She Likes (Bittersweet Love)

"She Likes (Bittersweet Love)" is a song by American pop punk band Forever the Sickest Kids. The song was released on January 14, 2010 as the second and final single from the groups fourth EP The Weekend: Friday. The song reached number one on Kerrang's Top 10 chart.^[2]

"She Likes (Bittersweet Love)"
Single by Forever the Sickest Kids
from the album The Weekend: Friday
Released	January 14, 2010
Genre	Pop punk^[1]
Length	2:49
Label	Universal Motown
Songwriter(s)	Austin Bello Caleb Turman Jonathan Cook Michael Shimshack
Producer(s)	Matt Squire
Forever the Sickest Kids singles chronology
"What Do You Want from Me" (2009) "She Likes (Bittersweet Love)" (2010) "Keep On Bringing Me Down" (2010)
Music video
"She Likes (Bittersweet Love)" on YouTube

Composition

"She Likes (Bittersweet Love)" was written by Austin Bello, Caleb Turman, Jonathan Cook and Michael Shimshack while production was handled by Matt Squire. Guitarist Marc Stewart spoke about the song's meaning with Alternative Press. He stated, "This is about a girl who can't make up her mind. She likes one thing, but then she likes the opposite. We have all dated that type of girl, so it was easy to write about."^[3]

Music video

The music video for "She Likes (Bittersweet Love)" premiered on April 19, 2010 and was directed by Danny Drysdale.^[4] The video features cameo appearances from television sportscaster Pat Summerall and drummer Kyle Burn's girlfriend Mindy White.^[5][6] Prior to its release, the band had posted multiple teaser videos on their YouTube account in preparation for the release of the full music video for the song.^[7][8]

The video sees the group competing in the PPPGA tour (a parody of the PGA Tour) in the hopes of winning the "Forever The Sickest Cup."^[9] At the end of the video, a couple members were disqualified and others were declared winners.^[6] The music video reached number 167 on the US iTunes music video chart.^[10]

Personnel

Forever the Sickest Kids Jonathan Cook – vocals Austin Bello – bass guitar, vocals Caleb Turman – rhythm guitar, vocals Marc Stewart – lead guitar Kent Garrison – keyboards, synthesizers Kyle Burns – drums, percussion

Production Matt Squire – producer Tom Lord-Alge – mixing Michael Shimshack – composer

Charts

Chart performance for "She Likes (Bittersweet Love)"

Chart (2010)	Peak position
UK Kerrang Top 10^[2]	1

Release history

Release history for "She Likes (Bittersweet Love)"

Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
United States	January 14, 2010	Contemporary hit radio	Universal Motown	^[11]
United Kingdom	March 9, 2010			^[12]

References

1. Jake Richardson (December 10, 2019). "11 pop-punk bands you probably don't remember". Kerrang!. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
2. @OFFICIALFTSK (November 4, 2010). "Shout out to the UK for making #SheLikes number one on today's Kerrang top 10!! Thanks so much!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
3. "Track-By-Track: Forever The Sickest Kids". Alternative Press. December 7, 2009. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
4. . Rockdirt.com. April 25, 2010. Archived from the original on August 14, 2022. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
5. Pete Freedman (April 21, 2010). "Watch: Forever The Sickest Kids -- She Likes (Bittersweet Love)". Dallas Observer. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
6. Alyson Stokes (June 17, 2014). "Tuesday Ten: What Just Happened?! Music Videos". idobi Radio. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
7. "Forever the Sickest Kids - PPPGA 1 of 3". YouTube. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
8. "Forever The Sickest Kids - She Likes (Bittersweet Love)". YouTube. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
9. "New Video: Forever The Sickest Kids – She Likes (Bittersweet Love)". Neon Limelight. April 22, 2010. Retrieved August 5, 2023.
10. @OFFICIALFTSK (November 4, 2010). "#shelikesmusicvideo is number 167 on iTunes music video charts let's keep it rising!!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
11. @OFFICIALFTSK (November 4, 2010). "Start calling your local radio station to request our song #shelikes!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
12. @OFFICIALFTSK (November 4, 2010). "Attn UK: "She Likes" will be premiering tomorrow on RADIO1 - TEXT your love to 81199 after 1030a and request it! RT!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.