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Heavyweight (song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Heavyweight
| cover = OLP_Heavyweight.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Our Lady Peace
| album = Curve
| released = December 20, 2011
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Alternative rock
| length = 4:16
| label = Coalition Entertainment/Warner Music Canada
| writer = Raine Maida, Duncan Coutts, Steve Mazur, Jeremy Taggart
| producer =
| prev_title = Dreamland
| prev_year = 2010
| next_title = As Fast As You Can
| next_year = 2012
| misc =
}}
"'Heavyweight'" is a song by Canadian rock group Our Lady Peace. It was released on December 20, 2011 as the lead single from the band's eighth studio album, 'Curve'.
Music videos
A lyrics video for "Heavyweight", directed by Cut Cartel & Our Lady Peace, was released on December 19.[https://twitter.com/MrRaineMaida/status/150310431381143552 MrRaineMaida] 'Twitter'. December 23, 2011. Retrieved January 10, 2012. An official music video was released on March 20, 2012.[https://twitter.com/MrRaineMaida/status/181882176957190144 MrRaineMaida] 'Twitter'. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
The official music video, directed by Christopher Mills, was shot on location in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada. An abandoned house on Holt Road was used for filming and included scenes with the band members (with no performance shots) and fire. The house was then blown up in a spectacular special effect explosion after being prepared for 1 week by a special effects team, NEXUS Canada SpFX, co ordinated by pyrotechnician James Sled. The explosion took place on January 29, 2012 at 12 o`clock noon.
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References
Category:2011 singles
Category:2011 songs
Category:Our Lady Peace songs
Category:Songs written by Raine Maida
Category:Songs written by Jeremy Taggart
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