Pieces
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| "Pieces" | ||
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| Single by Sum 41 | ||
| from the album Chuck | ||
| Released | 2005 | |
| Format | CD | |
| Recorded | 2004 | |
| Genre | Alternative | |
| Length | 3:01 | |
| Label | Island Records | |
| Producer(s) | Greig Nori | |
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| Sum 41 singles chronology | ||
| "We're All to Blame" (2004) |
"Pieces" (2005) |
"Some Say" (2005) |
"Pieces" is the second single from Sum 41's 2004 album, Chuck.
The song received massive airplay upon release as a single and went on to become one of the band's most successful hits. The song is about a person that acts like someone else for acceptance and later realizes that is not happy in the way he is living. The song is also associated with a relationship that is coming to an end.
[edit] Music video
The video shows Deryck singing while he walks on a empty street, sitting and watching TV. While he walks in the street there are trucks passing in front of him showing the rest of the band members in "The perfect vacation", "The perfect night", "The perfect family", and "The Perfect Body" to show in the end a truck with Deryck that shows "The perfect life" but the F falls and show "The perfect lie".
[edit] Controversy
It has recently come under scrutiny of Internet weblogs and radio stations which have claimed the song is a copy of Coldplay's hit single The Scientist (from their 2002 album A Rush of Blood to the Head.) While both songs differ in terms of lyrics and vocal melody, listeners have reported the following similarities:
- Both songs contain the same verse, chorus and lyrical structure.
- The breaks and bridges in both songs occur at the same moments in relation to other parts of the song.
- Both songs share the same musical key with identical chord progressions utilized during the verses and chorus.
Evidence of the similarities between these songs has recently surfaced on the Internet in the form of an mp3 which is the mix of both songs put together and can be found here.
During a concert in London, Ontario back in 2005, this song's intro was played on the piano, just like in The Scientist.
While "Pieces" has become the target of radio DJ's and bloggers (as the song was released two years after "The Scientist"), some listeners argue that the reason for the similarity between the songs is the chord progression used; it is the same chordal pattern that has been used in numerous other songs in pop music, and its use has resulted in many successful songs (eg. Boston's "Piece Of Mind", The Cranberries "Zombie"), including Sum 41's own song "Thanks for Nothing".
