Hundred Million
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"Hundred Million" is the first and most popular single from Treble Charger
Treble Charger
Treble Charger was a Canadian rock group, consisting of vocalist Greig Nori, bassist Rosie Martin and drummer Trevor MacGregor. Guitarist Bill Priddle, a founding member of the band, left in 2003. They began with a melodic indie rock style, but evolved into more of a pop punk band after signing to...

's fourth album, Detox
Detox (Treble Charger album)
Detox is Treble Charger's fifth and final studio album, released in August 2002. The album was certified Gold in Canada. Detox was also nominated for "Rock Album of the Year" at the 2003 Juno Awards.-Track listing:All songs written by Treble Charger....

. The song features backing vocals by Deryck Whibley
Deryck Whibley
Deryck Jason Whibley is a Canadian musician and producer, best known for his work as the guitarist, lead vocalist, songwriter and producer of the Juno Award-winning rock band Sum 41. Whibley married fellow singer Avril Lavigne in 2006. The couple occasionally performed together, and they have...

 and percussion by Steve Jocz
Steve Jocz
Stephen Martin "Steve" Jocz was born on July 23, 1981, and is best known as the drummer for Canadian punk band Sum 41.-Early life:...

, both from Sum 41. This was the band's last successful single before their break-up. The song received a CASBY Award
CASBY Award
The CASBY Award is a Canadian award for independent and alternative music, presented annually by Toronto, Ontario radio station CFNY, currently branded as 102.1 The Edge. The name CASBY stands for Canadian Artists Selected By You....

 for "Favourite New Single" in 2002.

The song is featured in the EA Sports
EA Sports
EA Sports is a brand of Electronic Arts that creates and develops sports video games. Formerly a marketing gimmick of Electronic Arts, in which they tried to mimic real-life sports networks by calling themselves "EA Sports Network" with pictures or endorsements of real commentators such as John...

 hockey game NHL 2003
NHL 2003
NHL 2003 is the eleventh edition of the popular EA Sports NHL series, a hockey video game, released on the successor to NHL 2002. Jarome Iginla appears as the cover athlete and spokesperson of the game. Iginla appears in the Behind The Scenes video to show the player how the game was...

.

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:
  • Avril Lavigne
    Avril Lavigne
    Avril Ramona Lavigne is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She was born in Belleville, Ontario, but spent most of her youth in the small town of Napanee. By the age of 15, she had appeared on stage with Shania Twain; by 16, she had signed a two-album recording contract with Arista Records worth more...

  • Gob
    Gob (band)
    Gob is a Canadian punk band from Langley, British Columbia formed in 1993, The Band consists of Tom Thacker, Theo Goutzinakis, Gabe Mantle and Steven Fairweather. Gob's most successful album is World According to Gob and their most successful song to date is I Hear You Calling...

  • Sum 41
    Sum 41
    Sum 41 is a Canadian rock band from Ajax, Ontario. The band was formed in 1996 and currently consists of members Deryck Whibley , Tom Thacker , Jason McCaslin and Steve Jocz .In 1999, the band signed an international record deal with Island Records...

  • Swollen Members
    Swollen Members
    Swollen Members is a Canadian hip hop group from Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia, Canada consisting mainly of the duo Mad Child, and Prevail. Frequent collaborators include vocalist Moka Only and producer Rob the Viking, an official group member since 2002...



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.

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,
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