She Loves Me Not (song)

"She Loves Me Not"
Single by Papa Roach
from the album Lovehatetragedy
Released June 4, 2002
Format CD
Recorded 1999, 2001-2002
Genre Nu metal
Length 3:29
Label DreamWorks
Writer(s) Jacoby Shaddix, Tobin Esperance
Producer Brendan O'Brien
Papa Roach singles chronology
"Between Angels and Insects"
(2001)		 "She Loves Me Not"
(2002)		 "Time and Time Again"
(2002)

"She Loves Me Not" is the first single from Californian rock band Papa Roach's third album, Lovehatetragedy, and fourth released single in total. Originally written as part of 5 track promo/demo CD funded by Warner Bros. Records in 1999, "She Loves Me Not" was re-recorded and improved for its new release in 2002. It was left off their first album, Infest (2000), because the band thought the song was too rock-oriented. The song appeared in the popular soundtrack for the game NHL 2003.

Contents

Music video

The video for "She Loves Me Not" shows the band playing in a run down theme park which people are using as a social area. The content is mostly performanced based with cuts to people in the park who are vandalising it, fighting, etc. It was directed by David Meyers.

Freeze frame

At 3 points in the video, a person appears out of nowhere in front of the camera for a single frame, similar to methods used in subliminal messaging. The first two appearances are the same man with his face painted like a skull appearing when Jacoby finishes the lines "Will this be an amputation?" in the first verse and "I'm the jerk" in the first chorus. The last person is a woman with red and black hair and feather scarves appearing at about 2:08, the same woman appears watching the sumo wrestlers at about 1:10.

Other strange single frame appearances are commonplace throughout the video, including two ghostly figures on the bottom left of the frame at 1:05 (These may also be the ghostly figures at appear in the background at 0:26 and 2:19). Another figure appears at 2:30 on the right side of the tree then vanishes. Or, at about 3:07, when the band plays and dances, you can see a white guy dancing with them. This occurs again at about 3:31, right after the song ends. Also, at 0:27 you can see two female ghostly figures standing back to back on the bottom left of the screen.

Track listing

UK CD Single
No. Title Length
1. "She Loves Me Not" (Dirty Version) 3:33
2. "Naked in Front of the Computer"   2:13
3. "Blood Brothers" (Live at the Crest Theatre, Sacramento, January 2000) 3:09
Limited Edition Maxi CD
No. Title Length
1. "She Loves Me Not"   3:31
2. "Life Is A Bullet" (Live Bbc 1 Version) 4:11
3. "Lovehatetragedy" (Live Bbc 1 Version) 3:12
European CD Single
No. Title Length
1. "She Loves Me Not" (Album Version) 3:30
2. "Naked in Front of the Computer"   2:12
3. "Tightrope" (Rock Version) 3:34
4. "Blood Brothers" (Live at the Crest Theatre, Sacramento, January 2000) 3:09
Japanese Promo CD
No. Title Length
1. "She Loves Me Not" (Radio Version)  
2. "M-80"    
3. "Time and Time Again"    

Chart performance

Chart (2002) Peak
Position
Germany[1] 47
UK Singles chart[2] 14
U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks[3] 3
U.S. Modern Rock Tracks[3] 5
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[3] 76

References

  1. ^ "Chartverfolgung - Papa Roach". Musicline.de. http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Papa%20Roach?type=single. Retrieved 2009-03-01. 
  2. ^ "Chart Stats - Papa Roach - She Loves Me Not". Chartstats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=30020. Retrieved 2009-03-01. 
  3. ^ a b c "Artist Chart History - Papa Roach". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=392341&model.vnuAlbumId=1213031. Retrieved 2009-03-01. 
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