Some Say
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"Some Say" is the third single from 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...
's 2004 album, Chuck
Chuck (album)
Chuck is the third studio album from Canadian rock band Sum 41. The album was released on October 12, 2004. It is the band's last album to feature lead guitarist Dave Baksh...
. It was released in Canada and Japan only and had an accompanying music video. "No Reason
No Reason
"No Reason" is the title of a song recorded by Canadian punk rock group Sum 41. It was released in February 2005 as a radio single only at the same time as Some Say but as opposed to that song, it was released in Europe and the USA only and received much radio airplay, reaching number 16 on the...
" was released instead in the US and Europe.
Song
"Some Say" was released as single in Canada and Japan only.
While playing it live on the Go Chuck Yourself
Go Chuck Yourself
Go Chuck Yourself is a live album by Sum 41 recorded in London, Ontario in April 2005. It was first released on December 21, 2005, in Japan, and was packaged with a bonus DVD featuring 5 songs from the show and Basketball Butcher...
live album, Deryck says "this song is about your very, very, very confused parents."
Music Video
The music video starts out with the band members in a car, everyone but Deryck exits, and he starts singing. The video also features reverse editing of people doing various things, such as accidentally dropping groceries, with shots of the band in between, in the end of the video soldiers rush people away from doing mundane things such as grilling steak and sitting on a couch, while the rest of the band walks back to the car Deryck is still in the car singing and they drive off.
The set used maintains some resemblance with the one used in the movie Dogville
Dogville
Dogville is a 2003 drama written and directed by Lars von Trier, and starring Nicole Kidman, Lauren Bacall, Chloë Sevigny, Paul Bettany, Stellan Skarsgård, Udo Kier, and James Caan...
by Lars von Trier
Lars von Trier
Lars von Trier is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He is closely associated with the Dogme 95 collective, although his own films have taken a variety of different approaches, and have frequently received strongly divided critical opinion....
, where there aren't walls and the floor has lines that indicate the different spaces.
Other than the final scene showing the band driving away, the video is shot in one continuous shot.