Welcome to My Life

"Welcome to My Life"
Single by Simple Plan
from the album Still Not Getting Any...
Released September 12, 2004
Format CD single
Recorded 2004
Genre Pop punk, alternative rock
Length 3:23
Label Atlantic
Producer Bob Rock
Certification Gold (RIAA)
Simple Plan singles chronology
"Don't Wanna Think About You"
(2004)
"Welcome to My Life"
(2004)
"Shut Up!"
(2005)

"Welcome to My Life" is the first single taken from Simple Plan's second studio album, Still Not Getting Any....

The song's intention is to express teenage angst about life becoming so frustrating that no one can understand how awful it is for them. In the music video, a traffic jam is seen and scenes are shown in which passengers deal with dysfunctional families and how the families' dysfunction affects their lives. At the end of the video, a few of the people in the traffic jam get out of their cars and begin to walk down the road. The video received some criticism for being similar to R.E.M.'s "Everybody Hurts".

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Welcome to My Life"
  2. "Addicted (Live)"
  3. "Worst Day Ever (Live)"
  4. "Welcome to My Life" (Acoustic)
  5. "Welcome to My Life" (Video)

Charts performance

"Welcome to My Life" became another top 100 hit on Billboard Hot 100 peaking at the #40 position. It became their biggest hit overseas, peaking at the #1 position in Spain (52 consecutive weeks on the Spanish chart), as well as their native Canada. It reached #1 in Brazil.

Chart (2004) Peak
position
Canadian Singles Chart 1
Australian Singles Chart 7
New Zealand RIANZ Chart 5
Spanish Singles Chart 1
UK Singles Chart 49
Billboard Hot 100 40
Chart (2006) Peak
position
French Singles Chart[1] 12
End of year chart (2004) Position
Australian ARIA Charts[2] 76

External links

References

  1. ^ http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Simple+Plan&titel=Welcome+To+My+Life&cat=s
  2. ^ http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Simple+Plan
  1. http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Simple+Plan&titel=Welcome+To+My+Life&cat=s
  2. http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Simple+Plan