Untitled (How Could This Happen to Me?)

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Music video

The music video tells a story of a car crash on a rainy evening where a young male drunk driver crashes his Toyota Camry head-on into a Trans Am driven by a female, resulting in her death. The drunk driver, however, survives relatively uninjured, and ends up arrested by the FBI and the BATF. The video was filmed near the famous tunnel in Griffith Park, Los Angeles. Vocalist Pierre Bouvier is seen singing the song at the scene of the car crash, and is also seen at the end of the video where the victim is at the hospital.

The video also shows the backstory of the car crash, accompanied by clips of the victim's family doing things such as: her brother is seen playing video games in the family living room, her sister is doing her homework in her bedroom, their mom is in her house's kitchen washing dishes and their dad is working in his office. Then abruptly just as the two cars collide, the entire family is violently thrown into the walls surrounding them as the boy falls out of his bedroom window and the dad lands on his computer. In a joint letter with MADD, Simple Plan explained the events in the video:[2]

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The other band members portray the emergency responders in the video.

Live performances

When performed live, Bouvier performs the guitar solo in the middle of the song. Lead guitarist Jeff Stinco plays a semi-acoustic guitar until the solo when rhythm guitarist Sébastien Lefebvre and drummer Chuck Comeau also come. Bassist David Desrosiers' main role is backing vocals, with his bass taking a backseat until Bouvier's solo and the final chorus. Stinco also plays an additional solo as the song fades out.

In other media

The song has since been used in Mothers Against Drunk Driving anti-drunk driving campaigns.[3]

Track listings

European CD single[4]

  1. "Untitled (How Could This Happen to Me?)"
  2. "Welcome to My Life" (live)

Australian CD single[5]

  1. "Untitled (How Could This Happen to Me?)"
  2. "Welcome to My Life" (live)
  3. "Jump" (live)

Charts

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Certifications

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Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States March 29, 2005 Contemporary hit radio Lava [15]
Australia June 20, 2005 CD [16]

References

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