"Makes No Difference" is the debut single by Canadian rock band Sum 41. It was released in June 2000 as the lead single from the band's extended play Half Hour of Power. The song is featured on the soundtracks for Bring It On, Out Cold and Van Wilder. A 2002 re-recording of the song was featured on Sum 41's greatest hits compilation, All the Good Shit.
Critical reception
Larry Flick, of Billboard magazine, reviewed the song favorably, saying that it "neatly walks a line between polished modern rock and a clever turn at accessible adult top 40, charged up with grimacing guitars and a pace frantic enough to shake the perm loose from the intended audience's girlfriends."[1]
Music videos
There are two different music videos of this song, both of which were filmed in Toronto.
The first music video contains miscellaneous clips of the band performing, goofing around in shops and spraying people with water guns.[2] This footage was used by the band in order to attract record labels.[3]
The second video, which features Deryck Whibley with black hair, is a very large teenage house party that Sum 41 is playing at. A lot of destruction is done to the house as the night goes on, including a car being driven into the house.[4] At one point, rapper DMX makes a cameo appearance on a quad bike.[5][6] DMX agreed to be in the video as he had been in Toronto at the time filming Exit Wounds.[7]
