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SPIN magazine named ‘I’d Do Anything’ one of 21 best pop-punk choruses of 21st century!

The renowned music magazine, now websize, SPIN, has recently released a list of 21 best pop-punk choruses of the 21st century. And of course, Simple Plan were featured on the list as well with their song ‘I’D Do Anything’ on number 19. Besides SP, the list also features songs by artists such as Jimmy Eat World, The 1975, Paramore or My Chemical Romance.

Read below what the editor Jordan Sargent of SPIN had to say about this classic track by Simple Plan from their debut album, which came out 15 years ago.

“The Canadian band Simple Plan stepped into pop-punk stardom with perhaps the genre’s most quintessential album title—No Pads, No Helmets… Just Balls—which emphasized two very important things: they were boys, but not popular athletes. As such, “I’d Do Anything” made sense as the album’s biggest hit, a loser’s plea to an unnamed girl to recognize that he, really, is the perfect one for her. “I’d do anything / Just to hold you in my arms” it went, in a perfect ascending adolescent whine, and driven by an encouraging guitar riff that seems to say, “Hey man, maybe you have a chance.” Ha.”

– Jordan Sargent (SPIN magazine) –