Perfect (Simple Plan song)

Infobox Single
Name = Perfect


Artist = Simple Plan
from Album = No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls
Released = August 26, 2003
Format = CD single
Recorded = 2001
Genre = Pop punk, power ballad
Length = 4:41
Label = Atlantic
Writer = Simple Plan
Producer =
Last single = "Addicted"
(2003)
This single = "Perfect"
(2003)
Next single = "Don't Wanna Think About You"
(2004)

"Perfect" is the fourth and final single taken from Simple Plan's debut album "No Pads, No Helmets... Just Balls". The song deals with the pressures of trying to be the perfect child simply for the sake of making your parents proud but then deciding that it is not worth it. It also talks about being made to feel inadequate because you do what makes you happy. Both the song and the video contrast the difficulties of meeting parental expectations and self-determination.

The song is featured on the game "Karaoke Revolution Volume 2", and also on the original Disney Channel movie, "Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen" with Lindsay Lohan.

Track listing

#"Perfect" - 4:41
#"Perfect" (Acoustic) - 4:06
#"Happy Together"

Music video

In the music video of the single, the band are playing on the roof of a house. Throughout the video, it shows how teens are trying to escape such pressure by letting everything out, and finally realizing that they can't keep their pain in any longer.

Charts

"Perfect" became Simple Plan's biggest hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 peaking at the #24 position. It was also another top 10 hit in Australia peaking at number 6. The song also topped the American Top 40. Plus, it was #1 in Brazil on 2006, when it's live version was released. The song was also used in an episode of Girlfriends.

External links

* [http://music.yahoo.com/Simple-Plan/Perfect/lyrics/37877827 "Perfect" song lyrics] at [http://music.yahoo.com/lyrics Yahoo Music]
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=VzdbLcmXwcY Perfect on YouTube]

References