair/ What We're all About" from the band's first EP, Half Hour of Power . Part of the first verse is rapped in an acappella version in the beginning of the "Fat Lip" music video. Similar to "Fat Lip", vocal duties in "What We're All About" are split evenly between rhythm guitarist Deryck Whibley, drummer Stevo Jocz, and lead guitarist Dave Brownsound. The song segues into the 55-second instrumental track, "Ride the Chariot to the Devil", on the EP version of the song.

Music video

The music video was directed by Marc Klasfeld and premiered in mid-2002. It features the band playing upside-down with their instruments chained to the roof as they perform on the rooftop to the crowd below. Throughout the video, various clips of the Spider-Man movie play, and in the middle of the performance, Kerry King of the thrash metal band Slayer is featured in the music video and performs the guitar solo in the song.

Track listing

  1. "It's What We're All About"
  2. "Handle This" (live version)

Personnel

Sum 41
Additional musician

Charts

Chart performance for "It's What We're All About"
Chart (2002)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [3] 63
Germany (Official German Charts) [4] 91
Ireland (IRMA) [5] 23
Italy (FIMI) [6] 30
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [7] 71
Scotland (OCC) [8] 30
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [9] 43
UK Singles (OCC) [10] 32
UK Rock & Metal (OCC) [11] 4

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