Song · Sum 41
“Makes No Difference” by Sum 41
From the EP Half Hour of Power (2000)
“Makes No Difference” by Sum 41 appears on 4 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2000 and 2012. It was first released in 2000 on the EP Half Hour of Power. Its best result is #58 on The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2000. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #291 alternative song of 2000.
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"Makes No Difference" was Sum 41's first single, released in June 2000 to lead off their EP Half Hour of Power, and it's pop-punk with the laces flapping: Deryck Whibley and Dave Baksh on guitars and vocals, Jason McCaslin on bass, Steve Jocz hammering the drums. Greig Nori produced it with Whibley, and Jerry Finn mixed. Billboard's Larry Flick heard it straddling slick modern rock and grown-up Top 40, guitars grimacing and the pace breakneck.
The Canadians made two videos for it, both in Toronto. The first stitched together the band playing, fooling around in shops and hosing people with water guns, footage they used to catch the eye of record labels; the second drops them into a huge teenage house party. It also landed on the soundtracks to Bring It On, Out Cold and Van Wilder.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 86 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2000 | 91 |
| 2000 | 58 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2000 | 99 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 80 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 102 New Rock Songs of the 2000s | 102 |
| 2012 | 99 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 102 New Rock Songs of All-Time | 102 |
Also listed as: It Makes No Difference.
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