Music videos

Director: Jensen Noen
Location: Los Angeles, USA
Album: Harder Than It Looks
Date of filming: March/April 2022
Date of premiere: April 19th 2022
Video: here
Interesting facts: The concept of the music video was created in relation to the current war in Ukraine and therefore includes lots of reference to the war and Ukraine itself. The music video was filmed by Ukrainian director Jensen Noen, who decided to cast only Ukrainian actors and also most of the music video’s post-production was done directly in the war-torn Ukraine by local artists. All proceeds from the video’s views will be donated to UNICEF to support children affected by the war in Ukraine.

Director: Jensen Noen
Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Album: Harder Than It Looks
Date of filming: February 2nd 2022
Date of premiere: February 18th 2022
Video: here
Interesting facts: Deryck Whibley from Sum 41, who signs on the song, is actually featured in the music video.

Director: Jensen Noen
Location: The Villas at Marymount California University (Los Angeles, USA)
Album: Harder Than It Looks
Date of filming: November 19th 2021
Date of premiere: December 27rd 2021
Video: here

Director: Chady Awad
Additional footage: Beth Savaro, Tony Catalano, Charles Trippy
Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA
Album: ???
Date of filming: November 20th 2019
Date of premiere: December 23rd 2019
Video: here
Interesting facts: The bands State Champs and We The Kings are featured both on the song as well as in the music video to this song. The video was filmed on Simple Plan’s co-headlining tour with State Champs, where We The Kings were the opening act.

Director: Mark Staubach
Cinematography: Chady Awad
Location: Montreal, Canada
Album: Taking One For The Team
Date of filming: October 22nd – 23rd 2016
Date of premiere: November 29th 2016
Patrick in the clip: He appeared alongside his wife and two kids. In the video, Patrick also talks about what his meeting his now-wife was like and why she is perfect to him.
Video: here
Interesting facts: The music video differs from the previous SP music videos by not consisting entirely of the song but also includes spoken parts, in which real-life couples discuss why the other person is perfect to them, even if he/she can’t see their own perfection. Simple Plan included couples of different ages, races and sexual orientations in this video.

Director: Mark Staubach
Location: Toronto, Canada
Album: Taking One For The Team
Date of filming: February 20th 2016
Date of premiere: April 12th 2016
Patrick in the clip: is not / however Chady makes a litle cameo as the band’s photographer.
Video: here
Interesting facts: Simple Plan invited their own fans to take part in this video and they all had to come in dressed in a retro/60s fashion. The music video was inspired by the movie ‘That Thing You Do’ (1996).

Director: Mark Staubach
Location: Montreal, Canada
Album: Taking One For The Team
Date of filming: January 25th 2016
Date of premiere: February 5th 2016
Patrick in the clip: is not (but was present at the filming).
Video: here
Interesting facts: This is Simple Plan’s very first pure performance music video. For the video shoot, the band invited a bunch of real Simple Plan fans, who attended the concert which appears in the video and stayed there for all 5 hours of filming, jumping up and down to the rhythm of the track. Some of the band members also brought some memorabilia to the set such as old posters of Seb’s old (and fan-favorite) guitar with band stickers.

Director: Mark Staubach
Location: Toronto, Canada
Album: Taking One For The Team
Date of filming: August 15th – 16th 2015
Date of premiere: October 15th 2015
Patrick in the clip: A reference to Patrick can be found in the form of his old nickname “Cunningham” (a joke from the DVD “A Big Package For You”), which appears in the title credits as a part of Sebastien’s characters name – J.C. Cunningham
Video: here
Interesting facts: The music video was inspired by the 90s TV show “Baywatch”, in which David Hasselhoff played the main role, and who also made a little cameo at the end of the “I Don’t Wanna Go To Bed” music video. The scenes with him were filmed in his actual home, without the need of adding any of the Baywatch memorabilia, as they were already present.

Director: Chady Awad
Location: Warped Tour (Detroit, MI, USA) + New City Gas (Montreal, Canada) + APMAS
Album: Taking One For The Team
Date of filming: July 24th – 28th 2015
Date of premiere: August 28th 2015
Video: zde
Interesting facts: The video features guest appearances by many musical artists such as PVRIS, All Time Low, Silverstein, Black Veil Brides, Pierce The Veil, The Summer Set, MXPX, Parkway Drive or New Found Glory. A part of the clip that was filmed after a concert in Montreal will also feature some SP fans.

Camera: Sim Klugerman
Location: all around the world
Album: Get Your Heart On!: The Second Coming
Date of filming: 2011 – 2013
Date of premiere: December 3rd 2013
Video: here
Interesting facts: This music video consists of the combination of shots from the backstage and from the concerts all around the world during the GYHO tour

Director: Randall RT! Thorne & Mark Staubach
Location: Barbados, USA / Kalifornie, USA
Album: Get Your Heart On!
Date of filming: March 4th-6th 2012 / May 15th 2013
Date of premiere: June 10th 2013
Video: here
Interesting facts: The video consists of shots from previous Sean Paul version of the Summer Paradise music video, a never-seen-before footage and brand new clips from filming with MKTO

Director: (Warner Music Japan)
Location: Los Angeles, USA / Tokyo, Japan
Album: Get Your Heart On!
Date of filming: February – March 2013
Date of premiere: May 7th 2013
Video: here
Interesting facts: The video includes “vlog-style” shots from backstage and from Simple Plan’s and Taka’s walk around Tokyo

Director: David F. Mewa
Location: Toronto, Canada
Album: Get Your Heart On!
Date of filming: December 2nd 2012
Date of premiere: March 25th 2013
Video: here
Interesting facts: The music video consists of various kind of footage: there are parts shot exclusively for the purpose of this video (actual Simple Plan fans holding white boards with signs & Pierre playing his guitar), tour footage (from shows all over the world) and fan footage (pictures and videos filmed and submitted by Simple Plan fans).

Director: Ash Bolland
Location: Sydney, Australia
Album: Get Your Heart On!
Date of filming: August 2012
Date of premiere: November 2nd 2012
Video: here
Interesting facts: The music video was produced by MTV EXIT, an organisation that fights against human trafficking, to support this cause. The band is not featured in the video.

Director: Randall “RT!” Thorne & Mark Staubach
Location: Barbados
Album: Get Your Heart On!
Date of filming: March 4th-6th 2012
Date of premiere: March 30th 2012
Video: here
Interesting facts: Sean Paul is featured in the music video. The reason why David is not present in most of the music video is because during the shooting he attended a party thrown by Sean Paul and had a little bit too much to drink, which resulted in puking, big hangover and oversleeping.

Director: Frank Borin
Location: Toronto, Canada & Indonesia
Album: Get Your Heart On!
Date of filming: April 2011 18th & ???
Date of premiere: December 30th 2011
Patrick in the clip: is going past Pierre towards the end of the video, but you cannot see him very well.
Video: here
Interesting facts: There are 2 official versions of this song, which are featured on the album – French and English. For both versions the band released a music video, filmed on the same day with two singers – Natasha Bedingfield (English version) and Marie-Mai (French version). Later on the band also added two more versions of the video with Kotak (Indonesian band) and Kelly Cha (Chinese singer). The airport scenes were filmed directly at the Toronto Pearson International Airport.

Director: Frank Borin
Location: Toronto, Canada & China
Album: Get Your Heart On!
Date of filming: April 18th 2011 & ???
Date of premiere: December 29th 2011
Patrick in the clip: is going past Pierre towards the end of the video, but you cannot see him very well.
Video: here
Interesting facts: There are 2 official versions of this song, which are featured on the album – French and English. For both versions the band released a music video, filmed on the same day with two singers – Natasha Bedingfield (English version) and Marie-Mai (French version). Later on the band also added two more versions of the video with Kotak (Indonesian band) and Kelly Cha (Chinese singer). The airport scenes were filmed directly at the Toronto Pearson International Airport.

Director: Mark Staubach
Location: Australia
Album: Get Your Heart On!
Date of filming: September 30th – October 5th 2011
Date of premiere: December 13th 2011
Video: here
Interesting facts: It’s the first ever official SP music video that features only live footage, mixed with videos similar to SP’s vlogs or their DVD. Even though the song features K’Naan, he is not present in the music video.

Director: Mark Staubach
Location: California, USA
Album: Get Your Heart On!
Date of filming: April 1st-3rd 2011
Date of premiere: September 19th 2011
Patrick in the clip: the nametag on the astronaut’s space suit says “P. Cunningham” [Pat’s former nickname]
Video: here
Interesting facts: The clip has the longest intro SP ever had in a music video – that’s also one of the reasons why it’s being called a “mini-movie”. The video was filmed in a desert in California.

Director: Frank Borin
Location: Toronto, Canada
Album: Get Your Heart On!
Date of filming: April 18th 2011
Date of premiere: May 4th 2011
Patrick in the clip: is going past Pierre towards the end of the video, but you cannot see him very well.
Video: here
Interesting facts: There are 2 official versions of this song, which are featured on the album – French and English. For both versions the band released a music video, filmed on the same day with two singers – Natasha Bedingfield (English version) and Marie-Mai (French version). Later on the band also added two more versions of the video with Kotak (Indonesian band) and Kelly Cha (Chinese singer). The airport scenes were filmed directly at the Toronto Pearson International Airport.

Director: Frank Borin
Location: Toronto, Canada
Album: Get Your Heart On!
Date of filming: April 18th 2011
Date of premiere: May 4th 2011
Patrick in the clip: is going past Pierre towards the end of the video, but you cannot see him very well.
Video: here
Interesting facts: There are 2 official versions of this song, which are featured on the album – French and English. For both versions the band released a music video, filmed on the same day with two singers – Natasha Bedingfield (English version) and Marie-Mai (French version). Later on the band also added two more versions of the video with Kotak (Indonesian band) and Kelly Cha (Chinese singer). The airport scenes were filmed directly at the Toronto Pearson International Airport.

Director: Mark Staubach
Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Album: Get Your Heart On!
Date of filming: March 31st 2011
Date of premiere: April 18th 2011
Video: here
Interesting facts: This music video was released to accompany the release of the Disney movie Prom that includes this song on its soundtrack. Even though the song features Weezer’s lead singer Rivers Cuomo, he is not present in the music video. The set of the video is taking place at the Birmingham High School in LA, which is a popular filming location (e.g. Gwen Stefani’s ‘Hollaback Girl’).

Production: Animax Asia
Director: Ryosuke Tei
Album: Simple Plan
Date of premiere: December 19th 2008
Video: here
Interesting facts: The only animated music video in Simple Plan’s history with the members of Simple Plan turned into anime characters. The video was created by Animax Asia and is tied to the anime movie LaMB, in which SP members appear as well in their anime form. Set on planet Cerra where LaMB unfolds, the music video delves into the story’s key issue of ‘Lamination’, the planet’s penal system which imprisons criminals in laminated suits to ensure prisoners (LaMBs) have no freedom but remain productive to society as virtual slaves for centuries. The members of SP represent the fighters against ‘Lamination’ on a mission battling android defences to save a wrongly sentenced LaMB, where failure means they have to wait forever for her to be free.

Director: Randall “RT!” Thorne
Location: Toronto, Canada
Album: Simple Plan
Date of filming: September 20th-21th 2008
Date of premiere: October 24th 2008
Video: here
Interesting facts: Various personalities made a cameo in this music video, including Sharon Osbourne, Delta Goodrem or Saku Koivu. To feature all of them, a couple of versions of this video have been made.

Director: Wayne Isham
Locatione: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Album: Simple Plan
Date of filming: March 5th 2008
Date of premiere: April 8th 2008
Video: here
Interesting facts: After a long time, Simple Plan didn’t use their friend Frank Borin to direct their music video, however Frank did appear on the YLIAL set anyway – in his words “to sabotage it”. In the scenes where the band is performing, the background consists of a garden filled with flowers. However as the song progresses, the background slowly becomes darker and darker, with the flowers “dying”. That is supposed to symbolize the “love” or the “relationship” (the song is about) dying as well.

Director: Frank Borin
Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Album: Simple Plan
Date of filming: November 10th-11th 2007
Date of premiere: December 10th 2007
Patrick in the clip: appears on a cover of one of the magazines.
Video: here
Interesting facts: Perez Hilton (famous American gossip blogger) had a little cameo in this video.

Director: Marc Klasfeld
Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Album: Still Not Getting Any
Date of filming: September 2005
Date of premiere: October 5th 2005
Video: here
Interesting facts: During the scouting location process, Chuck and the production team found a homeless man, who they decided to cast in the video. This is also the first music video where Pierre can be seen playing the guitar.

Director: Marc Klasfeld
Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Album: Still Not Getting Any
Date of filming: April 6th-7th 2005
Date of premiere: April 26th 2005
Patrick in the clip: is not present – however at the end of the video the man responsible for the car crash is holding a sign with the name P. Cunningham on it (Patrick’s nickname).
Video: here
Interesting facts: The video delves into the subject of drunk-driving and has since been used in many anti-drunk-driving programs and in driving courses as a warning example of how a mistake like this can affect so many people. Jeff and Seb played firemen in the video, while Chuck was a policeman and David acted as a paramedic on the scene.

Director: Erik White/Simple Plan
Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Album: Still Not Getting Any
Date of filming: December 15th 2004
Date of premiere: January 17th 2005
Patrick in the clip: When SP are in entering the hotel restaurant, Pat is the man in red with a nameplate VALET.
Video: here
Interesting facts: The fans rocking out at the Simple Plan concert at the end of the video were actually Simple Plan fans.

Director: Phillip G. Atwell
Location: Long Beach, CA, USA
Album: Still Not Getting Any
Date of filming: ???
Date of premiere: September 16th 2004
Patrick in the clip: Getting out of a car.
Video: here
Interesting facts: While shooting the scene with Pierre is sitting on top of the bridge, he was fastened by a rope for safety reasons, yet he was still really scared.

Director: Ryan Smith & Frank Borin
Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Album: –
Date of filming: February 23rd 2004
Date of premiere: March 22nd 2004
Patrick in the clip: is not present.
Video: here
Interesting facts: The music video was inspired by the TV show “24”. According to the director Frank Borin, he eventually worked with Kiefer Sutherland (Jack Bauer in “24”), showed him the clip and he liked it. The video is tied to the premiere of the film “Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed”, which features the song on its soundtrack. In the video, the band members have only an hour to make it to the premiere.

Director: Liz Friedlander
Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Album: No Pads, No Helmets… Just Balls
Date of filming: summer 2003
Date of premiere: August 25th 2003
Patrick in the clip: When there are quick shots on teenagers, Patrick is the last one.
Video: here
Interesting facts: The rooftop scene was actually shot on a replica of a roof. Jeff was pretty scared, because he is afraid of heights.

Director: Ryan Smith & Frank Borin
Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Album: No Pads, No Helmets… Just Balls
Date of filming: ???
Date of premiere: February 12th 2003
Patrick in the clip: Lies on a sofa and sleeps, while the whole room is being destroyed by SP.
Video: here

Director: Ryan Smith & Frank Borin
Location: Canada
Album: No Pads, No Helmets… Just Balls
Date of filming: June 2002
Date of premiere: November 25th 2002
Patrick in the clip: To get to the SP concert, he lets the bodyguard to kick his crotch.
Video: here
Interesting facts: Mark Hoppus (Blink-182) also appears in this video.

Director: Ryan Smith & Frank Borin
Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Album: No Pads, No Helmets… Just Balls
Date of filming: mid-January 2002
Date of premiere: February 19th 2002
Patrick in the clip: Jumps, when SP are playing in a gym.
Video: here
Interesting facts: This music video was filmed to support the movie “The New Guy”. Actors from the movie (Eliza Dushku & DJ Qualls) guest star in the video. During the videoshoot, Pierre became very sick, not feeling well the whole day.