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‘Nothing Changes’ – and 5 unreleased demos! Simple Plan drop documentary soundtrack

AUTHOR: Dominika | 11. July 2025 | no comments

Simple Plan’s release of their new Prime Video documentary ‚Kids In The Crowd‘ earlier this week is a gift that just keeps giving. Today, the band released a 38-songs-long soundtrack which includes some of their best hits as well as one completely new track, five unreleased demos and one live track.

The soundtrack is now available digitally on Spotify but will be also released physically on a double vinyl and also on a CD on October 24th. Pre-orders are already available on the links below:

The official Simple Plan merch store also has a special turquois colored vinyl available for pre-order. This limited edition only has 900 pieces available and will be dispatched on October 29th.

The band has previously teased the release of a new song within the documentary at their shows in Canada last week, where they’ve performed the song ‘Nothing Changes’ live for the first time.

Simple Plan performing ‘Nothing Changes’ for the first time at Festivoix in Trois-Rivières on July 2nd 2025.

In the song, Simple Plan reflect on their journey of growing up on stage — from the highs and lows of life as a rock band to the realization that they’re living the dream they’ve had since the beginning.

Beside the members of Simple Plan, the song lyrics’s credits include some other familiar names including Andrew Goldstein, Travis Clark (We The Kings) or Zakk Cervini.

The song Nothing Changes also received its own music video, released today, featuring a nostalgic look back at the band’s early days and their entire musical journey. Don’t miss it – check it out here:

While working on the documentary, the members of Simple Plan went through their old archives and uncovered five never-before-heard demo versions of songs they recorded even before their debut album. And you can now listen to them in all their raw beauty!

These songs include:

I'd Do Anything - demo version (from August 1999)
My Alien (Rocket) - demo version (from October 1999)
Summer Lies - demo version (from August 1999)
Feeling - demo version (from January 2000)
Happy Lie - demo version (from January 2000)

Simple Plan know their fans are suckers for live track, so they could not include one on their documentary’s soundtrack. The chosen song to be recorded live was the fan-favorite ‘Where I Belong’ which they originally recorded as a featuring with State Champs and We The Kings.

You can now listen to the full soundtrack to the documentary ‘Kids In The Crowd’ on Spotify:

Avril Lavigne releases new song “Young & Dumb” feat. Simple Plan

AUTHOR: Dominika | 10. May 2025 | no comments

Ahead of their North American summer tour together On May 9th, Avril Lavigne and Simple Plan released their first ever music collaboration – a song titled ‘Young & Dumb’. Simple Plan are not only featured on the song vocally and musically, but they also contributed to the lyrics: besides Avril Lavigne, the credits of the song also include Pierre Bouvier, Chuck Comeau and John Feldman (who has previously worked with Simple Plan on many occasions).

In the song lyrics, Avril and Simple Plan reminisce of the early 2000s when both artists were just starting out and Avril took Simple Plan as her opening act on the Canadian leg of her ‘Try To Shut Me Up’ tour (2003).

The percussion-driven song hits like a wave of nostalgia and good memories of the good old times as well as being grateful of the fact that even 20 years later, they are still doing what they love.

"What makes it even more meaningful is getting to share this experience with my friends, Simple Plan. It's really a full circle moment because not only did they tour with me last year on the Greatest Hits tour but we also toured together in 2003 on my first arena tour, when I was 18 and touring my first album ‘Let Go’. We were so young, all from small towns in Canada and put our first albums out at the same time. We became friends right away.

A few months ago, I called them up and they joined me in the studio to write ‘Young & Dumb’. We wanted the song to capture the nostalgic feelings of this unique moment in our lives when we were both just starting out and chasing our dreams. We wanted our fans to know that in our hearts, we’re still the same kids we were back then and that our love for music has never changed.

This song is about our friendship and how music has kept us connected all these years. The song is about feeling nostalgic, while loving where you are right now."

Avril Lavigne

singer & songwriter

You can listen to ‘Young & Dumb’ by Avril Lavigne feat. Simple Plan on Spotify and/or check out the full music video they filmed for the song as well:

Simple Plan’s 25th anniversary: band releases entire discography on vinyl

AUTHOR: Dominika | 25. July 2024 | no comments

Just as we’ve revealed through the translation of the recent interview with Chuck, where he first spilled the beans on this upcoming news, Simple Plan finally decided to release all their albums on vinyl! And not only will fans now be able to get their hands on individual Simple Plan albums on vinyl, the band also put together an exclusive box set filled with their entire discography on vinyl as well as selected b-sides.

This limited edition signed 8-piece box set (which will only be printed in 1500 copies) includes the band’s six studio albums, each pressed on color vinyl: No Pads, No Helmets…Just Balls (2002) on red marble vinyl, Still Not Getting Any (2004) on dark blue marble vinyl, Simple Plan (2008) on pink marble vinyl, Get Your Heart On! (2011) on light blue marble vinyl, Taking One For The Team (2016) on orange marble vinyl and Harder Than It Looks (2022) on grey marble vinyl.

As a special feature, this box set also includes a special B-Sides vinyl record, pressed on a clear vinyl. This record includes the following tracks: Where I Belong (feat. State Champs and We The Kings), What’s New Scooby-Doo?, Crash and Burn and Never Should’ve Let You Go. And finally as another bonus, the set also includes a special 7-inch pressed on a green and red vinyl), which features the band’s two holiday-themed songs: Christmas Every Day and My Christmas List.

All Simple Plan albums will also now be available to purchase separately on vinyl, making it the very first time that Still Not Getting Any and Get Your Heart On will ever be available on vinyl. You’ll be able to purchase them in two different color variants. You can choose from albums pressed on a solid color vinyl or the starburst variants. As of right now we do not know the difference between the prices of these variants.

The entire collection is available to pre-order from today, July 25th from 3pm CET (9am EST) exclusively on officialsimpleplan.com.

Simple Plan premiere music video for their Disney cover song “Can You Feel The Love Tonight”

AUTHOR: Dominika | 24. July 2024 | no comments

The brand new music video for Simple Plan’s new Disney collab cover of Elton John’s ‘Can You Feel The Love Tonight’ premiered yesterday. The music video was directed by Brazilian filmmaker Lucas Allegretto and features the band simply performing this song live while being surrounded by various motion graphics elements.

Check out the full music video below:

Below, you can check out the full credits for the production of this video:

Director: Lucas Allegretto, EP: Rob Micai, Producer: James Weathers, 1st AD: James Cullinane, Production Coordinator: Keyla Reyes, Camera: Wally Argueta & Lucas Allegretto, 1st AC: Rhys Lynn, 2nd AC: Deni Azevedo, Gaffer: Martin Everett, Key Grip: Sean Mallon, Key PA: Luke Peretti, Set PA: Caleb Walean, Editor and Colorist: Lucas Allegretto, VFX and Motion Designer: Michael Velasco

Simple Plan cover Elton John’s ‘Can You Feel The Love Tonight’ as a part of a new Disney pop-punk album

AUTHOR: Dominika | 18. July 2024 | no comments

Last Friday, June 12th, Simple Plan in collaboration with Disney released the first single off the upcoming Disney album A Whole New Sound, which will feature pop-punk and alternative bands putting their own spin on popular Disney tracks. Simple Plan’s single ‘Can You Feel The Love Tonight’ is a cover of the original 1994 Elton John song, which was famously featured in The Lion King.

Previously, the band has teased some connection with The Lion King in a reel on Instagram as well as at the soundcheck in Saarbrücken, Germany, where they performed this song as a little surprise for the attendees.

Listen to the full cover of ‘Can You Feel The Love Tonight’ by Simple Plan below:

And what did Simple Plan say about this collaboration?

“When Disney reached out to us to be a part of this project, it was a bit overwhelming because there are so many amazing Disney songs. But it became obvious pretty quickly that The Lion King song book, and especially “Can You Feel The Love Tonight,” stood out from the rest. The song just has such a classic feel, and the melodies are so memorable and timeless. We also felt like it would lend itself really well to our style and would sound awesome as a pop-punk version.” [source: Billboard]

“We wanted to pay homage to Sir Elton John’s original version while also adding our own style to it and making it sound fun and energetic. We’re really stoked by how it turned out and we hope everyone will enjoy it.” [source: The Walt Disney Company]

“It’s also one of those songs and movies that has been such an important part of people’s lives. Lots of our fans grew up watching it and listening to the soundtrack and we also played them for our own kids. So, it holds a special place in our hearts and felt like the rare song that could connect to a very wide range of listeners across many generations. Finally, the fact that the movie celebrates its 30th anniversary this year was just the icing on the cake! It’s such an honor to offer our own version of this song and to cover such an iconic artist like Sir Elton John. We’re not sure if he heard the song or not, but we hope he will enjoy this new version and feel like we did it justice.” [source: Billboard]

And this is not nearly the end of Simple Plan’s collaboration with Disney: on August 9th, the band will perform this cover at the D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event in Anaheim, CA.