"What We're All About" (titled "It's What We're All About" on the single cover) is a song by Canadian rock band

Sum 41 Sum 41 is a Canadian rock band from Ajax, Ontario. Originally called Kaspir, the band was formed in 1996 and currently consists of Deryck Whibley (lead vocals, guitars, keyboards), Dave Baksh (lead guitar, backing vocals), Jason "Cone" McC ...

. It was released in April 2002 as a single for the soundtrack to the film '' Spider-Man''.

Background

This is a reworked version of "Dave's Possessed Hair/ What We're all About" from the band's first EP, ''

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''. Part of the first verse is rapped in an acappella version in the beginning of the "

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" music video. Similar to "Fat Lip", vocal duties in "What We're All About" are split evenly between rhythm guitarist

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, drummer

Stevo Jocz Steve Jocz (born 23 July 1981) is a Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter, best known as the former drummer for the Canadian rock band Sum 41. Early life Jocz formed Sum 41 in 1996 alongside Deryck Whibley. Jocz graduated from Exeter High S ...

, and lead guitarist Dave Brownsound. The song segues into the 55-second instrumental track, "Ride the Chariot to the Devil", on the EP version of the song.

Music video

The music video was directed by

Marc Klasfeld Marc Klasfeld is an American music video director. He has directed over two hundred music videos for artists such as Slipknot, Sum 41, Katy Perry, Jay-Z, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Britney Spears, Kid Rock, Michael Bublé, Nelly, Foo Fighters, Kell ...

and premiered in mid-2002. It features the band playing upside-down with their instruments chained to the roof as they perform on the rooftop to the crowd below. Throughout the video, various clips of the ''Spider-Man'' movie play, and in the middle of the performance,

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of the

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band Slayer is featured in the music video and performs the guitar solo in the song.

Track listing

# "It's What We're All About" # "Handle This" (live version)

Personnel

;Sum 41 * Bizzy D – lead vocals, rhythm guitar * Stevo 32 – co-lead vocals, drums, percussion * Dave Brownsound – co-lead vocals, lead guitar *

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– bass guitar, backing vocals ;Additional musician *

– guitar solo

Charts

References

External links

* {{authority control 2002 singles Sum 41 songs Music videos directed by Marc Klasfeld Rapcore songs Rap rock songs 2002 songs Island Records singles Songs written by Steve Jocz Songs written by Deryck Whibley Songs written by Dave Baksh Songs from Spider-Man films Spider-Man (2002 film series)