"Can't Keep My Hands Off You" is a promotional single (and in some countries released as the first single) from

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's fourth studio album, ''

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''. The song features

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frontman

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as a guest vocalist, and was released as a radio single on March 31, 2011, and an

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single on April 19, 2011. A music video was released on April 20, 2011. It was the band's first single in three years since their last single, " Save You", was released in 2008. An alternate version without Cuomo can be found on the soundtrack to the 2011 film ''

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''. The song was released as the second single in Australia in August 2011 and received frequent airplay.

Promotion

The band performed the song on the Australian version of ''

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'' on October 4, 2011.

Chart performance

The song debuted and peaked at 45 on the Australian

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on October 24, 2011. In Canada, it reached number 70 on the

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Music video

A music video was shot in early April and released on April 20, 2011. The video features the band taking over a high school prom and playing outside the

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while all the students dance and cheer them.

, who provides guest vocals on the song, is not featured in the video.

Track listing

# "Can't Keep My Hands Off You" – 3:21

Charts

References

{{Authority control 2011 singles 2011 songs Simple Plan songs Lava Records singles Rivers Cuomo songs Songs written by Chuck Comeau Songs written by Pierre Bouvier Songs written by Rivers Cuomo