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{{Infobox song
| name       = We're All to Blame
| cover      = Werealltoblame.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Sum 41]]
| album      = [[Chuck (Sum 41 album)|Chuck]]
| released   = August 31, 2004
| recorded   = 2004
| studio     =
| genre      =
* [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]]<ref>{{cite web|author=JR|url=http://uk.ign.com/articles/2004/10/20/sum-41-chuck-review|title=Sum 41 - Chuck Review|website=IGN|date=May 20, 2012|access-date=April 2, 2022}}</ref>
* [[thrash metal]]<ref>{{cite web|first=Trevor|last=Nicholson|url=https://forgottenunderground.com/2018/07/12/5ish-sum-41-songs-every-guitar-player-should-know/|title=5(ish) Sum 41 Songs Every Guitar Player Should Know|website=Forgotten Underground|date=July 12, 2018|access-date=April 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190208094840/https://forgottenunderground.com/2018/07/12/5ish-sum-41-songs-every-guitar-player-should-know/|archive-date=February 8, 2019}}</ref>
| length     = 3:38
| label      = [[Island Records|Island]]
| writer     =
* [[Deryck Whibley]]
* [[Greig Nori]]
* [[Steve Jocz]]
* Benjamin Peter Warden Cook
| producer   = Greig Nori
| prev_title = [[Over My Head (Better Off Dead)]]
| prev_year  = 2003
| next_title = [[Pieces (Sum 41 song)|Pieces]]
| next_year  = 2004
| misc       = {{External music video|{{YouTube|aUultIb2pPc|We're All to Blame}}}}
}}

"'''We're All to Blame'''" is a song by Canadian [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Sum 41]]. It was released to radio on August 31, 2004,<ref name=FMQB>{{cite web|url=http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16771|title=FMQB Airplay Archive: Modern Rock|publisher=Friday Morning Quarterback Album Report, Incorporated|access-date=October 30, 2016}}</ref> as the first single from ''[[Chuck (Sum 41 album)|Chuck]]''.

==Lyrical themes==
Frontman [[Deryck Whibley]] said the song is about war, death, fear, corporate power and other concerns, and was written after the band's trip to the Congo, making it the last song written for ''Chuck''.{{Cn|date=December 2024}}

==Music video==
The video, directed by [[Marc Klasfeld]], is a spoof of [[Solid Gold (television series)|Solid Gold]] and features the Solid Gold dancers. At the end of the video, the announcer says that the next guest is [[Sum 41|Pain For Pleasure]], [[Sum 41]]'s [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] alter ego band.

==Reception==

Fox83 of Sputnikmusic called the song an "impressive approach lyrically" and said "If [[System of a Down]]'s '[[Chop Suey!]]' had never been released then this could be leaning on originality. Aside from these irritations, 'We're All to Blame' is a great effort, and deserves its place on ''Chuck''."<ref>{{cite web|author1=Fox83|title=Sum 41 – Chuck|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/2217/Sum-41-Chuck/|website=Sputnikmusic|access-date=October 17, 2015|date=May 3, 2005}}</ref>

An ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' reviewer wrote, "It may sound heinous on paper, but trust us, the first single, 'We're All To Blame', is far better than it has a right to be."<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Endelman|first1=Michael|title=Chuck|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2004/10/04/chuck|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=October 17, 2015|date=October 4, 2004}}</ref>

[[IGN]] published a recommendation saying, "'We're All To Blame' is, bar none, the single best song Sum 41 has ever written and performed. A hard-hitting metal ballad that comments on global greed and its horrible consequences, the song not only stands out on ''Chuck'' but it stands out as the high point of Sum 41's entire catalogue."<ref>{{cite web|author1=JR|title=Sum 41 - Chuck Review|url=http://au.ign.com/articles/2004/10/20/sum-41-chuck-review|website=IGN|access-date=October 12, 2015|date=October 20, 2004}}</ref>

==In popular media==
"We're All to Blame" was used in [[Toho]]'s ''[[Godzilla: Final Wars]]'' (2004) during a brief scene where [[Godzilla]] destroys [[Zilla (Godzilla)|Zilla]] in [[Sydney]].{{sfn|Barr|2016|p=104}}

==Track listing==
#We're All to Blame
#Noots

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2004)
! scope="col"|  Peak<br>position
|-
!scope="row"| Canada Rock Top 30 (''[[Radio & Records]]'')<ref>{{cite web|title=Radio & Records Magazine|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2004/RR-2004-11-19.pdf|publisher=[[Radio & Records]]|date=November 19, 2004|page=58|access-date=October 6, 2019}}</ref>
| 12
|-
{{single chart|Billboardalternativesongs|10|artist=Sum 41|rowheader=true|access-date=March 7, 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|36|artist=Sum 41|rowheader=true|access-date=March 7, 2021}}
|}

==References==
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===Bibliography===
* {{cite book |title=The Kaiju Film: A Critical Study of Cinema's Biggest Monsters |last=Barr |first=Jason |year=2016 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1476623955 }}

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