Gives You Hell
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7" Vinyl Picture Disc
. Lead vocalist Tyson Ritter plays the dual role
s of a traditional family man and his rowdy next-door neighbor who fronts a noisy garage band
, which includes the other members of The All-American Rejects. When the rocker's nocturnal racket keeps the family-man awake at night, it sets off a prank war. The conflict comes to a head one evening as the neighbors confront each other outdoors where people are yelling the chorus of "Gives You Hell". As the two neighbors 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 his rival's garage band, and the rocker sleeps with his rival's wife. In the iTunes version, at the end the family man seems more hesitant while singing at the end, and the rocker is helping the wife feed fish.
Two other versions of the video have been released online, which focus entirely on either the "Full Performance", or the "Full Narrative". The second version is just The All-American Rejects (the garage band) performing "Gives You Hell" in its entirety. The third version is completely story-oriented, with the only performance footage shots used as part of the plot.
at #69. It climbed the chart steadily for 7 weeks before breaking into the Top 10 at #10, giving the band their 3rd Top 10 hit on the chart. The next week the song rose to #6 where it stayed for 5 consecutive weeks before rising to peak at #4, making it the band's most successful single to date and their 1st to break into the Top 5.
"Gives You Hell" hit #1 on the Billboard Top 40 Mainstream on March 14, 2009, and remained there for 3 more weeks. The song later reached #1 on the Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks
, for the week of May 23. "Gives You Hell" held the position for 2 more weeks. 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 5 in Canada
and Australia
and in the Top 20 in the UK, Ireland
, and New Zealand
.
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!Chart (2009)
!Position
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|ARIA Singles Chart
| style="text-align:center;"|19
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|Canadian Hot 100
| style="text-align:center;"|32
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|Dutch Top 40
| style="text-align:center;"|154
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|German Singles Chart
| style="text-align:center;"|66
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|Hungarian Singles Chart
| style="text-align:center;"|158
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|UK Singles Chart
| style="text-align:center;"|120
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|US Billboard Hot 100
| style="text-align:center;"|10
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! Country
! Certification
! Sales
|-
| Australia
| Platinum
| 70,000+
|-
| New Zealand
| Gold
| 7,500+
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| United Kingdom
| ?
| 195,000
|-
| United States
| 4x Platinum
| 4,000,000+
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|}
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!Region
!Release Date
!Distributing label
!Physical Format
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|United States
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|DGC
/Interscope Records
| style="text-align:center;"|Promo Single Only
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|New Zealand
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|rowspan="2"|Universal Music Group
|CD Single
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|Australia
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|CD Single
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|Canada
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|Interscope Records
|CD Single
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|United Kingdom
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|Polydor Records
|CD Single
7" Vinyl
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|Germany
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|rowspan="2"|Universal Music Group
|rowspan="2"|7" Vinyl
Maxi Single
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|Switzerland
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game series December 15, 2009, as well as in Guitar Hero 5
and Band Hero
on April 15, 2010. It was also used as playable content in Tap Tap Revenge 2 since 2009.
The song is also played at every home game for the Missouri Mavericks
hockey team in Independence, Missouri
.
on February 3, 2009. "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.
- Side A: "Gives You Hell" (Album Version)
- Side B: "On the Floor" (Demo)
Music video
The main music video for the single, was directed by Marc WebbMarc Webb
Marc Preston Webb is an American music video, short film and major motion picture director. He directed the 2009 romantic comedy-drama Days of Summer and is currently directing the 2012 Spider-Man reboot The Amazing Spider-Man.-Life and career:Webb was born in Bloomington, Indiana, the son of...
. Lead vocalist Tyson Ritter plays the dual role
Dual role
Dual role refers to one actor playing two or more roles, which may be deliberately scripted in a play or film, or merely be a by-product of a low budget. In a theatrical production where more than one actor plays multiple characters, it is sometimes referred to as an "Ironman" cast...
s of a traditional family man and his rowdy next-door neighbor who fronts a noisy garage band
Garage band
The term garage band can refer to:* A band that performs garage rock* GarageBand, audio production software published by Apple Inc.* GarageBand.com, a website that helps publicize emerging bands...
, which includes the other members of The All-American Rejects. When the rocker's nocturnal racket keeps the family-man awake at night, it sets off a prank war. The conflict comes to a head one evening as the neighbors confront each other outdoors where people are yelling the chorus of "Gives You Hell". As the two neighbors bicker, their wives quietly propose swapping spouses
Swinging
Swinging or partner swapping is a non-monogamous behavior, in which both partners in a committed relationship agree, as a couple, for both partners to engage in sexual activities with other couples as a recreational or social activity...
. 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 his rival's garage band, and the rocker sleeps with his rival's wife. In the iTunes version, at the end the family man seems more hesitant while singing at the end, and the rocker is helping the wife feed fish.
Two other versions of the video have been released online, which focus entirely on either the "Full Performance", or the "Full Narrative". The second version is just The All-American Rejects (the garage band) performing "Gives You Hell" in its entirety. The third version is completely story-oriented, with the only performance footage shots used as part of the plot.
Chart performance and certifications
The song entered the U.S. Billboard Hot 100Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
at #69. It climbed the chart steadily for 7 weeks before breaking into the Top 10 at #10, giving the band their 3rd Top 10 hit on the chart. The next week the song rose to #6 where it stayed for 5 consecutive weeks before rising to peak at #4, making it the band's most successful single to date and their 1st to break into the Top 5.
"Gives You Hell" hit #1 on the Billboard Top 40 Mainstream on March 14, 2009, and remained there for 3 more weeks. The song later reached #1 on the Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks
Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks
Adult Top 40 is a variation on the United States Billboard charts...
, for the week of May 23. "Gives You Hell" held the position for 2 more weeks. 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 5 in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
and Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and in the Top 20 in the UK, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
, and New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
.
Charts
| Chart (2009) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Singles Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
3 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 7 |
| Belgian Singles Chart Ultratop 50 Ultratop 50 singles, often just Ultratop 50, is the weekly chart of fifty best-selling singles in Flanders, Belgium, and is produced and published by the Ultratop organization. The chart has existed since March 31, 1995... (Flanders Flanders Flanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp... ) |
3 |
| Belgian Singles Chart Ultratop 40 Ultratop 40 singles, often just Ultratop 40, is the weekly chart of best-selling singles in Wallonia and Brussels Capital Region, the french-speaking parts of Belgium. Its equivalent covering the Flanders region is Ultratop 50. Both charts are produced and published by the Ultratop organization... (Wallonia) |
15 |
| Canadian Hot 100 Canadian Hot 100 The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007... |
4 |
| Czech Radio Top 100 | 10 |
| Dutch Singles Chart Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting... |
38 |
| French Singles Chart | 29 |
| German Singles Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... |
15 |
| Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured... |
16 |
| Japan Hot 100 Singles | 41 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 18 |
| Swiss Singles Chart Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75... |
30 |
| Turkish Singles Chart | 20 |
| UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
18 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
4 |
| US Billboard Pop 100 Pop 100 The Pop 100 was a songs chart that debuted in February 2005 and was released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States until its discontinuation in 2009... |
2 |
| US Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks Adult Top 40 is a variation on the United States Billboard charts... |
1 |
| US Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks | 25 |
| US Billboard Mainstream Top 40 | 1 |
Year-end charts
{|class="wikitable sortable"|-
!Chart (2009)
!Position
|-
|ARIA Singles Chart
| style="text-align:center;"|19
|-
|Canadian Hot 100
Canadian Hot 100
The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007...
| style="text-align:center;"|32
|-
|Dutch Top 40
Dutch Top 40
The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...
| style="text-align:center;"|154
|-
|German Singles Chart
Media Control Charts
The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...
| style="text-align:center;"|66
|-
|Hungarian Singles Chart
| style="text-align:center;"|158
|-
|UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
| style="text-align:center;"|120
|-
|US Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
| style="text-align:center;"|10
|-
Certifications and sales
{| class="wikitable"|-
! Country
! Certification
! Sales
|-
| Australia
| Platinum
| 70,000+
|-
| New Zealand
| Gold
| 7,500+
|-
| United Kingdom
| ?
| 195,000
|-
| United States
| 4x Platinum
| 4,000,000+
|-
|}
Release history
{|class="wikitable"|-
!Region
!Release Date
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|United States
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|DGC
DGC Records
DGC Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and currently operates as an auxiliary label of Interscope Records.-Company history:...
/Interscope Records
Interscope Records
Interscope Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that currently operates as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-History:...
| style="text-align:center;"|Promo Single Only
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|New Zealand
| style="text-align:center;"|
|rowspan="2"|Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...
|CD Single
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|Australia
| style="text-align:center;"|
|CD Single
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|Canada
| style="text-align:center;"|
|Interscope Records
|CD Single
|-
|United Kingdom
| style="text-align:center;"|
|Polydor Records
Polydor Records
Polydor is a record label owned by Universal Music Group, headquartered in the United Kingdom.-Beginnings:Polydor was originally an independent branch of the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. Its name was first used as an export label in 1924, the British and German branches of the Gramophone...
|CD Single
7" Vinyl
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|Germany
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|
|rowspan="2"|Universal Music Group
|rowspan="2"|7" Vinyl
Maxi Single
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|Switzerland
|}
Appearances in media
"Gives You Hell" became a playable song via downloadable content in the Rock BandRock Band
Rock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games and Electronic Arts. It is the first title in the Rock Band series. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions were released in the United States on November 20, 2007, while the PlayStation 2 version was...
game series December 15, 2009, as well as in Guitar Hero 5
Guitar Hero 5
Guitar Hero 5 is a music video game and the fifth main entry in the Guitar Hero series. The game was developed by Neversoft and published by RedOctane and Activision, and released internationally in September 2009 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, 3 and Wii consoles...
and Band Hero
Band Hero
Band Hero is a spinoff video game as part of the Guitar Hero series of music video games, released by Activision on November 3, 2009, for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii and Nintendo DS consoles...
on April 15, 2010. It was also used as playable content in Tap Tap Revenge 2 since 2009.
The song is also played at every home game for the Missouri Mavericks
Missouri Mavericks
The Missouri Mavericks are an ice hockey team in the Central Hockey League. They play in Independence, Missouri, USA, located near Kansas City, Missouri, at the Independence Events Center.-History:...
hockey team in Independence, Missouri
Independence, Missouri
Independence is the fourth largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri, and is contained within the counties of Jackson and Clay. It is part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area...
.
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 RemixesGives You Hell: The Remixes
-References:*...
on February 3, 2009. "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.
Cover versions
- Rachel BerryRachel Berry (Glee)Rachel Berry is a fictional character and de facto female lead from the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee. The character is portrayed by actress Lea Michele, and has appeared in Glee from its pilot episode, first broadcast on May 19, 2009. Rachel was developed by Glee creators Ryan Murphy, Brad...
(Lea MicheleLea MicheleLea Michele Sarfati , known professionally as Lea Michele, is an American actress and singer. Michele began working professionally as a child actress on Broadway in productions such as Ragtime and Les Misérables. She originated the role of Wendla in the musical Spring Awakening and currently plays...
) sang the song in an episode of GleeGlee (TV series)Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that airs on Fox in the United States, and on GlobalTV in Canada. It focuses on the high school glee club New Directions competing on the show choir competition circuit, while its members deal with relationships, sexuality and social issues...
on April 13, 2010, titled "Hell-OHell-O (Glee)"Hell-O" is the 14th episode of the American television series Glee. The episode premiered on the Fox network on April 13, 2010. It was written by series creator Ian Brennan and directed by Brad Falchuk. In "Hell-O", cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester attempts to sabotage the relationship between...
". It went on to go to #1 on the Irish Singles ChartIrish Singles ChartThe Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...
with a total of five weeks on the chart, and #14 in the United Kingdom Singles Chart with a total of four weeks on the chart. The cover spent two weeks charting in Canada and the United States each, peaking in the former at 17 and the later at 32. It also spent one week on the Australian ARIA Charts at number 47. - A version of the song by the Inevitable BacklashThe Inevitable BacklashThe Inevitable Backlash is a rock band based in Los Angeles, California. The band released their debut in March 2007. The Inevitable Backlash's lineup has changed frequently, with only singer John Renton, a former member of Abby's Gone remaining from the original incarnation. Past and current...
was released in 2010. This version reuses the lyrics, but omits the chorus and uses a different tune.
External links
for The All-American RejectsThe All-American Rejects
The All-American Rejects are an American rock band formed in Stillwater, Oklahoma in 1999. The band consists of lead vocalist and bass guitarist Tyson Ritter, lead guitarist, Nick Wheeler, rhythm guitarist, Mike Kennerty, and drummer Chris Gaylor....