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What do you think that Simple Plan and Willy Wonka have in common? No, unfortunately Johnny Depp will not be singing the female vocal parts in the next version of the song “Jet Lag”… But Willy Wonka’s candy will be involved.

Simple Plan have teamed up with The Willy Wonka candy company for their new campaign called “Rock with Wonka”, in which the citizens of Canada can create their own lyrics to the new “chocolate” version of Simple Plan’s song “Jet Lag” (Pierre, I hope you’ll forgive me for the image on the left… it was too tempting).

The winner of the chosen lyrics will then have an exclusive chance to record the new version of “Jet Lag” with Simple Plan in a recording studio.

The beginning of the lyrics that the contestants are to finish, looks like this:

The Australian version of the singing competition show The Voice has a very impressive variety of coaches, which include Seal, Delta Goodrem (who you may remember from one of the versions of the music video for “Save You”), Keith Urban and Joel Madden from Good Charlotte. Their job is to mentor the contestants who get into their teams throughout the whole journey of the show.

One of Seal’s protégés is 26-years-old Sam Ludeman, who performed a cover version of a Simple Plan song in the last night’s episode of the song. And what other song than “Summer Paradise” it could be, when this song has already become Australia’s summer anthem, and has managed to stay at the tops of local music charts for weeks.

After Chuck from Simple Plan had heard about one of their songs being played on The Voice, he contacted Sam himself via Twitter, congratulated him on his performance and invited him and the coaches from The Voice for their upcoming concert in Sydney, Australia.

Below you can noww check out Sam Ludeman’s version of “Summer Paradise” that he performed with at The Voice yesterday (thanks to SPB.com for the link):

Thanks to our colleagues over at SPB.com you can now check out the previously mentioned “naked” version of the song Astronaut, which has appeared for the first time on the digital single of Summer Paradise, that is now available on iTunes.

What do you think about this new version? Which “Astronaut” is your favourite?

As of this moment, some of the member of Simple Plan are already back home in Canada, some of them back in the States and they are all enjoying some well-deserved time-off. On Saturday the band played their last show (for about a month) – in Tel-Aviv, Israel, where they’ve gathered quite a few souvenirs (as you can see on the picture on the left).

A highlight of this concert was a moment right before Perfect, when Pierre asked the crowd to be silent for a while before he comes back and says something important. It took him two takes, but finally manage to announce that “Simple Plan’s single is coming out in the United States”.

You can check out the announcement on the video below:

Since Simple Plan are currently promoting their single Summer Paradise, I’m assuming this is the single they are talking about (and that it really arrives to the US only now). This could be a fairly good news for the US fans because if the band gets lots of radio play in the country, the chances of them coming back there are even better. And so far, with Get Your Heart On!, Simple Plan haven’t really spent much time in the US.

And to wrap this post up, let’s get back to the night in Israel – in the gallery you can check out some new picturesy from Simple Plan’s third performance in this country:

Starting today, the Simple Plan fans from Germany, Switzerland and Austria can buy the digital version of Summer Paradise on iTunes. This digital version includes 4 tracks: apart from the regular Sean Paul version of Summer Paradise, the single includes also a never-heard no rap version of Summer Paradise, then a “naked version” of the song Astronaut and finally an acoustic version of Loser Of The Year. According to Chuck, the “naked” version of Astronaut is simply an acoustic version also.

Summer Paradise (single) 01. Summer Paradise (feat. Sean Paul) 02. Summer Paradise (no rap version) 03. Astronaut (“naked version”) 04. Loser Of The Year (acoustic version) [bonus]

But if you’re more into physical copies of singles, you can now also order a CD single of Summer Paradise through Amazon. This CD includes 2 tracks – Summer Paradise feat. Sean Paul and the previously mentioned no rap version.

In the gallery you can view the front and back side of the artwork of the Summer Paradise single.

If you’ve been reading SimplePlan.cz yesterday, you are already aware, that the radio station NRJ released a French version of Simple Plan’s song Summer Paradise (featuring Sean Paul). The band itself has not yet oficially commented on this new version but most probably it’s just another way how to better promote the band’s latest single in Europe.

If you’re not very fluent in French, thanks to Sab you can now check out the complete lyrics to the French version of Summer Paradise below:

Simple Plan – Summer Paradise (feat. Sean Paul) (French version)

I gotta find my way back
Back to summer paradise
Sean Paul – Simple Plan

Mon cÅ“ur s’enfonce et je m’envole dans cet avion qui m’emmène loin de toi
Et j’ai du mal à croire qu’on se quitte
Dis-moi que c’est bien la dernière fois

Mais un jour je te retrouverai ici, mon amour, sous l’ombre des palmiers
(Stay in my name)

‘Cause I remember every sunset
I remember every words you said
Le Soleil effleurait ta peau
On chantait la la ta ta ta
Je ne pense qu’à retourner
Back to summer paradise with you
And I’ll be there in a heartbeat,
(Quick time, quick time girl) oh, oh
I’ll be there in a heartbeat,
(Quick time, quick time girl) oh, oh
(Tell ‘em)

Dehors la neige ne cèsse de tomber
Il ne manque que toi pour oublier
Je rêve au sable et à la mer
J’ai tant besoin de toi à mes cotés
(Baby girl)

De cette vie si belle
L’été dans le ciel
Main dans la main
On oublie demain

‘Cause I remember every sunset
I remember every words you said
Le Soleil effleurait ta peau
On chantait la la ta ta ta
Je ne pense qu’à retourner
Back to summer paradise with you
And I’ll be there in a heartbeat,
(Quick time, quick time girl) oh, oh
I’ll be there in a heartbeat,
(Quick time, quick time girl) oh, oh
(Tell ‘em)

The promised that we made
To about our friends
Thinking about it
Sunshine under trees
Summer time on the beach
Oh fine we get closer
Under them trees
Baby girl, you really got to me

It’s 3 o’clock and we’re together
And the time doesn’t leave
In a heartbeat girl, sex on the beach
Don’t stand your world, ask me I’m rich
Loving you girl, is the best part of me

Mais un jour je te retrouverai ici, mon amour, sous l’ombre des palmiers
(Bring it back, brink it back – rewind)

‘Cause I remember every sunset
I remember every words you said
Le Soleil effleurait ta peau
On chantait la la ta ta ta
Je ne pense qu’à retourner
Back to summer paradise with you
And I’ll be there in a heartbeat,
(Quick time, quick time girl) oh, oh
I’ll be there in a heartbeat,
(Quick time, quick time girl) oh, oh
I’ll be there in a heartbeat