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“I'd Do Anything” by Simple Plan
From the album No Pads, No Helmets…Just Balls (2002)
“I'd Do Anything” by Simple Plan appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations in 2002. It was first released in 2002 on the album No Pads, No Helmets…Just Balls. Its best result is #59 on The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2002. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #270 alternative song of 2002.
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"I'd Do Anything" was the second single from No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls, Simple Plan's 2002 debut on Atlantic, and it comes with a cameo that doubles as a fan letter: Mark Hoppus of Blink-182 sings backup. Pierre Bouvier and Chuck Comeau had long adored that band (their earlier outfit, Reset, once shared a bill with the trio in Montreal), and the sing-along refrain was written with Hoppus in mind.
It's one of the first songs the pair wrote as Simple Plan, demoed in a small Montreal studio, and it's pop-punk heartache at full volume: a breakup, and a kid pleading to win the girl back. Guitarist Sébastien Lefebvre later called it a high school crush on a girl who doesn't know you're alive. Arnold Lanni produced and shares the writing credit with Bouvier, Comeau, Lefebvre and Jean-François Stinco.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 66 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2002 | 89 |
| 2002 | 59 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2002 | 99 |
| 2002 | 98 | Radio 104.1 Hartford-New Haven, CT | WMRQ Top 104 Songs of 2002 | 104 |
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