Spotify has teamed up with Sum 41 to release two swansong Singles just days ahead of the Canadian allstars’ last-ever broadcast performance at The JUNO Awards in Vancouver on March 30. The Singles, which were recorded in LA, include an unforgettable skate-punk spin on Rage Against the Machine’s Sleep Now in the Fire and an acoustic version of their 2023 single, Landmines. The Singles are a bittersweet goodbye for fans after wrapping their farewell world tour – The Tour of the Setting Sum – in Toronto at the end of January.
Available on Spotify on Friday, March 28, the Singles are a fitting tribute to a band who have won a global fandom of their nearly 30-year career and are set to be inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame ahead of their performance at The JUNO Awards. Since its release, the chart-topping single Landmines has racked up over 35 million streams globally, and has been streamed on over 100,000 playlists on Spotify in the last month alone. The track shows how Canadian music continues to rock the world on Spotify: in the last 28 days, Landmines’ biggest fan bases included cities such as Prague, Vienna and Sydney, with the US, Australia and Brazil also featuring in the list of countries where the track was in heaviest rotation.
Speaking on the Singles’ release, Sum 41 said: “Recording these Spotify Singles has been an incredible way to celebrate with our fans around the world. We’re so grateful for their support and excited to share this special session with everyone. Huge thanks to Spotify for making this experience possible.”
The band will also be featured in a cross-country OOH campaign beginning on Friday, March 28, including a billboard takeover at Toronto’s Yonge-Dundas Square and New York’s Times Square.
Spotify Singles also just broke its own major milestone, passing 10 billion streams last month. Recorded in Spotify’s state-of-the-art studios in New York City, Los Angeles, London, and Stockholm, the sessions which make up the Singles have resulted in nearly 1,000 recordings from more than 750 artists in 45 markets.
Spotify Singles is Spotify’s longest-running original recorded music franchise, produced with artists in Spotify’s award-winning recording studios. Spotify Singles gives artists the opportunity to re-record one of their existing songs in a fresh new way, as well as cover a song of their choice by one of their own musical heroes. With hundreds of exclusive recordings and over ten billion streams, the program has collaborated with more than 750 artists across 45 markets. From global icons like Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter, legends including Yo-Yo Ma and Norah Jones, and breakthrough artists like Rachel Chinouriri and The Marías, Spotify Singles has worked with artists at every stage of their careers. The franchise has recordings nominated for a Grammy, with several others charting on Billboard, cementing its influence in the music industry.
