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Sk8er Boi
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"Sk8er Boi" is the second single from Avril Lavigne's debut album, Let Go. Released in 2002, the single reached number ten on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Lavigne's second top-ten single there, number eight in the United Kingdom, and number three in Australia. "Sk8er Boi" also peaked at number five in Mexico and number twenty-eight in Canada.
Contents
- 1 Song information
- 2 Track listing
- 3 Appearance in games
- 4 Movie adaptation
- 5 Trivia
- 6 Charts
- 7 References
- 8 External links
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Song information
The song was written by Avril Lavigne and The Matrix (Scott Spock, Lauren Christy, and Graham Edwards), and produced by The Matrix. In this guitar-driven uptempo song, Lavigne tells the tale of the turbulent courtship between a "sk8er boi" (skater boy) and a more preppy girl who did ballet. Although they both "want" each other, the girl rejects him against her own secret feelings because of peer pressure.
Articles in
J-14 Magazine and
Teen People trace the inspiration of the song to former
San Diego rock-quartet frontman, Marc Gould, whom Lavigne dated during the production of her album in
2001-
2002.
Track listing
- "Sk8er Boi"
- "Get Over It"
- "Nobody's Fool"
- "Sk8er Boi" (video)
Appearance in games
Movie adaptation
In 2003,
Paramount Pictures optioned the song for adaptation into a feature film.
[1] However, as of
December 2006, the film has apparently been abandoned or is stuck in
development hell.
[2]
Trivia
- In the music video, Avril 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.[3][4]
- (Goof) At the beginning of the video Avril is wearing blue pants. When she's outside on the car roof performing, her pants are black and a bit longer.
Charts
| Chart (2002)
| Position
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| New Zealand Singles Chart
| 2
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| Los 40 Principales Spain
| 1
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| Canadian Singles Chart
| 28
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| Italy Top 40
| 10
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100
| 10
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| U.S. Billboard Top 40 Tracks
| 3
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| UK Singles Chart
| 8
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| Australian ARIA Singles Chart
| 3
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| World Chart Show
| 6
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| Mexico Singles Chart
| 5
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| U.S ARC Chart (Radio) Top 40
| 1
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| Swedish Charts
| 12
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References
