- The Hell Song
Infobox Single
Name = The Hell Song
Artist =Sum 41
from Album =Does This Look Infected?
Released =2003
Format = CD
Recorded =2002
Genre =Punk rock
Length = 3:21
Label = Aquarius Records (Canada )Island Records (US)
Producer =
Chart position =
* #35 (UK)
* #13 (USA) (US Modern Rock )
Reviews =
Last single = "Still Waiting"
(2002)
This single = "The Hell Song"
(2003)
Next single = "Over My Head (Better Off Dead) "
(2003)Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = single
Cover size =
Lower caption = Alternate cover of "The Hell Song"
Border ="The Hell Song" is the second single off the
Sum 41 album "Does This Look Infected? ". The song is supposedly about a friend of the band who contracted HIV. [ [http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1458709/20021114/sum_41.jhtml Sum 41 Sober Up On New LP - News Story | Music, Celebrity, Artist News | MTV News ] ]The music video was of a concert with dolls, with Sum 41's faces on those "performing" in front of a
Lite-Brite screen. They were joined with other dolls such as those ofSnoop Dogg ,Ozzy Osbourne ,Marilyn Manson ,Korn ,Metallica ,Eddie the Head ,Gene Simmons ,Spice Girls andAngus Young . Also, the dolls' obscene finger gestures and nudity are comically censored, which are used to make it look like real life. The video was directed byMarc Klasfeld .The song was in the movie
American Wedding , and was also featured on a tv commercial forScary Movie 2 on the British channelUKTV Gold .Tracklisting
UK release
# The Hell Song (album version)
# The Hell Song (radio edit)US release
# The Hell Song (No-spit Intro)
# The Hell Song (Spit Intro)References
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