Song · Simple Plan
“Addicted” by Simple Plan
From the album No Pads, No Helmets…Just Balls (2002)
“Addicted” by Simple Plan appears on 4 radio countdowns from 4 stations in 2003. It was first released in 2002 on the album No Pads, No Helmets…Just Balls. Its best result is #26 on the 89X Top 89 Songs of 2003. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #149 alternative song of 2003.
Watch
Video from YouTube (SimplePlan). Pressing play loads YouTube's player. Watch on YouTube
Simple Plan wanted "Addicted" to be the first single from their debut, No Pads, No Helmets…Just Balls, but a movie opportunity pushed "I'm Just a Kid" to the front of the line, so the Canadian pop-punks had to wait until 2003 to send this one to American radio. It became their first top-50 hit in the US, reaching number 45 on the Hot 100.
It's credited to Pierre Bouvier, Chuck Comeau, Sebastien Lefebvre and Jean-François Stinco along with producer Arnold Lanni, and it's pure bratty, bouncy pop-punk, a sing-along chorus built for the back seat of the school bus. The single came backed with the band's cover of Cheap Trick's "Surrender", and the seven-inch threw in a demo of "One by One". In 2004, riding the success of "Perfect", it got a second life in Australia and climbed to number 10 there.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 89 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2003 | 107 |
| 2003 | 26 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2003 | 89 |
| 2003 | 53 | Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA | Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2003 | 105 |
| 2003 | 47 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 50 Songs of 2003 | 50 |
Comments
Log in or create a free account to join the conversation about "Addicted" by Simple Plan.
No comments yet. Be the first to share your thoughts.