"What Do You Want from Me" is a

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by the American band Forever the Sickest Kids. It is the lead single from their EP '' The Weekend: Friday''. The song was first released on October 30, 2009 via the group's MySpace page. It has been featured in numerous

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commercials, and in the ending credits of the film ''

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'', where it was re-released with minor changes in the lyrics.

Composition and lyrics

"What Do You Want From Me" was written by Austin Bello, Caleb Turman and

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while production was handled by Michael Goodman. Guitarist Marc Stewart spoke about the song's meaning with ''

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''. He stated, "This song is about not listening to everyone around you and just realizing it's about you and not what other people think you should be. We wrote it during a time in our lives when everyone was trying to push us in different ways." On March 19, 2010, the single was re-released for the film ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'', entitled "What Do You Want from Me (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Mix)". This version features slight changes in the lyrics from the original version, in order to make the song more kid-oriented. The verse "I don't wanna waste my time again/By getting ''wasted'' with so-called friends", was changed to "I don't wanna waste my time again/By getting ''crazy'' with so-called friends". The second verse, "And I've been thinking that we've been ''drinking'' in hopes to maintain our sanity", was changed to, "And I've been thinking that we've been ''sinking'' in hopes to maintain our sanity."

Music video

The music video for the song was filmed on November 12, 2009 at the

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and released on December 14, 2009 via

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. The band's manager (played by

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) informs the band that they need a change in their image. The band is skeptical at first, but goes along with the idea. The manager has them perform their song in many different fashions, such as hip-hop,

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, and being dressed in

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s, all of which fail among their audience. The band then decides to perform with their own, original style. When this finally gains the audience's approval, the manager claims to the band, "See? I told you guys. Just be yourself." The music video was directed by David Brodsky.

Track listing

Release history

References

External links

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