“Sk8er Boi” by Avril Lavigne

"Sk8er Boi" (read it as "skater boy") was the second single from Let Go, Avril Lavigne's 2002 debut, and it's a snotty little morality tale in pop-punk clothes. Lavigne tells it as the girlfriend of a rocker who, back in high school, got turned down by a girl who couldn't see past his skateboard. She wrote it with the Matrix, the team of Scott Spock, Lauren Christy and Graham Edwards, who also produced, arranged and recorded it.

Victor Indrizzo drums, Corky James plays guitar, Tom Lord-Alge mixed and L.A. Reid executive-produced for Arista. The hook won critics over, the song picked up a Grammy nod in the Best Female Rock Vocal Performance category and went top 10 in the US, the UK, Australia and New Zealand, and Francis Lawrence's video, Lavigne singing from the hood of a car at a street concert, was a hit on TRL.

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