“Predictable” by Good Charlotte

"Predictable" kicked off The Chronicles of Life and Death, Good Charlotte's third album, in September 2004, and it marked a change behind the kit: it was the first single with Chris Wilson on drums. Benji and Joel Madden wrote it, and Eric Valentine produced, engineered and mixed it, dressing the band's pop-punk in something darker and more theatrical, with a chorus that still goes straight for the throat.

The video leaned into the gloom too, taking its cue from Edward Scissorhands and putting the band in a house inside a town drawn by guitarist Billy Martin. There was a Japanese version as well, with Benji singing the Japanese part alone since he was the only one who spoke it, and the song turned up in a Donkey Konga 2 commercial with band members on screen. It went top 20 in Australia and Britain and spent a week atop the UK Rock Chart.

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