Category Archives: songs

Listen to the new Simple Plan song ‘Bigger’ from the soundtrack of the sequel to Snowtime!

AUTHOR: Dominika | 16. November 2018 | no comments

Remember when some members of Simple Plan hinted earlier this year that there might be some new Simple Plan music out perhaps even this year? Well… turns out they weren’t bluffing!

You may recall that back in 2015, Simple Plan released a song called ‘The Heroes’, which was a part of the ‘Snowtime!’ (‘La Guerre des Tuques’) movie soundtrack. But what you might not have known is that due to the massive success of this movie, a sequel has been made and ‘Racetime!’ (‘La Course des Tuques’) is coming to cinemas in December 2018.

Now thanks to our reader Mymie, we first found out that once again, Simple Plan contributed with a new song on the soundtrack of this movie and it is a brand new song called ‘Bigger’. The soundtrack officially comes out today, November 16th 2018 and according to the credits on Spotify, the song was written by Fred St-Gelais.

And the best part is: if you have Spotify Premium, you can already listen to the song in full! Check out the preview below (you can also listen to the preview on iTunes!):

EDIT: Check out the full version below:

And if you are able to listen to ‘Bigger’, make sure to let us know what you think of the song below!

Bigger

Something is coming
My blood is pumping
Pure inspiration
Fueled in my imagination
My brain keeps going
Genius overflowing

Let’s make it bigger
I’ll make it jump higher

I’ll make it run faster, stronger,
Going on forever

Let’s make it bigger
(Better, faster, stronger)
Hey, hey
Let’s make it bigger
(Better, faster, stronger)
Hey, hey

Something is pushing
The limits are fading
All new creation
Reaching top acceleration

My brain keeps going
Genius overflowing

Let’s make it bigger
I’ll make it jump higher

I’ll make it run faster, stronger,
Going on forever

Let’s make it bigger
(Better, faster, stronger)
Hey, hey
Let’s make it bigger
(Better, faster, stronger)
Hey, hey

My brain keeps going
Genius overflowing
The walls keep falling
Dreams ever expanding

Let’s make it bigger
Let’s make it bigger

Let’s make it bigger
I’ll make it jump higher

I’ll make it run faster, stronger
Going on forever

Let’s make it bigger
(Better, faster, stronger)
Hey, hey

Let’s make it bigger
(Better, faster, stronger)
Hey, hey

Summer Paradise becomes Simple Plan’s first video to reach 100 million views on YouTube!

AUTHOR: Dominika | 7. November 2018 | no comments

Six years since its official premiere in 2012, Simple Plan’s music video for ‘Summer Paradise’ (feat. Sean Paul) finally reached 100 million views on YouTube, making it the very first music video by this band to reach this huge milestone. The video was directed by Simple Plan’s long-time collaborator Mark Staubach and Randall RT! Throne in Barbados back in March 2012.

And it isn’t just the video itself that has become so popular! The song, which is featured on Simple Plan’s fourth studio album ‘Get Your Heart On!’, has become one of Simple Plan’s most popular songs to date – especially in Canada, Europe and Australia. The song is currently certified triple platinum in Canada, double platinum in Australia, platinum in Switzerland, Denmark and Italy and gold in Germany and Austria.

Due to its popularity, many versions of this song have been released over the years, such as feat. MKTO, K’Naan, Taka from One OK Rock, a couple of French versions and many others.

With the coming of winter, let’s remind ourselves of this classic track and bring a little bit of summer back to our lives:

MXPX reference Simple Plan in a song on their new album

AUTHOR: Dominika | 2. September 2018 | 1 comment

In Simple Plan’s early beginnings, the American punk rock band MXPX has become one of their main idols – musicians they aspired to be like, who’s music they loved and who they eventually became friends with – especially after touring together a number of times, for instance across the United States in early 2004.

Over the years we’ve witnessed plenty more interactions between these two bands, especially thanks to Mike Herrera, MXPX’s lead singer, who’s famously joined Simple Plan as a special guest on stage on the 2015 Alternative Press Music Awards, where he helped them out with their cover of the MXPX song ‘Responsibility’. Last year we also got to hear Sebastien appear on Mike Herrera’s own podcast, while on their U.S. tour, where they reminisced together about the good old times.

And being nostalgic definitely runs through the veins of not only Simple Plan but also of MXPX, who recently released a self-titled album (2018), which amongst others also features a song titled ‘The Way We Do’, in which Mike Herrera references a number of nostalgic experiences with other bands – and naming Simple Plan as one of them.

Check out the excerpt of the lyrics to ‘The Way We Do’ and the song on Spotify below:

I break my neck to give my family all they need
If giving blood was asked of me, then blood I’ll bleed
If the earth opens up and somehow swallows me
Let me live on through the songs and stories

Like that time
When Face To Face destroyed our van
Our freezing balls, crossed Canada with Simple Plan
Or stealing third, from Bad Religion’s dressing room
Some night that old bus felt like a tomb

– MXPX – The Way We Do –

Simple Plan featured in a brand new music video for ‘Reasons’ by The Bottom Line!

AUTHOR: Dominika | 27. August 2018 | no comments

If you’ve been following news about Simple Plan for the past 2 years, there is a very little chance that you have never heard of The Bottom Line. This four-piece British pop-punk band initially started their connection with Simple Plan on their European tour in early 2016, where they grew so close with Simple Plan that they took them on their next two European tours and even their U.S. and Canadian tour the following year. And what’s more – the band’s lead singer, Callum Amies, even got the job as Simple Plan’s guitar tech for a brief while in 2017 [check out SimplePLan.cz’s interview with Cal here].

Over the past two years, Simple Plan could have been seen talking very highly of The Bottom Line, seeing them as very talented musicians and live performers and trying to promote them and help them out in any way they could. Most recently, Simple Plan became of the artists, who agreed to take part in The Bottom Line’s brane new video for their song ‘Reasons’, which they released today.

Most of the music video was filmed at this year’s Download Festival, which is how The Bottom Line got bands like Neck Deep or Mayday Parade to be a part of it too, but since SP could not make it to Download this year, they sent their TBL friends a clip filmed on Warped Tour. In the clip, that’s been integrated into the music video, we can see Pierre, Sebastien and Chuck lip-syncing to the new song by The Bottom Line.

So without any further ado, check out how many times you can spot Simple Plan in The Bottom Line’s ‘Reasons’:

Simple Plan ended the TOFTT tour cycle with the last show at a hot-air-balloon festival in Canada with Perfect World & Untitled on the setlist!

AUTHOR: Dominika | 12. August 2018 | no comments

On Saturday, August 11th, Pierre, Chuck, Jeff and Sebastien all gathered in the city of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu near Montreal, QC, Canada to perform the very last set of their Taking One For The Team tour cycle. After this concert, the band’s plans are to get back to writing and hopefully reach the studio a bit later down the road and produce a brand new album [in fact, Simple Plan have previously stated they would like to release some new music hopefully early next year].

The final show of the tour took place at the International Hot-Air-Balloon Festival in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu and since it was in such a close proximity to the band’s hometown, many of their friends could have been seen in the crowd, including the band’s graphic designer Fred Jerome, or their former merch manager, photographer and co-host of the Man Of The Hour show – Patrick Langlois (also known as the “6th member of Simple Plan). Besides them, the band members’ families were also present at the show, which Simple Plan took advantage of during I’m Just A Kid, when they invited their own kids on stage (as well as some other ones) to take a group picture with their dads… and Patrick and his son [check it out above].

Before the show started, Simple Plan had a soundcheck that was open to public, during which Pierre got down from the stage to interract with the crowd a bit and give plenty of high-fives, while singing ‘Farewell’ [check out a video of this cool moment here]

As far as the actual concert goes, it was the first show after a whole summer of shorter sets, that Simple Plan got to perform a full setlist. Similarly to their appearance at the Pro-Am Gagné-Bergeron ice-hockey match two days before, they kept Untitled on the setlist [see the video below!] and to make the night even more special they also added Perfect World!

Check out the full setlist below (big thanks to Jen!):

1. I’d Do Anything
2. Jet Lag (French version)
3. Jump
4. Your Love Is A Lie
5. Welcome To My Life
6. Boom
7. Addicted
8. Can’t Keep My Hands Off You
9. When I’m Gone
10. Grow Up
11. Crazy
12. I’m Just A Kid
Encore:
13. Shut Up!
14. Perfect World
15. Untitled
16. Perfect

Finally, have a look at some of the first pictures from the final Simple Plan show for a while in our gallery: