SYDNEY, Australia (Sony
Music Australia) - It doesn't even hit stores till January and already Good Charlotte's forthcoming new single 'I Just Wanna Live' is going through the roof, becoming the No 1 most added song to Australian radio this week! Yee-haw! Watch the wicked new video here...
Good Charlotte's awesome forthcoming single 'I Just Wanna Live' is picking up the reigns from its predecessor 'Predictable' and continuing down the same trail blazing path - the track has become the No 1 most added song to Australian radio this week and is shaping up for a pretty good crack at the top spot on the charts when it finally hits stores on January 17!!
Huge, huge, HUGE is the only way to describe Good Charlotte, which makes it all the more refreshing with 'I Just Wanna Live' to know that that they've still got a sense of humour and a good grip on reality. Yes, the band that sang 'Lifestyles Of The Rich And The Famous', have gotten sarcastic on their unbelievably catchy as all hell new track, critiquing their mega-stardom with tongue firmly planted in cheek, while they rip through everything from strings to hip-hop to new wave.
The hilarious clip directed by Brett Simon (Hoobastank, the Killers), features Good Charlotte as a band called The Food Group (bassist Paul is a hamburger, drummer Chris is a carrot, singer Joel is a slice of pizza and guitartist Benji is a corn cob), trying to break the bigtime, when they get spotted by an industry bigwig and signed for a lucrative deal that makes rich and famous - so famous they get busted in a celebrity sex video scandal and a live-to-air lip synching blunder (sound familiar??)
"It's a song that you kinda have to make a silly video for," guitarist Billy Martin said. "It's almost like making fun of ourselves, because everyone says, 'Oh, now that you've had a song about "Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous," now you can never complain about anything.' So we're sort of on purpose complaining about stuff in a funny way. [The song] even references 'Lifestyles.' "
Meanwhile, Good Charlotte's third and latest album 'Chronicles Of Life And Death' continues to be a phenomenal worldwide success by anyones standards. The album flew straight into the No 1 spot in Australia and No 5 in the US and Japan, earnt them a string of accolades including a nomination for Best Rock Act at the recent MTV European Music Awards, and of course, expanded their already staggering international fanbase. A lot.
At an instore signing in downtown New York, so many fans turned up to meet the band that the entirity of 4th Avenue had to be closed off.
'Chronicles Of Life And Death' out now!
