"I Hate Everything About You" is the debut single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 of the alternative metal

Alternative metal

Alternative metal is a genre of alternative rock and heavy metal that gained popularity in the early 1990s. Most notably, alternative metal bands are characterized by heavy guitar riffs and experimental approaches to heavy music.-Origins:...

 Canadian rock band Three Days Grace

Three Days Grace

Three Days Grace is a Canadian rock band, formed in Norwood, Ontario, Canada in 1992, originally under the name Groundswell. After a breakup in late 1997, the band regrouped in the same year under its current name and with a line-up consisting of guitarist and lead vocalist Adam Gontier, drummer...

, from their debut self-titled album

Three Days Grace (album)

Three Days Grace is the self-titled debut album by Canadian rock band Three Days Grace, released on July 22, 2003.-Band name and background:...

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Music Video

The music video starts zoomed in towards an ash tray, and then transitions towards the mic where the lead singer, Adam Gontier

Adam Gontier

Adam Wade Gontier is a Canadian musician and songwriter. He is the lead singer, rhythm guitarist, and main songwriter of the rock band Three Days Grace...

, starts singing the song's lyrics. Soon, the video shows three teenagers going through a disastrous moment in their lives. One shows a young boy who finds his girlfriend cheating on him in the alleyway, kissing another guy. He is spying on them in his car. The second teenager, is a young girl, who just broke up with her boyfriend, and the last boy who is being abused by his alcoholic father. Towards the end they are all seen smashing items relating to their hard times into a hill. The young boy spying on his cheating girlfriend whips a portrait of a picture of them, smashing it to pieces. The second teenager, the girl, who is seen smashing her notebook of love notes with her ex-boyfriend into the hill. The last boy, who is suffering child abuse, throws his drunken father's alcohol into the hill.

Use

The song is in the album for EA Sports

EA Sports

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 video game NASCAR Thunder 2004

NASCAR Thunder 2004

NASCAR Thunder 2004 is a racing simulator by EA Sports, released in 2003 and available in separate versions for PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Xbox, and PC. It features the 2002 champion Tony Stewart on the cover with a scowling look to represent the new Grudges and Alliances feature. It was the only...

. It is also on the music video game Karaoke Revolution Volume 2. It is also used in the commercials for the 2010 season of "American Chopper

American Chopper

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: Senior vs. Junior" on TLC

TLC (TV channel)

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. The studio acoustic version was also released as a single on iTunes

ITunes Store

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Influences-The Band Burning Thunder Has Covered The Song For Their Soon to Be "The Fire From The Flame" EP

Censoring of "hit"

When the song is played on some radio stations, the word "hit" in the lyrics "every hit we take" is censored. Possibly because it could be interpreted with a drug-related meaning.

Charts

Chart (2003)	Peak position
Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	55
Billboard Alternative Songs	2
Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	4
Canadian Singles Chart Canadian Singles Chart The Canadian Singles Chart is currently compiled by the U.S.-based music sales tracking company, Nielsen SoundScan . The chart is compiled every Wednesday, and is published by Jam! Canoe on Thursdays....	1
Australian Singles Chart	22

Accolades

Publication	Country	Accolade	Year	Rank
AOL Radio AOL Radio AOL Radio powered by Slacker, , is an online radio service available only in the United States.- Roots :...	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	"Top Alternative Songs of the Decade - 2000s"	2009	8