Released May 15, 2001 Length 3:39 | Genre Pop rock Producer(s) David Kahne | |
Writer(s) McGrath, Frazier, Sheppard, Bullock, Karges "When It's Over"
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"When It's Over" is a song by American rock band Sugar Ray. It was released in May 2001 as the lead single from their self-titled album, Sugar Ray. The song reached number 6 in New Zealand, number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 32 on the UK Singles Chart.
Music video
"When It's Over" is a song about having feelings for a person after the end of a relationship in which there were repeated breakups before. The music video (directed by McG) features segments of each band member's fantasy about a music video for the song, ending with the band partying on the beach. Stan Frazier's portion, the first, consists of him destroying the set on which they play. Murphey Karges, next, shows the band performing as an Irish punk rock group. DJ Homicide's shows the group entering a strip club. Rodney Sheppard's segment portrays his love of kung fu, as he fights Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as Bruce Lee in his yellow jumpsuit. Mark McGrath has the band in the 1980s imitating Duran Duran's "Is There Something I Should Know?" music video, incorporating elements of "I Ran (So Far Away)" by A Flock of Seagulls and Cars by Gary Numan. Sugar Ray's mascot, the bulldog, is also shown at the end of the music video in a brief cameo. A scooter accident can be seen near the end of the video (right).