"Gives You Hell"
Single by The All-American Rejects
from the album When the World Comes Down
Released	September 30, 2008 (2008-09-30)
Format	CD, digital, vinyl
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	3:33
Label	DGC/Interscope Polydor Ltd.
Certification	Platinum (ARIA)[1]
The All-American Rejects singles chronology
"It Ends Tonight" (2006) "Gives You Hell" (2008) "The Wind Blows" (2009)
Alternate covers Maxi single CD single

"Gives You Hell" is the first single from The All-American Rejects' 2008 album, When the World Comes Down. It was first streamed on The All-American Rejects website on September 21, 2008. It was released to radio and digitally on September 30, 2008.^[2] "Gives You Hell" is their first number one on Mainstream Top 40 and Adult Top 40 Tracks charts. It peaked at number four on Billboard Hot 100 making it the most successful All-American Rejects song. Billboard announced at the end of 2009 that the song was the number one Most Played Song of 2009 on their Top 40 Chart, with the single also selling 3.3 million copies digitally.^[3] Also on Billboards Best Hot 100 Songs of 2009, Gives You Hell was number 10.

Contents 1 Tracklist 2 Release history 3 Music video 4 Charts 4.1 Certifications 5 Remixes 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Tracklist

7" Vinyl Picture Disc

• Side A: "Gives You Hell" (Album Version)
• Side B: "On The Floor" (Demo)

[edit] Release history

In Australia "Gives You Hell" was released on the 17th of January, 2009,^[4] then in the UK through the label Polydor on February 2, 2009. ^[5] The Maxi single for "Gives You Hell" was released on April 3, 2009.

• "Gives You Hell" became a playable song in the Rock Band game series via downloadable content December 15th, 2009.

[edit] Music video

A total of three videos were released on the band's YouTube account.

The main music video for the single, directed by Marc Webb, is somewhat unorthodox for a Rejects video, as it is the first in which band members portray characters other than themselves. Lead vocalist Tyson Ritter plays dual roles as a traditional family man and his rowdy next-door neighbor who fronts a noisy garage band. When the rocker Tyson's nocturnal racket keeps the family-man Tyson awake at night, it sets off a prank war between the two rivals. The conflict comes to a head one evening as the neighbors confront each other on the rockers' lawn, where the musician and his band has set up loud outdoor concert. As the twin Tysons bicker, their wives quietly propose swapping spouses. The family man seems oddly intrigued by the offer, and the two men have switched homes by the video's end, with the family man singing with the garage band, and the rocker feeding the fish with his rival's wife.

The second version of the video is of the rocker's band (the Rejects themselves) performing "Gives You Hell" in its entirety. The third version, called the "Narrative Version", is more story-oriented than the other two. It includes more detailed footage of various scenes, including the conclusion, where the family-man is rocking out to impress the rocker's girlfriend. But the main difference from the original version doesn't come till the very end, when the rocker is seen sliding into bed with the family-man's wife.

[edit] Charts

The song entered the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 at number sixty nine. It climbed the chart steadily for seven weeks before breaking into the top ten at number ten,^[6] giving the band their third top ten hit on the chart. The next week the song rose to number six where it stayed for five consecutive weeks before rising to peak at number four, making it the band's most successful single to date and their first to break into the top five.

"Gives You Hell" hit number one on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 on March 14, 2009, and remained there for three more weeks. The song later reached number one on the Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks, for the week of May 23. "Gives You Hell" held the position for two more weeks. The song has sold over 3,000,000 paid digital downloads.^[7] The song made an impressive performance and stayed on the Billboard top 10 charts for over 13 weeks.

"Gives You Hell" was a success internationally and became the All-American Rejects best selling single worldwide. The track peaked in the top five in Canada and Australia and in the top twenty in the UK, Ireland and New Zealand.

Chart (2009)[6]	Peak position
Australian Singles Chart[6]	3
Austrian Singles Chart[6]	7
Canadian Hot 100[8]	4
Czech Radio Top 100[9]	10
France Singles Chart[6]	29
Dutch Singles Chart[10]	38
Dutch Singles Top 40[6]	25
New Zealand Singles Chart[11]	18
German Singles Chart[6]	15
Irish Singles Chart[6]	16
Singapore Top 20 Chart	3
Swiss Singles Chart[6]	30
Turkish Singles Chart[12]	20
Japan Hot 100 Singles[13]	41
UK Singles Chart[6]	18
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[14]	4
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks[15]	1
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Top 40	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks[16]	25
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	2

[edit] Certifications

Country	Certification	Sales
Australia	Platinum[17]	70,000+
United States	3x Platinum[18]	3,300,000+

[edit] Remixes

Many remixes for the song have been released: the Ocelot Remix, the Bloody Beetroots Remix, the El-P Remix, as well as the Limousines Extended Remix. All four have were released as a digital only EP named Gives You Hell: The Remixes on February 3, 2009.^[19] "The Limousines Extended Remix" was an extended version of "The Limousines Remix". "The Limousines Remix" can be found on the "Gives You Hell" CD single, as well as deluxe versions of When the World Comes Down.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website for The All-American Rejects

v • d • e The All-American Rejects Albums The All-American Rejects · Move Along · When the World Comes Down EPs Same Girl, New Songs · The Bite Back EP · Soundcheck Vol. 1 · Gives You Hell: The Remixes · Soundcheck Vol. 2 · The Wind Blows: The Remixes · Rhapsody Originals · I Wanna: The Remixes DVDs Live from Oklahoma... The Too Bad for Hell DVD! · Live at the Wiltern LG DVD · Schooled Featuring The All-American Rejects · Tournado Singles "Swing, Swing" · "The Last Song" · "Dirty Little Secret" · "Move Along" · "It Ends Tonight" · "Gives You Hell" · "The Wind Blows" · "I Wanna" · "Real World" Lists Discography · Awards and nominations