Shut Up! (Simple Plan song)

"Shut Up!"
Single by Simple Plan
from the album Still Not Getting Any...
Released February 22, 2005
Format CD single
Recorded 2004
Genre Pop punk, Punk rock
Length 3:01
Label Atlantic
Writer(s) Simple Plan
Producer(s) Bob Rock
Simple Plan singles chronology
"Welcome to My Life"
(2004)		 "Shut Up!"
(2005)		 "Untitled (How Could This Happen to Me?)"
(2005)
Music video
"Shut Up!" on YouTube

"Shut Up!" is the second single taken from Simple Plan's second studio album, Still Not Getting Any.... It is more of an "in your face" track, as the band are telling music critics, who generally deride the band as commercialized drivel, to just 'shut up!'. It could also be seen as a track where the speaker is telling his girlfriend to "shut up". Simple Plan performed this song on the 2005 Kids' Choice Awards, as a way to promote the album.

Music video

The video starts out with the boys walking down the street, into the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. Once inside, they walk into the ballroom, where there is a fancy party going on. Grabbing their instruments, they start playing, creating a huge disturbance. The party goers begin to get very upset, as the members of Simple Plan begin jumping on tables and destroying everything. This is where Pierre Bouvier first does his knee dance. As some of the younger members of the party begin to start getting into it, a man leans towards Bouvier and says "Dude, there's been a major mix up." Bouvier asks "Are we in the wrong place?" and, upon confirmation, exclaims "I thought something was up!" The video then goes through a fast motion rewind, and ends up in a club, where the remainder of the song is played.

Track listing

  1. "Shut Up!"
  2. "Welcome to My Life" (Acoustic)
  3. "I'd Do Anything" (Live)

DVD single

DVD:

  1. Shut Up - Album Version
  2. Shut Up - Dolby 5.1 Surround Mix
  3. Shut Up - Video
  4. Simple Plan EPK

Charts

Chart (2005) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[1] 14
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[2] 59
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[3] 11
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[4] 44
US Billboard Hot 100[5] 99

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[6] Gold 35,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Simple Plan – Shut Up!". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved November 8, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Simple Plan – Shut Up!" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved November 8, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Simple Plan – Shut Up!". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved November 8, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Simple Plan: Artist Chart History" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved November 8, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Simple Plan Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Simple Plan. Retrieved November 8, 2013.
  6. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2005 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association.

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