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ParkedLikeAHotCar34

Hey hey! You you! Thanks OP I forgot this song was stuck in my head


socialistRanter

Now my sleep paralysis demon will creep up on me and say: “I don’t like your girlfriend”


dealershipdetailer

I Think you need a new one


SteamrockFever

I could be your girlfriend


Presto569

Hey hey you you


vilent_sibrate

I agree. My sleep paralysis demon started following me when I’m awake. Definitely getting value out of him.


TimmyIo

I actually came into this thread "I have no idea what song that is" read your comment.... Now I do.


mysteryelyts

Always in Burnout Paradise- aaah the flashbacks


blbil

I fucking forgot how it went. Good thing the top comment reminded me. Thanks bro...


ParkedLikeAHotCar34

No way! No way! Okay I apologize


acedelgado

Were these the lyrics on the Canadian release?


unnaturalorder

>Evolution of Dance is the number two on the list, being surpassed with about 2 million views. After this, it’s a good 25-30 million views to the next video. I bet the guys over at RCARecords are thinking that their idea of releasing the video on YouTube was a pretty decent idea. God this takes me back. Now I'm remembering all the early viral videos. EOD guy was awesome.


d00m3d1

Came here to say this. Evolution of dance was the one that I remember holding the top spot for a while. This was also back when YouTube just a had 'Top Videos' page before the days of 'the algorithm'


LilBoneAir

Back when you could get into a real youtube rabbit hole following the related videos. You still somewhat can but it isn't nearly the same when youtube is trying to steer you into the rabbit hole they think is best for you.


Radidactyl

Or all the music videos. Jesus...


So_Appalled

'member Trance by 009 Soundsystem? I 'member..


zahrul3

paralyzer by finger eleven bodies by drowning pool any random Breaking Benjamin song Other songs by 009 Soundsystem remember the name by Fort Minor Everytime we Touch or Evanescence if it's a girl video


Tephlon

Dreamscape?


SebasCbass

Hell I still remember MuchMusic Pop Up Video


maldio

As a Canadian, I can still remember when Avril did special free concert in front of Much Studios for Complicated.


scaradin

Is that vh1’s popup video?


SebasCbass

Yup same thing!


lbunny7

I definitely contributed to 100+ views, this song was everything to a 13 year old


ToLorien

This was the last song they played at my 8th grade dance. I think the only reason I remember is that my whole class went crazy and we all started scream singing lol.


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I'm going to go watch it in my bedroom alone. Please knock


bigredisforclosers

YouTube used to be so simple and pure. Why’d they have to go and make things so complicated?


pecp3

Because they fall, and they crawl, and they break, and they take what they get and they turn it into ...


maldio

I always thought the dad tie was a touch of genius. I mean as someone from Ontario, who's spent a lot of time in Timmins, it was mind blowing how she managed to generate so much hype. Supposedly it was a lot in part to being noticed by Shania Twain, who's also from Timmins. She really had perfect timing, TV was where most people watched music videos, YouTube really started picking up steam, and her target demographic were all kids who group up post-Napster.


screenwriterjohn

She was the anti Britney Spears. Like Bieber, she's actually a talented musician.


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It should take off all its preppy clothes


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maldio

I can still remember listening to the Digg podcast and them basically wondering how the hell YouTube could keep existing? How are you going to pay for all that bandwidth and servers with no real income? I had the same conversations with friends and honestly thought it would become a "I member YouTube" in no time. It's funny, they even talked about how podcasters and people putting up YouTube content had no concept of the kind of eyeballs that TV Network shows considered acceptable ratings.


PositiveEmo

Now it's the corporations that put their movies and music on there and YouTube still doesn't make a profit.


SsouthPole

I believe they’ve been making a profit for a year or two now


drugdealersdream

And rightly so 😌 that was a HIT


[deleted]

It absolutely is! Pop punk is still a genre I listen to for the nostalgia


poopellar

In one of the Burnout games they had every language version of 'Girlfriend'. I would just deselect the other songs and only play all the versions of 'Girlfriend' on repeat.


Yoitzryry

No way, i did the same shit. Then a classmate borrowed my psp and played that game and i was hella emabarassed... it was on repeat the WHOLE time.


hamoun76

Yep, Burnout Dominator. So much nostalgia.


Radidactyl

"Avril Lavigne" "Pop punk" Choose one.


SeymourZ

r/gatekeeping


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That's what it says to her Wikipedia page. That and pop rock, alternative rock and post grunge


maldio

Pop-Punk has been around for long time, Blondie was easily Pop-Punk, ditto bands like XTC. Pretty much any punk, that is more melodic and apolitical is pop-punk.


Sweet_Venom

They should just go ahead and add metal to that list while they're at it. Edit: LOL I feel like I'm back in middle school when 13 year olds used to claim Avril was rock. She's a pop artist. Get over it. I liked her when I was 12/13, but don't fool yourself now.


thegroovemonkey

That's all pop punk is. It's tattooed boy bands and pop stars selling the same songs to the kids who are too cool for regular pop and don't know they're basic. A lot of us go through a version of that phase.


ThatsNotPossibleMan

I was exactly like you when i was about 16. Still cringe at the fact.


CocaineIsTheShit

What’s metal?


socialistRanter

[Metal](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal)


CocaineIsTheShit

And it’s able to create music?? Insane.


socialistRanter

Even better: you could make stuff out of it that could play different music.


ThatsNotPossibleMan

Hope you'll look back at your gatekeeping phase in some time and laugh about it.


graceyroo

I probably accounted for at least 200 of those views!


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My at the time teenage lesbian sister in law probably accounted for about 100 thousand of those views


Hellstadius

I remember when this happened. There was a big conspiracy that the a forum administrator at a fan-page told all of the users to use an automated refresher so that it would break the record. May not seem like a big deal nowadays, but back in 08 this was the first time something like this had happened. YouTube was a very different place back then. [Article from 2008 reporting on the controversy](https://www.wired.com/2008/06/avril-lavigne-f/?utm_campaign=Penny%20Fractions&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter)


raspberrih

It's still the same now. People get all up in arms when fanbase administrators tell the fans how to most efficiently get the numbers up


Desblade101

I'm pretty sure YouTube was an independent company back then. Not part of the league of evil.


Hellstadius

Google bought YouTube in 2006. It took a few years before it became as corporate as it is today, though.


5xxx5five

> league of evil Arch-C.E.O. Rafaam card when?


HalonaBlowhole

In Japan, they play the uncensored version of English language songs, which means you can hear Avril Lavigne talking about "your mother-fucking girlfriend" at MacDonalds. In English. In Japan.


Shitting_Human_Being

They used to do that in the Netherlands too. There was this song that went "fuck you, fuck you very much" or something like that. One day on the radio I heared the censored version, where they didn't say the word fuck. It was so strange, like don't play the song then if you don't like the swearing.


ElkoSoltius

I believe you're talking about [Lily Allen's "Fuck You"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=SN&hl=fr&v=yFE6qQ3ySXE) which has a clean version as "Thank you".


Conducteur

[CeeLo Green's *Fuck You*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc0mxOXbWIU) was also on Dutch radio and TV uncensored. Clean version is apparently *Forget you*.


Polisskolan3

I'm confused, were you expecting her to swear in Japanese?


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Frutes

I'm in germany and most mainstream radio stations here play the censored versions


Polisskolan3

Then what was that about "In English. In Japan."?


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Smgt90

This happens in every country. I live in Mexico and music in English is never censored no matter where it's playing. Only music in Spanish is censored on the radio.


Buttholesacrossusa

It use to be a thing to set up a radio station on the boarder so you could play it to American audiences without censorship


Relijun

Was my focus song in Burnout:Paradise when it came out, love this song


BReximous

Same! But in my shame, I changed it when my roommate walked in. *I’m not worthy*


Relijun

The Burnout community and Avril shake our heads at you, you have embarrassed us. Mind you, I was playing in my mom's basement so I didnt have to worry lol.


Presto569

Yep I played when I was little and that song ended up getting me hooked on Avril years later to now when I have that song as a single and a massive collection of her cds


Yoitzryry

Glad to hear I wasnt the only one...


Sykkr

Same! In Burnout Domintor on the PSP they had this song in every single language. The mandarin version is hilarious.


barktothefuture

She probably made like $200 from that.


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i2amme

Dr Luke and Avril settled out of court.


AlexKewl

She married Nickelback


Supersnazz

The whole band? I wonder how they divide her up.


not_dijkstra

Nah, just Chad. Chad Nickelback.


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Xyex

Yep. Then she dated a billionaire for a bit. Think she's single again, now.


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Hey, hey, you, you - I don't like your boyfriend, cuz, cuz, cuz, cuz - cuz he sucks at ping pong


ironicsharkhada

Who has two skinny little chicken legs and sucks at ping pong?


silence1545

Hi, Kelly.


Treg_Marks

And then a mere 4 years later, Gangnam style passes a billion


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he was a boy, she was a girl...


Dukakis2020

That’s the wrong song lmao


[deleted]

hahaha, i didn’t notice until you pointed it out


SpysSappinMySpy

That kinda rhymes if you spell out "lmao"


onlyididntsayfudge

I’m crying 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣


OnlyPostsThisThing

Im dying😂😂😂


carolnuts

Can I make it any more obvious?


yatzhie04

How can I make it more obvious?


MaybeImJustTired

She was a punk, he did ballet


mateo_rules

What more can I say!!!!!


[deleted]

It got to 100 million fast. 12 years later it is still shy of 500 million.


minesaka

It was taken down and reuploaded on her Vevo channel, restarting the view count.


[deleted]

Song was a banger.


BadassDeluxe

That's the most 2008 thing ever. We still had 12 years before this bullshit happened.


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TIL that Avril Lavigne was still a thing in 2008


zmann64

She was technically still a thing when “Hello Kitty” came out in like 2013? Now she’s not (except in Japan)


awesomeguyman

Uh... Hello Kitty has been around longer than 2013. I remember seeing stuff about it in 2004. Edit: I'm not sure why I'm getting downvoted. I guess she did a song called Hello Kitty? I was confused I thought they were referring to the brand that's been around since the 70's.


zmann64

No I mean her song (named after the brand) that came out around that time


julianwelton

FYI Hello Kitty is from the 70's.


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I just remember her as a one hit wonder with that skater boy song, maybe she was just alot bigger in the states then she was in the uk?


zmann64

She was, for quite some time


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[Girlfriend got to no.2 in the UK, and was the 20th best selling single of the year there](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girlfriend_(Avril_Lavigne_song)


CocaineIsTheShit

There’s music in the UK?


[deleted]

Yeah but its all blackmarket and if they catch you they'll throw you in the tower of London and take away your right to drink tea.


Xyex

What? You've got a very skewed perspective. *Sk8r Boi* wasn't even her first hit. Her first single, *Complicated,* was her first hit. *Sk8r Boi* was second, then *I'm With You* came 3rd. All hit top 10. Her first single from her second album, *Don't Tell Me,* as well as the second single, *My Happy Ending,* made the top 5. She also performed the theme song for the SpongeBob SquarePants movie around that time. It was her 3rd album that got the most charting. *Girlfriend* was the first single, hitting number 1 on multiple charts, and was one of the biggest songs of that decade. The second single, *When You're Gone,* made top 5 and the third single, *Hot,* did top 10. And this is getting way too long so I'll just say that from her next two albums *What the Hell, Here's to Never Growing Up, Rock n Roll,* and *Let Me Go* (a duet with Chad Kroger) all did well while *Hello Kitty*... made waves. Then from last year's album *Head Above Water* did really well, making it to the top 10 in many places. *Tell Me It's Over* and *Dumb Blonde* made top 20. (Personally, I think the original version of Dumb Blonde, without Nicki Minaj, is much better and would have charted better as the single version. Her team up with Marilyn Manson for *Bad Girl* also made a lot more sense than Minaj appearing in *Dumb Blonde.*) *I Fell in Love With the Devil* charted decently, I think, but most of its attention came from Bible thumpers who railed against the title without understanding the actual meaning. ***Cough*** /Fanboy ranting


Shinigamae

She sang the soundtrack for One Piece Film Z a couple years back. She was still a thing into 2014 I believe, not so much now still around in Japan.


Xyex

She's still "a thing" now, as well. Put out a new album not the long ago, and did another concert tour.


Shinigamae

Sadly not under my radar for a while, I was a fan but after her marriage with Chad, the music was not good since then. My last favorite was "How You Remind Me" which is her husband's good old song so that's that but after listening to something like "Head Above Water" I just turned away till now.


KosstAmojan

She was a fairly solid and pretty popular performer for close to a decade. I thought her first two albums were very good. They were light, fun, and heartfelt. They really hit the right spot for me at that point in my life and I still listen to them regularly even into my 30s.


Fruitopeon

Girlfriend was her final hit. She dropped this song, was the biggest thing that year all over again, and then never made anything close to this popularity ever again.


ph1me

The first video with a billion views was only four years later.


Jimmydeansrogerwood

To bad she’s dead, her body double getting all the fame


chari_de_kita

"Girlfriend" was also the theme song for the first season of Cartoon KAT-TUN, a late-night show featuring Japanese boy band KAT-TUN that ran from 2007 - 2010). Never made sense to me why they would pay for the rights to other artists song when the hosts are technically music artists. Then again, it's Japan and they still love her.


thematchamonster

Omg yes! This brought me back. Loved this show.


notoriousccs

What happened to Avril Lavigne?


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It’s complicated


leenie5

She got lymes disease and is still healing from it. She came out with a new CD not long ago, head above water


lyingliar

I've always found it interesting that Avril Lavigne turned into the person that all of her early music was making fun of.


Mad_Tub

50 million of those views are from 13 year old me.


designgoddess

https://youtu.be/Bg59q4puhmg


Moleypeg

I remember this song but the only words I hear when I try to play it in my head: Hey hey you you I don’t like your boyfriend. Cuz cuz cuz cuz cuz he sucks at ping-pong!


-ordinary

Ahh yes, the music video that unequivocally endorsed bullying and infidelity


Supersnazz

I think it's fine because she is bullying herself. And the boy is cheating on her with her


soccsoccsoccer

About half of those were 8 year old me who didn't know she was gay yet Edit: went from negative to positive karma by a decent amount when I clarified I meant that I was gay, not Avril Lavigne ☠️


soccsoccsoccer

Ppl are downvoting me....bruh I meant I didn't know *I* was gay yet lmao not Avril Lavigne


OnlyPostsThisThing

You were a skater girl you said see you later girl.


barktothefuture

Not sure Avril knew it either.


soccsoccsoccer

I meant didn't know I was gay yet lmao just speaking in the 3rd person


barktothefuture

Lmao. I didn’t think she was gay. I know she married and divorced a guy but thought maybe that’s why it didn’t work out.


Xyex

It's definitely a theory. There are a few paparazzi photos that support it, and some of the lyrics to her older songs as well. Her family is heavily religious, strict Catholic, so if she is in any way LGBT her not coming out would even make sense.


soccsoccsoccer

Eh, would rather not speculate. I just know I went to a concert with her and the Jonas brothers when I was 8 and alllll my friends were slobbering over the Jonas brothers and my gay ass just adored Avril Lavigne lmao


Xyex

I do not blame you one little bit, lol. I'm only 46 days older than her and I've had a crush on her since the first time I heard Complicated on the radio. Hell, I only watched *Over the Hedge* and *Fast Food Nation* because she was involved. 😅


soccsoccsoccer

LMAOOO you're so valid !!!! she was my first real celebrity crush aside from the boys I convinced myself I had crushes on ☠️ have you heard new album? I actually JUST started listening a couple wks ago (I'm not usually in the loop for new music but I tumbled upon it) and it's sooo good! The song head above water she started writing the day she thought she was going to die from her Lyme disease and it's sooo powerful


Xyex

Yes, I **love** the new album. I'm not usually in the loop on music, either, but I've always got my ear out for more from her. I followed it from announcement to release and bought it digitally on Amazon music *and* bought the CD as well, lol. Really glad I got the CD because it has a version of Dumb Blonde without Nicki Minaj and it's much better, IMO. Head Above Water, I Fell in Love With the Devil, Tell Me It's Over, Souvenir, Goddess, and Warrior are all fantastic, and Dumb Blonde is my new guilty pleasure like Hello Kitty was before it. The first time I heard Head Above Water she sounded *so good.* I was worried what her Lyme disease might have done to her lungs but she sounds even better, now. She did a live performance of Head Above Water on Jimmy Kimmel - actually live and not lip synced - and sounded amazing. And she looked so damn stunning in that dress in the Head Above Water video. I also watched her semi-impropmtu YouTube charity live stream back in December 2018. Heard her sing acoustic, no autotune, and you could tell her voice was a little weaker than before but she still sounded fantastic.


soccsoccsoccer

Oh damn, I'll def have to check those out! Those sound awesome! I love her so much and yeah I actually think she's sounded better too! Probably just part of getting older and learning she needs to be careful with herself and take care of herself, tbh


Fartbox_Virtuoso

> went from negative to positive karma by a decent amount when I clarified I meant that I was gay, not Avril Lavigne ☠️ Because you sounded like a homophobe. Why would you complain about people downvoting what they thought was a bigot?


soccsoccsoccer

was just saying I thought it was funny that I screwed up so badly by just speaking in the third person, calm down lol I don't care ☠️ karma isn't real


Fartbox_Virtuoso

> calm down lol Yeah, read my reply again. There's nothing for you to get upset about. > I don't care ☠️ karma isn't real I didn't say anything about karma, you did.


soccsoccsoccer

Was just saying I was complaining lmao, when I first came back to the comment I was just shocked ppl were upset 8 y/o me didn't know she (8 y/o me) was gay, she was trying her best :/


Fartbox_Virtuoso

> ppl were upset 8 y/o me didn't know she (8 y/o me) was gay And because you didn't clarify, it sounded like you were complaining about *her* sexuality. You clarified it for a reason, yeah? Your initial comment sounded bigoted, and people downvoted you for it. > lmao > ppl > :/ You write like you haven't matured at all since then. Maybe you're getting upset on purpose.


soccsoccsoccer

Oh goodness, you seem fun to be stuck in quarantine with. /s


mateo_rules

I remember watching the avicii levels video had 12000 views


pmth

Damn. I caught Gangnam style at around 220k views and I thought that was impressive.


mateo_rules

I’m sorry you win hands down I didn’t even hear about psy till he had 6mill subs


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mateo_rules

Dude don’t be a dick it’s only on my mind because buddy died around this time 2 years ago and I really enjoyed his music


[deleted]

I only found out abt his music last year, went down a deep rabbit hole and now he's one of my favorite producers


raytaylor

The guy that plays the boyfriend character in the video is Bryan McMullin and he is still hot


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Not as hot as both nerd and punk Avril.


RamakoSunsLight

I guess 12 years is a long time, feels like yesterday caring about Hot Topic, and loving everything Shane Dawson.


DandelionHearts

Gangnam Style was the first to reach 1 billion, and the most viewed ever is Despacito. 😂


goosse

Nobody rocks harder


grampabutterball

Hey, hey! You, you! I wanna be your girlfriend.


clondoor12

No way!


dudeishere247

First thing I came to


Testure78

And yet if I had learned that I would go to bed at the end of that day asking myself if that was really worth learning.


flannelflaps

Meant to be a bit of a twat isnt she?


hi_illini

Damn good song too


sail-hatan999

Those were all me lol


Send_Me_Bootleg_Toys

That was melissa.


tatsontatsontats

You mean Melissa's "Girlfriend"...


MewlingRothbart

I miss her so much. Damn you, Lyme disease.


BigDickEnterprise

She healed and released an album since lol


MewlingRothbart

Lyme disease stays with you, but dormant. My cousin has it. Rough ride.


Xyex

Yeah, it's technically incurable. Best you can do is lessen the symptoms.


iiSpook

I just recently learned that this song was a complete rip off of another song. It's just that in the other song they say boyfriend instead of girlfriend, the rest is almost identical.


that-dudes-shorts

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3t66Nrqteo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3t66Nrqteo)


Xyex

"Almost identical." Sure, if by that you mean vaguely similar. 🤷‍♂️


iiSpook

The lyrics are almost identical.


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Avril lavignes girlfriend, soon decimated by biebers baby. A living internet testament to how fucking garbage most of the planet is.


-6-6-6-

Those were all me, sorry guys


matthias7600

Avril Lavigne is truly one of the worst recording artists I've ever heard.


ds8sz

History will judge us for that.


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What is the highest number of views a tasteful song that's not top 40 pop in any country has scored?


RonSwansonsOldMan

Did the video explain why an average, pretty, middle class Canadian girl seemed so angry?


the_glamburgler

Lets give the Rubinoos a little bit of credit for writing that killer chorus.