| "Pieces" | ||||
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| Single by Sum 41 | ||||
| from the album Chuck | ||||
| Released | February 22, 2005 | |||
| Format | CD | |||
| Recorded | September 24, 2004 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 3:01 | |||
| Label | Island | |||
| Writer(s) | Deryck Whibley, Greig Nori | |||
| Producer | Greig Nori | |||
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"Pieces" is the title of a song recorded by Canadian alternative rock group Sum 41. It was released in February 2005 as the second single from the album, Chuck.
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The song is about a person that acts like someone else for acceptance and later realizes that he is not happy in the way he is living.
The video shows Deryck Whibley singing while he walks on an empty street. While he walks, trucks with one clear side pass behind him, showing the other band members within and labelling them as having "the perfect vacation," "the perfect night," "the perfect family," and "the perfect body." In the end, there is a truck with Deryck sitting alone in a sparsely-furnished room, labelled "the perfect life". As the final chord strikes, the "F" where it says "life" falls off, which leaves him with a sign that says "the perfect lie".
In an interview with Fuse, Deryck noted that the "F" falling off of the truck's sign wasn't even intended. However, since it fit in with the video's theme, they used it.
Steve stated that they wanted a semi-serious video. "The song is about a relationship, but not necessarily one with a girl. Maybe you're better left alone. Fuck everybody else. The last single We're All to Blame was a pretty serious song, too, but we wanted to offset it with a funny video. With this one, we don't want it to be too hokey, but we don't want it to be too serious either. The trick is to make it interesting while playing up the fact that it is a sincere, genuine song."[1]
| Chart (2005) | Peak position |
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| Canadian Singles Chart | 2 |
| German Singles Chart | 84 |
| U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks[2] | 14 |
| U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 | 7 |
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