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"Underclass Hero"
Song

"Underclass Hero" is the first single off of Sum 41's fifth studio album Underclass Hero. It was officially released on May 15, 2007. The song in its entirety was leaked on April 23 from a 91X podcast interview with Deryck Whibley. It was confirmed on Sum 41's official site that this is the opening track for the album. It is now one of the songs on their MySpace page.[3] The song is also available on iTunes and other digital music suppliers as a digital single, both in Canada and The United States.

Overview

"Underclass Hero" was written through Deryck Whibley's point of view, as a thought of "us against them," something similar to their previous lyrics, although in "Underclass Hero", a much more mature songwriting is found, as the song refers prominetly to society and the struggle of "high-class versus the underclass" instead of "the young against the adults" as in All Killer No Filler. The song also feature the more classic themes of punk-rock of anti-establishmentit and is noted some references against government.

This song is often compared to "Fat Lip" due to its similar high-tempo elements of Metal and Rock. This song has very characteristic drums and prominent use of voice and sound on instruments, showing a more classic sound of Sum 41 than the already released non-single "March of the Dogs".

It also should be noted that "Underclass Hero" is a remake of a bonus track, "Subject to Change" from Chuck.

Sum 41's "Underclass Hero" is also the theme song for MTV's Crash My School.

Music Video

Sum 41 recently finished the music video for “Underclass Hero” and was premiered May 29 2007 on their official website. It features the band playing behind a large group of teenagers, fireworks, a marching-band and bonfire, supposedly a pre-high school pep rally for a football game with a mascot, which represented the anarchy symbol. The video was released on May 31 2007 on Total Request Live at MTV for its worldwide launch. The video was co-directed by Marc Klasfeld and Sum 41 drummer, Steve Jocz.

While the video shows a similar setup than most of the early Sum 41 videos, it has a more sober feeling on it, giving the more mature state of the band. The critics have been mixed, as later comments has said that the video is trying to capitalize on previous band success from early singles.

Charts

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Hot Modern Rock Tracks[4] 34

Track Listing

  1. Underclass Hero
  2. Underclass Hero (clean edit)
  3. March of the Dogs
  4. Multimedia (Not available at radio promo and UK version)
    1. Underclass Hero video
    2. Road to Ruin episode 1

References

  1. ^ http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles&f=Canadian+Hot+100
  2. ^ http://www.radioandrecords.com/Formats/Charts/Canada_ROCK_Chart.asp
  3. ^ http://www.myspace.com/sum41
  4. ^ [1]. ARIA Charts. Retrieved June 22 2007.
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