Released April 1, 2005 Recorded 2004 Label Lava | Format CD single Length 4:00 | |
Writer(s) Pierre Bouvier, Chuck Comeau | ||
"Untitled (How Could This Happen to Me?)" is a song by Canadian rock band Simple Plan. It was released in April 2005 as the third single from their second studio album, Still Not Getting Any.... The song's official title, when the CD was released, was simply "Untitled".
Contents
Music video
The music video of this song tells a story of a car accident on a rainy evening where a young male drunk driver crashed his sedan head-on into a Trans Am driven by a female, resulting in her death. The drunk driver, however, stayed alive relatively uninjured, and ended up captured by the FBI and BATF. It was filmed near the famous tunnel in Griffith Park.
The video also shows the victim's family doing things such as: her brother is seen playing video games in his bedroom, her sister is doing her homework in her bedroom, their mom is in her house's kitchen washing dishes and their dad is working in his office. Then abruptly just as the two cars collide, the entire family is violently thrown into the walls surrounding them as the boy falls out of his bedroom window and the dad lands on his computer. In a joint letter with MADD, Simple Plan explained the events in the video:
Live performances
When performed live, the guitar solo in the middle of the song is performed by Bouvier. Lead guitarist Jeff Stinco plays a semi-acoustic guitar until the end of the solo, while rhythm guitarist Sébastien Lefebvre and drummer Chuck Comeau come in at the beginning of the solo. Bassist David Desrosiers' main role is backing vocals, with the bass taking a backseat until Bouvier's solo and the song's final chorus.
Track listing
- "How Could This Happen to Me?" - 3:28
- "Welcome to My Life" (Live) - 4:13
- "Jump" (Live) - 3:48
In other media
The song has since been used in Mothers Against Drunk Driving anti-drunk driving campaigns, and in the fourth season episode of Smallville called "Recruit".