"I Hope You Suffer" is a song by American rock band
AFI
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. It was released as the lead single from their ninth studio album ''
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'' in 2013.
Background
The three and a half year gap between "I Hope You Suffer", and their single "
Beautiful Thieves
"Beautiful Thieves" is a song by American rock band AFI. It was released as a single from their eighth studio album ''Crash Love'' and was released to radio on December 1, 2009. It peaked at #23 on the Alternative Songs chart and #48 on the Rock ...
" marked the longest gap between new material in the band's existence.
During his time with
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, professional wrestler
Jimmy Havoc
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used the song as his entrance music.
Composition
Guitarist
Jade Puget
Jade Errol Puget (born November 28, 1973) is an American musician and producer, best known as the guitarist for the rock band AFI (joined in 1998), the guitarist/writer for the straight edge hardcore band XTRMST, and the keyboardist/synthesi ...
spoke with Loudwire about the song. "You can tell when listen to the song," he said. "I mean it’s not as apparent now, but the chorus is very like a rock chorus -- big guitars, drums, and the verse is all layers likes cinematic percussion and the piano and the brass ... The two parts are kind of disparate, but now they work together very well and I think that dynamic is what makes that song."
Chart performance
"I Hope You Suffer" peaked at number 40 on the US
Hot Rock Songs
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chart and 30 on the
Hot Rock Digital Songs.
Music video
The music video for the track was released on July 30, 2013 on the band's YouTube and Vevo pages.The video was directed by directing duo Brad Palmer and Brian Palmer for Surround.
[https://imvdb.com/video/afi/i-hope-you-suffer] The video concept was an extension of the bands teaser promo videos that where also directed and created by Brad and Brian Palmer.
Track listing
Chart positions
References
External links
I Hope You Suffer Music Video on YouTube
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2013 singles
2013 songs
AFI (band) songs
Songs written by Davey Havok
Songs written by Jade Puget