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"Heavyweight"
Single by Our Lady Peace
from the album Curve
Released	December 20, 2011
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	4:16
Label	Coalition Entertainment/Warner Music Canada
Songwriter(s)	Raine Maida, Duncan Coutts, Steve Mazur, Jeremy Taggart
Our Lady Peace singles chronology
"Dreamland" (2010) "Heavyweight" (2011) "As Fast As You Can" (2012)
Music video
"Heavyweight" on YouTube

"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. An official music video was released on March 20, 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.

Charts

References

1. MrRaineMaida – Twitter. December 23, 2011. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
2. MrRaineMaida – Twitter. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
3. "Our Lady Peace Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard.
4. "Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
5. "Canadian Active Rock & Alt Rock Chart Archive: Alternative Rock - April 3, 2012". America's Music Charts. Retrieved April 3, 2012.

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