Landmines (song)

2023 single by Sum 41

"Landmines"

Single by Sum 41
from the album  Heaven :x: Hell
Released| September 27, 2023 (2023-09-27)
Genre| Pop-punk
Length| 2:56
Label| Rise
Songwriter(s)|

* Deryck Whibley
* Mike Green

Producer(s)|

* Deryck Whibley
* Mike Green

Sum 41 singles chronology
| "Catching Fire"
(2021)  | "Landmines"
(2023)  |

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Music video
"Landmines" on YouTube

"Landmines" is a song by Canadian rock band Sum 41, written by Deryck Whibley and Mike Green. It was released as the lead single from the band's upcoming eighth studio album Heaven :x: Hell on September 27, 2023.

It debuted at number 29 on the Billboard Alternative Airplay chart, their first single to reach the chart since 2011's "Screaming Bloody Murder".

## Background[edit]

The band announced their eighth studio album, Heaven :x: Hell on March 23, 2022. The album is set to be a double album.[1][2][3][4] Heaven will return to the pop punk sound of the band's early career while Hell leans more towards a heavier metal sound.[1][2][3][4] In May 2023, the band announced that Heaven :x: Hell will be their final album with the band disbanding after they complete a final headlining tour.[5][6] One week before the song was released, Whibley was hospitalized for heart failure and pneumonia.[7][8] He was discharged from the hospital the next day.[9] The song was released on September 27, 2023, along with a music video.[10][11][12] It is the band's first release with Rise Records.[12][10]

## Composition[edit]

Andrew Sacher of Alternative Press called the song a "nostalgia-inducing pop-punk single...[that] sounds straight out of the band’s classic early 2000s...era, with a few modern twists."[10] Whibley stated, "When I wrote 'Landmines' I had no intention of writing an old school 'pop punk' song...It just came out really quickly and I knew right away that this song felt special to me."[10][11][12]

## Charts[edit]

Chart (2023)  | Peak
position

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US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[13] | 22
Canada Rock (Billboard)[14] | 4

## Personnel[edit]

Sum 41

* Deryck Whibley – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, songwriter, producer
* Dave "Brownsound" Baksh – lead guitar, backing vocals
* Tom Thacker – rhythm guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
* Jason "Cone" McCaslin – bass
* Frank Zummo – drums, percussion

Production

* Mike Green – songwriting, producer
* Deryck Whibley – mixing

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Sum 41 Announces 'Heaven And Hell' Double Album". Blabbermouth.net. March 23, 2022. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
2. ^ a b Roche, Sam (March 24, 2022). "Sum 41 announce half-punk, half-metal double album, Heaven and Hell". Guitar World. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
3. ^ a b Hobson, Rich (March 25, 2022). "Sum 41 are releasing a metal/pop-punk double album". Louder Sound. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
4. ^ a b Kennelty, Greg (April 6, 2022). "Sum 41's New Album Is "Somewhat Of A Nod To Black Sabbath"". Metal Injection. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
5. ^ Deville, Chris (May 8, 2023). "Sum 41 Are Calling It Quits". Stereogum. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
6. ^ Trapp, Philip (May 8, 2023). "Sum 41 Announce That They Are Breaking Up". Loudwire. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
7. ^ Travis, Emlyn (September 16, 2023). "Sum 41's Deryck Whibley hospitalized for pneumonia and at risk of heart failure, wife says". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
8. ^ Harrison, Scoop (September 15, 2023). "Sum 41's Deryck Whibley Hospitalized with Pneumonia". Consequence. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
9. ^ Childers, Chad (September 18, 2023). "Sum 41's Deryck Whibley Discharged From Hospital After Treatment for Pneumonia". Loudwire. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
10. ^ a b c d Sacher, Andrew (September 27, 2023). "Sum 41 return with nostalgia-inducing pop-punk single "Landmines"". Alternative Press. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
11. ^ a b LaPierre, Megan (September 25, 2023). "Sum 41 Announce New Single "Landmines" Coming This Week". Exclaim!. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
12. ^ a b c "Sum 41 Announces New Single "Landmines"". Blabbermouth.net. September 25, 2023. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
13. ^ "Sum 41 Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
14. ^ "Sum 41 Chart History (Canada Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved November 3, 2023.

## External links[edit]

* Official music video on YouTube

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Sum 41

* Deryck Whibley
* Dave Baksh
* Jason McCaslin
* Tom Thacker
* Frank Zummo

* Steve Jocz
* Jon Marshall
* Grant McVittie
* Richard Roy
* Mark Spicoluk

Studio albums|

* All Killer No Filler
* Does This Look Infected?
* Chuck
* Underclass Hero
* Screaming Bloody Murder
* 13 Voices
* Order in Decline

Live albums|

* Does This Look Infected Too?
* Go Chuck Yourself

EPs|

* Half Hour of Power

Compilation albums|

* All the Good Shit

Video albums|

* Introduction to Destruction
* Cross the T's and Gouge Your I's
* Sake Bombs and Happy Endings
* Rocked: Sum 41 in Congo

Singles|

* "Makes No Difference"
* "Fat Lip"
* "In Too Deep"
* "Motivation"
* "Handle This"
* "What We're All About"
* "Still Waiting"
* "The Hell Song"
* "Over My Head (Better Off Dead)"
* "We're All to Blame"
* "Some Say"
* "Pieces"
* "No Reason"
* "Underclass Hero"
* "Walking Disaster"
* "With Me"
* "Screaming Bloody Murder"
* "Baby You Don't Wanna Know"
* "War"
* "Out for Blood"
* "A Death In The Family"
* "Never There"
* "45 (A Matter Of Time)"
* "Catching Fire"
* "Landmines"

Other songs|

* "Rock You"
* ""Get Back" (Sum 41 rock remix)"
* "March Of The Dogs"
* "Blood in My Eyes"
* "Fake My Own Death"
* "God Save Us All (Death to Pop)"

Tours|

* Screaming Bloody Murder Tour
* Don't Call It a Sum-Back Tour

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* Gob
* Treble Charger
* Organ Thieves
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