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"Whoa Oh! (Me vs. Everyone)" is the debut single by Forever the Sickest Kids, released on April 1, 2008. It is from their debut album Underdog Alma Mater. The song's video aired on MTV's TRL on June 24. The song reached No. 38 on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart. The remix version was released on May 26, 2009 on iTunes and features Selena Gomez. The song has been featured in numerous Nerf commercials, as well as on the American reality television series, The Hills and on the 2009 film, Bring It On: Fight to the Finish.




Composition


"Whoa Oh! (Me vs. Everyone)" was written by Austin Bello, Caleb Turman and Jonathan Cook while production was handled by Geoff Rockwell and Matt Squire. In 2009, the band invited Selena Gomez to be on a duet version of the song. At the time of the track's recording session, Gomez had just started production on her debut album, Kiss & Tell, as a pop-rock project called Selena Gomez & the Scene.




Release


"Whoa Oh! (Me vs. Everyone) was made available for streaming on the band's MySpace page on March 18, 2008. The song was released digitally as a single on April 1, 2008. The European release of the single features a B-Side track, "Hurricane Haley". The song was serviced to contemporary hit radio in the US on April 15, 2008.




Accolades






Music video


The music video for "Whoa Oh! (Me vs. Everyone)" premiered on April 10, 2008 and was directed by Shane Drake. The video shows the band playing near a drag strip with an airplane in the background. The video goes through showing vocalist Jonathan Cook, falling for a race car girl. Jonathan then sneaks into a trailer of a race car driver and gets into uniform. Jonathan gets into a car, precedes to race but crashes. As he exits the race car, the girl rushes to his side to give him a kiss. He then leans in and gives a thumbs up. The video ends with the band walking away into the sunset.




Live performances


The group performed the track live on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, on June 12, 2008.




Commercial performance


"Whoa Oh! (Me vs. Everyone)" debuted on the US Mainstream Top 40 at number 40. The following week later, the song rose up by two positions, peaking at number 38 on the chart.




Track listing






Personnel


Credits adapted from CD liner notes.




Charts






Release history






References

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• Forever the Sickest Kids discography
• Forever the Sickest Kids
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• List of songs recorded by Selena Gomez
• Magic (Pilot song)
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