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"What We're All About"
"What We're All About"
Single by Sum 41
from the album Music from and Inspired by Spider-Man
Released	April 17, 2002 (UK)
Genre	Rap rock; pop-punk;
Length	3:49
Label	Aquarius (Canada); Island (US)
Songwriter(s)	Deryck Whibley; Dave Brownsound; Stevo Jocz;
Producer(s)	Deryck Whibley
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"What We're All About" (titled "It's What We're All About" on the single cover) is a song by Canadian rock band Sum 41. It was released in April 2002 as a single for the soundtrack to the film Spider-Man.

Background

This is a reworked version of "Dave's Possessed Hair/ What We're all About" from the band's first EP, Half Hour of Power. Part of the first verse is rapped in an acappella version in the beginning of the "Fat Lip" music video. Similar to "Fat Lip", vocal duties in "What We're All About" are split evenly between lead singer and rhythm guitarist Deryck Whibley, drummer Steve Jocz, and lead guitarist Dave "Brownsound" Baksh. The song segues into the 55-second instrumental track, "Ride the Chariot to the Devil", on the EP version of the song.

Music video

The music video for "What We're All About" was directed by Marc Klasfeld and premiered in mid-2002. It features the Sum 41 band members playing upside-down with their instruments chained to the roof as they perform on the rooftop to the audience below. Throughout the video, various clips of the Spider-Man movie play, and in the middle of the performance, Slayer guitarist Kerry King makes a cameo appearance, performing his guitar solo in the song.

Track listing

"It's What We're All About"
"Handle This" (live version)

Personnel

Sum 41

Deryck "Bizzy D" Whibley – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Dave "Brownsound" Baksh – lead vocals, lead guitar
Jason "Cone" McCaslin – bass guitar, backing vocals
Steve "Stevo 32" Jocz – lead vocals, drums

Additional musician

Kerry King – guitar solo

Charts

Chart (2002)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[3]	63
Germany (GfK)^[4]	91
Ireland (IRMA)^[5]	23
Italy (FIMI)^[6]	30
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[7]	71
Scotland (OCC)^[8]	30
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[9]	43
UK Singles (OCC)^[10]	32
UK Rock & Metal (OCC)^[11]	4

References

^ Parks, Andrew (April 7, 2002). "Sum 41 concert full of cliches, caters to the younger crowd". The Daily Orange. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
^ "SLAYER's Kerry King on SUM 41 collab: "I turned it down 10 times"". February 3, 2023.
^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 271.
^ "Sum 41 – What We're All About" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
^ "Irish Singles Chart – Search for song". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
^ "Sum 41 – What We're All About". Top Digital Download. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
^ "Sum 41 – It's What We're All About" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
^ "Sum 41 – It's What We're All About". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
^ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 14, 2019.

External links

"It's What We're All About" Official music video on YouTube

[1] Parks, Andrew (April 7, 2002). "Sum 41 concert full of cliches, caters to the younger crowd". The Daily Orange. Retrieved September 19, 2019.

[2] "SLAYER's Kerry King on SUM 41 collab: "I turned it down 10 times"". February 3, 2023.

[3] Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 271.

[sc_Germany_Sum_41-4] "Sum 41 – What We're All About" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved April 30, 2020.

[5] "Irish Singles Chart – Search for song". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved July 6, 2011.

[sc_Italy_Sum_41-6] "Sum 41 – What We're All About". Top Digital Download. Retrieved August 2, 2020.

[sc_Dutch100_Sum_41-7] "Sum 41 – It's What We're All About" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved June 29, 2024.

[sc_Scotland_-8] "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 2, 2020.

[sc_Swiss_Sum_41-9] "Sum 41 – It's What We're All About". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved June 29, 2024.

[sc_UK_-10] "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 14, 2019.

[sc_UKrock_-11] "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 14, 2019.

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-| artist     = [[Sum 41]] featuring [[Kerry King]]
+| artist     = [[Sum 41]]
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-| released   = April 17, 2002 {{small|([[United Kingdom|UK]])}}
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+| genre      = *[[Rap rock]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dailyorange.com/2002/04/sum-41-concert-full-of-cliches-caters-to-the-younger-crowd/|title=Sum 41 concert full of cliches, caters to the younger crowd|author=Parks, Andrew|date=April 7, 2002|publisher=The Daily Orange|access-date=September 19, 2019}}</ref>
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+*[[pop-punk]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/slayers-kerry-king-sum-41-collab-i-turned-it-down-10-times | title=SLAYER's Kerry King on SUM 41 collab: "I turned it down 10 times" | date=February 3, 2023 }}</ref>
 | length     = 3:49
-| label      = [[Island Records|Island]]
+| label      = [[Aquarius Records (Canada)|Aquarius]] (Canada)<br />[[Island Records|Island]] (US)
 | writer     = * [[Deryck Whibley]]
 * [[Dave Brownsound]]
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 | producer   = [[Deryck Whibley]]
 | chronology = [[Sum 41]]
-| prev_title = Handle This
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 | next_title = [[Still Waiting (Sum 41 song)|Still Waiting]]
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-"'''It's What We're All About'''" is a song recorded by [[Sum 41]]. It was released in April 2002 as a single for the soundtrack to the film ''[[Spider-Man (2002 film)|Spider-Man]]''.
+"'''What We're All About'''" (titled "'''It's What We're All About'''" on the single cover) is a song by Canadian rock band [[Sum 41]]. It was released in April 2002 as a single for the soundtrack to the film ''[[Spider-Man (2002 film)|Spider-Man]]''.
 ==Background==
-This is a reworked version of "Dave's Possessed Hair/It's What We're all About" from the band's first EP, ''[[Half Hour of Power]]''. Part of the first verse is rapped in an acappella version in the beginning of the "[[Fat Lip]]" music video. Similar to "Fat Lip", vocal duties in "It's What We're All About" are split evenly between rhythm guitarist [[Deryck Whibley]], drummer [[Stevo Jocz]], and lead guitarist [[Dave Brownsound]]. The song segues into the 55-second instrumental track, "Ride the Chariot to the Devil", on the EP version of the song.
+This is a reworked version of "Dave's Possessed Hair/ What We're all About" from the band's first [[Extended play|EP]], ''[[Half Hour of Power]]''. Part of the first verse is rapped in an acappella version in the beginning of the "[[Fat Lip]]" music video. Similar to "Fat Lip", vocal duties in "What We're All About" are split evenly between lead singer and rhythm guitarist [[Deryck Whibley]], drummer [[Steve Jocz]], and lead guitarist [[Dave Baksh|Dave "Brownsound" Baksh]]. The song segues into the 55-second instrumental track, "Ride the Chariot to the Devil", on the EP version of the song.
 ==Music video==
-The music video was directed by [[Marc Klasfeld]] and premiered in mid-2002. It features the band playing upside-down with their instruments chained to the roof as they perform on the rooftop to the crowd below. Throughout the video, various clips of the ''Spider-Man'' movie play, and in the middle of the performance, [[Kerry King]] of the [[thrash metal]] band [[Slayer]] is featured in the music video and performs the guitar solo in the song.
+The music video for "What We're All About" was directed by [[Marc Klasfeld]] and premiered in mid-2002. It features the Sum 41 band members playing upside-down with their instruments chained to the roof as they perform on the rooftop to the audience below. Throughout the video, various clips of the ''Spider-Man'' movie play, and in the middle of the performance, [[Slayer]] guitarist [[Kerry King]] makes a [[cameo appearance]], performing his guitar solo in the song.
 ==Track listing==
-# "It's What We're All About" – 3:30
+# "It's What We're All About"
-# "Motivation" (live) – 2:25
+# "Handle This" (live version)
 ==Personnel==
 ;Sum 41
-*[[Deryck Whibley|Bizzy D]] – [[lead vocals]], [[rhythm guitar]]
+*[[Deryck Whibley|Deryck "Bizzy D" Whibley]] – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
+*[[Dave Baksh|Dave "Brownsound" Baksh]] – lead vocals, lead guitar
-*[[Steve Jocz|Stevo 32]] – [[Lead vocalist|co-lead vocals]], [[Drum kit|drums]], [[Percussion instrument|percussion]]
+*[[Jason McCaslin|Jason "Cone" McCaslin]] – bass guitar, backing vocals
-*[[Dave Brownsound]] – [[Lead vocalist|co-lead vocals]], [[lead guitar]]
-*[[Cone McCaslin|Cone]] – [[bass guitar]], [[Backing vocalist|backing vocals]]
+*[[Steve Jocz|Steve "Stevo 32" Jocz]] – lead vocals, drums
 ;Additional musician
-*[[Kerry King]] – [[guitar solo]]
+*[[Kerry King]] – guitar solo
 ==Charts==
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-{{Singlechart|Germany|91|artist=Sum 41|song=What We're All About|songid=5236|access-date=April 30, 2020}}
+| 63
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+{{Singlechart|Germany|91|artist=Sum 41|song=What We're All About|songid=5236|rowheader=true|access-date=April 30, 2020}}
-|Ireland ([[Irish Singles Chart|IRMA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement|title=Irish Singles Chart – Search for song|access-date=July 6, 2011|publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]]}}</ref>
-| style="text-align:center;"|23
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+!scope="row"| [[Irish Singles Chart|Ireland]] ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement|title=Irish Singles Chart – Search for song|access-date=July 6, 2011|publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]]}}</ref>
-{{singlechart|Italy|30|artist=Sum 41|song=What We're All About|access-date=August 2, 2020}}
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-{{Singlechart|Dutch100|71|artist=Sum 41|song=It's What We're All About}}
+{{singlechart|Italy|30|artist=Sum 41|song=What We're All About|rowheader=true|access-date=August 2, 2020}}
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-{{singlechart|Scotland|30|date=2002-06-30|access-date=August 2, 2020}}
+{{Singlechart|Dutch100|71|artist=Sum 41|song=It's What We're All About|rowheader=true|access-date=June 29, 2024}}
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-{{Singlechart|Swiss|43|artist=Sum 41|song=It's What We're All About}}
 |-
-{{Singlechart|UK|32|date=20020623|access-date=May 14, 2019}}
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-{{Singlechart|UKrock|4|date=20020630|access-date=May 14, 2019}}
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 ==External links==
-*{{youtube|xr9NmG68vPQ|"It's What We're All About" Official music video}}
+*{{YouTube|xr9NmG68vPQ|"It's What We're All About" Official music video}}
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 [[Category:Music videos directed by Marc Klasfeld]]
 [[Category:Rapcore songs]]
+[[Category:Rap rock songs]]
 [[Category:2002 songs]]
 [[Category:Island Records singles]]

v t e Sum 41
Deryck Whibley Dave Baksh Jason McCaslin Tom Thacker Frank Zummo Steve Jocz Jon Marshall Grant McVittie Richard Roy Mark Spicoluk
Studio albums	All Killer No Filler Does This Look Infected? Chuck Underclass Hero Screaming Bloody Murder 13 Voices Order in Decline Heaven :x: Hell
Live albums	Go Chuck Yourself
EPs	Half Hour of Power
Compilation albums	All the Good Shit
Video albums	Introduction to Destruction Cross the T's and Gouge Your I's Sake Bombs and Happy Endings Rocked: Sum 41 in Congo
Singles	"Makes No Difference" "Fat Lip" "In Too Deep" "Motivation" "Handle This" "What We're All About" "Still Waiting" "The Hell Song" "Over My Head (Better Off Dead)" "We're All to Blame" "Some Say" "Pieces" "No Reason" "Underclass Hero" "Walking Disaster" "With Me" "Screaming Bloody Murder" "Baby You Don't Wanna Know" "Fake My Own Death" "War" "Out for Blood" "A Death in the Family" "Never There" "45 (A Matter of Time)" "Catching Fire" "Landmines"
Other songs	"Rock You" "Get Back (Sum 41 rock remix)" "March of the Dogs" "Blood in My Eyes" "God Save Us All (Death to Pop)"
Tours	Screaming Bloody Murder Tour Don't Call It a Sum-Back Tour Tour of the Setting Sum
Related	Discography The Operation M.D. Brown Brigade Gob Treble Charger Organ Thieves Street Drum Corps
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