“We're All To Blame” by Sum 41

"We're All to Blame" hit radio at the end of August 2004 as the first taste of Chuck, and it's Sum 41 with the smirk wiped off. Deryck Whibley said it takes on war, death, fear and corporate power, and it was the last song written for the album, after the band came back from the Congo. It lurches between a hushed verse and a thrashing alternative metal chorus, a whiplash that one Sputnikmusic reviewer thought owed a debt to System of a Down's "Chop Suey!", while Entertainment Weekly admitted it worked far better than it looked on paper.

Greig Nori produced it and co-wrote it with Whibley, Steve Jocz and Benjamin Cook, Matt Hyde engineered, and Tom Lord-Alge mixed. Marc Klasfeld's video cheekily spoofs Solid Gold, dancers and all, and signs off by teasing Pain For Pleasure, the band's heavy metal alter ego.

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