"When It's Over" is a single from the rock band Sugar Ray

Sugar Ray

Sugar Ray is a band from Orange County, California. The band, starting off more as an alternative metal band, first gained fame in 1997 with their release of the song "Fly". This song's success, coupled with its pop rock sound that was quite different from the rest of their material at the time,...

 from their self-titled album, Sugar Ray

Sugar Ray (album)

Sugar Ray is Sugar Ray's fourth album released on 2001. It features the hit single, "When It's Over." The album peaked at #6 on the Billboard 200 and has reached Gold status since its release.-Track listing:...

. The song reached #13 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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  and #32 on the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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Music video

"When It's Over" is a song about having feelings for a person after the end of a relationship in which there were repeated breakups before. The music video (directed by McG

McG

Joseph McGinty Nichol , better known as McG, is an American director and producer of film and television, as well as a former record producer....

) features segments of each band member's fascination about a music video for the song, ending with the band partying on the beach. Stan Frazier's portion, the first, consists of him destroying the set on which they play. Murphey Karges, next, shows the band performing as an Irish punk rock group. DJ Homicide's shows the group entering a strip club. Rodney Sheppard

Rodney Sheppard

Rodney Sheppard is the guitarist of rock band Sugar Ray.Rodney was born in Trinidad, but raised in Newport Beach, California. His mother's name is Gloria and he has an older brother named Alan. While attending Corona del Mar High School Rodney & friends formed a cover band inspired by the group...

's segment portrays his love of karate, as he fights Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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. Mark McGrath

Mark McGrath

Mark Sayers McGrath is an American singer of the rock band Sugar Ray. McGrath is also known for his work as a co-host of Extra, and he was the host of Don't Forget the Lyrics! in 2010...

 has the band in the 1980s imitating A Flock of Seagulls

A Flock of Seagulls

A Flock of Seagulls are an English New Wave band originally formed by brothers Michael "Mike" Score and Alister "Ali" James Score , with Frank Maudsley , Michael Kuby , H.J...

. Sugar Ray's mascot, the bulldog, is also shown at the end of the music video in a brief cameo.

In popular culture

• Cartoon Network.com created a Flash cartoon of the song while also adding many references to many of their popular shows.
• "When It's Over" was also featured on the 2002 movie The Sweetest Thing
  The Sweetest Thing
  The Sweetest Thing is a 2002 American film farce directed by Roger Kumble and written by Nancy Pimental, who based the characters on herself and friend Kate Walsh...
  
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• MADtv
  MADtv
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   parodied the song and music video as "The Music's Over," lampooning MTV
  MTV
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  's lack of music videos.

Chart positions

Chart (2001)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	13
U.S. Billboard Pop Songs	7
U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40 Tracks	2
Australian Singles Chart	34
New Zealand Singles	6
UK Singles Chart	32