Hundred Million

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"Hundred Million"
Single by Treble Charger
from the album Detox
Released June 2002
Format CD single
Genre Punk rock
Length 2:55
Label ViK. Recordings
Writer(s) Greig Nori
Producer(s) Matt Hyde
Deryck Whibley
Treble Charger singles chronology

"Business"
(2001)
"Hundred Million"
(2002)
"Don't Believe It All"
(2002)

"Hundred Million" is the first and most popular single from Treble Charger's fourth album, Detox. The song features backing vocals by Deryck Whibley and percussion by Steve Jocz, both from Sum 41. This was the band's last successful single before their break-up. The song received a CASBY Award for "Favourite New Single" in 2002.

The song is featured in the EA Sports hockey game NHL 2003.

Music video

The video also became one of Canada's top music videos of 2002. It features several other Canadian punk bands and artists as cameos.

Celebrity cameos in the video:

This was also the first music video which Avril Lavigne appeared in. The video caused some controversy when Tom Thacker of Gob mooned the camera near the end of the video, although it was frequently mistaken to be Lavigne. This misconception was referenced to when Lavigne pulled her pants halfway down to reveal MMVA written there at the 2003 MuchMusic Video Awards.

Awards and Nominations

The video was nominated for five awards at the 2003 MuchMusic Video Awards, winning for Best Director and MuchLoud Best Rock Video.

The video also reached the #1 spot on MuchMusic Countdown for the week of October 4, 2002,[1]

References

  1. "MuchMusic Countdown - Fri, Oct 4, 2002". MuchMusic. Retrieved April 12, 2010. 

External links

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