Walking Disaster

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“Walking Disaster”
“Walking Disaster” cover
Single by Sum 41
from the album Underclass Hero
Released July 23, 2007
Format CD single, Digital download
Recorded November 6, 2006 - March 2007
Genre Punk rock, alternative rock
Length 4:46
Label Island Records
Writer(s) Deryck Whibley
Producer Deryck Whibley
Sum 41 singles chronology
"Underclass Hero"
(2007)
"Walking Disaster"
(2007)
"With Me"
(2008)
Underclass Hero track listing
"Underclass Hero"
(1)
"Walking Disaster"
(2)
"Speak of the Devil"
(3)


Alternate Cover
CD of the Walking Disaster Radio Promo CD.
CD of the Walking Disaster Radio Promo CD.

"Walking Disaster" is the second single from Sum 41's 2007 studio album, Underclass Hero. The song has been released as the second single from the album, and was released on July 23, 2007. The song was played live on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on July 24, 2007.

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[edit] Overview

Written by Deryck Whibley, “Walking Disaster” is a classic, upbeat punk rock song, drawing similarities from “March of the Dogs” (another song on the “Underclass Hero” album). According to Whibley, the song illustrates his tattered childhood and his reflections as an adult. The song, being somewhat chronological, opens with “Mom and Dad both in denial, an only child to take the blame”, a vision of Whibley’s past, damaged by his conflicting parents. “Walking Disaster” ends on an optimistic note, “I can’t wait to see you smile, wouldn’t miss it for the world”, expressing his maturation as an adult, in the light of being able to see things differently and ultimately, understanding his childhood.

Walking Disaster is a song that captures the concept of “confusion and frustration of modern society”, the underlying theme in “Underclass Hero”.

[edit] Music video

Sum 41 recorded the music video for "Walking Disaster" while in Los Angeles during the time of their stay when they performed on Jay Leno.[1] The video premiered on August 20 on MTV2. The video focuses on a toy robot walking around L.A. Meanwhile the band is playing in a toy store in Los Angeles. In the end the robot finds his way back home to the toy store which has been trashed by Sum 41.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] CD single

  1. "Walking Disaster"
  2. "No Apologies"
  3. "Underclass Hero"
  4. Multimedia

[edit] Radio promo

  1. "Walking Disaster" (radio edit)


[edit] References

  1. ^ Sum 41 Debut in Top 10 - antiMUSIC News

[edit] External links


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