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''. The song was released to US

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on August 21, 2007 and released to UK radio on September 3. The song is perhaps best known for being played during a chase scene in

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'' and is also featured on the

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as well as a downloadable track on '' Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock''. The single peaked at No. 37 on the US

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. It was rumored that the track was written about

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frontman

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, but

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said that this is not true. In 2019, while performing at the Rockstar Disrupt Festival, Bert confirmed the song was about Way.

Track listings

CD single

DVD single

7-inch picture disc

Music video

The video starts with footage from the

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of the band and Chadam walking down the

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, with screaming fans on the sidewalks, and an interviewer asks "You guys gonna get all wasted tonight? Up to your normal antics?" Bert responds, "Nah, we're a little partied out, we'll probably try to take, take it easy and chill out afterward," after which a huge party is shown with the aforementioned antics being performed throughout. Jeph Howard also appears as a cross-dressed prostitute in the video. In one of the videos, he flashes the camera. At the end, the piece of dialogue at the beginning is repeated with this added afterward by the reporter: "What are you guys wusses or somethin'?".Official Video
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Charts

References

{{Authority control The Used songs 2007 singles Songs from Transformers (film series) 2007 songs Reprise Records singles Song recordings produced by John Feldmann Songs written by Quinn Allman Songs written by Jeph Howard Songs written by Bert McCracken