- Sk8er Boi
Infobox Single
Name = Sk8er Boi
Artist =Avril Lavigne
from Album = Let Go
B-side = "Get Over It"
Released =August 27 ,2002 (U.S. )December 8 ,2002 (Europe )
Format =Promo single ,CD single
Recorded =
Genre =Pop punk ,modern rock ,pop rock
Length = 3:24
Label = Arista
Writer = Avril Lavigne, Scott Spock, Lauren Christy, Graham Edwards
Producer = The Matrix
Certification = Platinum (RIANZ)
Platinum [ [http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-singles-2002.htm ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2002 Singles] ] (ARIA )
Last single = "Complicated "
(2002)
This single = "Sk8er Boi"
(2002)
Next single = "I'm With You "
(2002)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type =Single
Lower caption = Alternate cover"Sk8er Boi" (pronounced "Skater Boy") is a song by
Avril Lavigne , and was the second single from her debut album, "Let Go" (2002). It was written by Avril Lavigne and The Matrix (Scott Spock,Lauren Christy , and Graham Edwards), and produced by The Matrix. Released in 2002, the single reached number ten on theUnited States "Billboard" Hot 100 (becoming Lavigne's second top ten single there), number eight in theUnited Kingdom , number three inAustralia and number thirteen inCanada .During a 2008 interview Lavigne confirmed the song was about the award-winning performance poet
Gerard McKeown , who she had not met, but had seen him performing inBelfast, Northern Ireland while on tour there.Track listings
;Australia CD maxi
#"Sk8er Boi"
#"Get Over It"
#"Nobody's Fool" (live);UK/Mexico single
#"Sk8er Boi"
#"Get Over It"
#"Nobody's Fool" (live)
#"Sk8er Boi" (music video);French CD single
#"Sk8er Boi"
#"Get Over It";Australia/UK/U.S. promo single
#"Sk8er Boi"Music video
The
music video , directed byFrancis Lawrence , begins with a man in the alley of a city with a pile of spray paint on the ground. The video continues with posters that have a star on them advertising a concert Lavigne hosts, where people use their cars and amps to have the concert on the streets. The police arrive and attempt to stop it. At the end of the video, Lavigne crashes her guitar into the car windscreen and a helicopter appears overhead.While singing, Lavigne wears a t-shirt with the logo for
Wilkesboro Elementary School, a North Carolina elementary school. After the video was released, the school was flooded with so many requests for the t-shirts that they were able to buy computers with the extra revenue from t-shirt sales. [ [http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1470449/20030310/lavigne_avril.jhtml?headlines=true MTV News] , accessed Sep 30, 2006] [ [http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/03/10/1047144904667.html The Age] ]Cover versions and appearances in other media
The compilation album "A Japanese Tribute to Avril Lavigne" features a cover version of "Sk8er Boi" by Becky.
Eurodance groupCascada recorded a dance cover of the song for the European and Japanese editions of their 2007 album "Perfect Day". A cover version of the song by Angela Michael appears in the video game "Elite Beat Agents " for theNintendo DS . The song is also included in "SingStar Pop ", aPlayStation 2 game."Sk8er Boi" is featured in the television series "
Cold Case " (Season 3, "The Promise",October 2 ,2005 ). In the HBO miniseries "Generation Kill", a U.S. Marine sings the song during the episode "Get Some".In 2003,
Paramount Pictures optioned the song for adaptation into a feature film. [ [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1896988 "Lavigne's 'Sk8ter Boi' Is Big Screen Bound"] ,The Hollywood Reporter , May 23, 2003.] As of April 2008, the film has apparently been abandoned or is indevelopment hell . [ [http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/preview/1808490221 Yahoo! Movies] (Greg Dean Schmitz 's previews)]In 2006,
Criterion Games included the song inBurnout Paradise . The song was cited in many reviews as one of the worst shortcomings of the game. However, the song can be removed from the game's music playlist and both theXbox 360 andPlaystation 3 versions of the game support custom soundtracks.Charts
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