"Landmines"
Single by Sum 41
from the album Heaven :x: Hell
ReleasedSeptember 27, 2023 (2023-09-27)
GenrePop-punk
Length2:56
LabelRise
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Deryck Whibley
  • Mike Green
Sum 41 singles chronology
"Catching Fire"
(2021)		 "Landmines"
(2023)		 "Rise Up"
(2023)
Music video
"Landmines" on YouTube

"Landmines" is a song by Canadian rock band Sum 41, written by Deryck Whibley. It was released as the lead single from the band's upcoming eighth and final studio album Heaven :x: Hell on September 27, 2023.

Background

The band announced their eighth studio album, Heaven :x: Hell on March 23, 2022. The album is set to be a double album.[2][3][4][5] Heaven will return to the pop punk sound of the band's early career while Hell leans more towards a heavier metal sound.[2][3][4][5] In May 2023, the band announced that Heaven :x: Hell will be their final album with the band disbanding after they complete a final headlining tour.[6][7] One week before the song was released, Whibley was hospitalized for COVID-19,[8] and pneumonia, which lead to heart failure.[9][10] He was discharged from the hospital the next day.[11] The song was released on September 27, 2023, along with a music video.[12][13][14] It is the band's first release with Rise Records.[14][12]

Commercial performance

"Landmines" debuted at number 29 on the Billboard Alternative Airplay chart, their first single to reach the chart since 2011's "Screaming Bloody Murder". It has since peaked at number eight, their highest charting single since "Still Waiting" in 2003.

Composition

Andrew Sacher of Alternative Press called the song a "nostalgia-inducing pop-punk single...[that] sounds straight out of the band’s classic early 2000s...era, with a few modern twists."[12] Whibley stated, "When I wrote 'Landmines' I had no intention of writing an old school 'pop punk' song...It just came out really quickly and I knew right away that this song felt special to me."[12][13][14]

Personnel

Sum 41

Production

  • Mike Green – producer
  • Deryck Whibley – mixing

Charts

Chart performance for "Landmines"
Chart (2023–2024) Peak
position
Canada Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[15] 47
Canada Rock (Billboard)[16] 2
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[17] 30
US Rock Airplay (Billboard)[18] 18

References

  1. ↑ "Sum 41 - Landmines". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Sum 41 Announces 'Heaven And Hell' Double Album". Blabbermouth.net. March 23, 2022. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
  3. 1 2 Roche, Sam (March 24, 2022). "Sum 41 announce half-punk, half-metal double album, Heaven and Hell". Guitar World. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
  4. 1 2 Hobson, Rich (March 25, 2022). "Sum 41 are releasing a metal/pop-punk double album". Louder Sound. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
  5. 1 2 Kennelty, Greg (April 6, 2022). "Sum 41's New Album Is "Somewhat Of A Nod To Black Sabbath"". Metal Injection. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
  6. ↑ Deville, Chris (May 8, 2023). "Sum 41 Are Calling It Quits". Stereogum. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
  7. ↑ Trapp, Philip (May 8, 2023). "Sum 41 Announce That They Are Breaking Up". Loudwire. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
  8. ↑ Whibley, Deryck (October 9, 2023). "I'm back!". Instagram. Retrieved November 11, 2023. Of course I tested for COVID, and sure enough, I had COVID
  9. ↑ Travis, Emlyn (September 16, 2023). "Sum 41's Deryck Whibley hospitalized for pneumonia and at risk of heart failure, wife says". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
  10. ↑ Harrison, Scoop (September 15, 2023). "Sum 41's Deryck Whibley Hospitalized with Pneumonia". Consequence. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
  11. ↑ Childers, Chad (September 18, 2023). "Sum 41's Deryck Whibley Discharged From Hospital After Treatment for Pneumonia". Loudwire. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
  12. 1 2 3 4 Sacher, Andrew (September 27, 2023). "Sum 41 return with nostalgia-inducing pop-punk single "Landmines"". Alternative Press. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
  13. 1 2 LaPierre, Megan (September 25, 2023). "Sum 41 Announce New Single "Landmines" Coming This Week". Exclaim!. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
  14. 1 2 3 "Sum 41 Announces New Single "Landmines"". Blabbermouth.net. September 25, 2023. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
  15. ↑ "Sum 41 Chart History (Canadian Digital Song Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
  16. ↑ "Sum 41 Chart History (Canada Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  17. ↑ "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. January 8, 2024. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  18. ↑ "Sum 41 Chart History (Rock Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
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