O Sum 41 se formou em 1996, em Ajax, Ontario, Canadá, pelos adolescentes Deryck Whibley e Steve Jocz. Cone McCaslin foi recrutado somente em 1999, depois da banda ter tido vários baixistas. O grupo apostava numa mistura bem humorada de pop, punk e hip hop.
O nome da banda, Sum 41, é uma abreviação da expressão: "41 days into the Summer", ou seja, 41 dias de verão, porque a banda foi formada no 41° dia do verão canadense.
Depois de criarem uma fita com algumas travessuras da banda (incluindo um roubo de pizzas com armas d'água)
Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
Verse 1: F# Remember when there C#B was nothing else to do but lie in bed and F# wonder how it was C#B always up to you F# and no one else and Early mornings C# made by warnings B what's the point of the alarm that I'm ignoring? F#C# It's even raining I'm not B complaining but waking C# up is hard to do so
Chorus: F# Turn my head it's back EB to bed with no delay F# Can't be bothered by the EB phone ten times a day F# Why get up my morning EB doesn't even start till two? F#C# Forget reality waking B up is hard to do
Interlude: F#--C#--Ebm--C# x2
Verse 2: F#C# Remember when we would hang out B every day and we would rather F#C# Not be told what to do or what B to say Cause nothing mattered F#C# Never boring slept in mornings B not ashamed of the C# habits that I'm forming F#C# It's not important if days B are shortened I can't make C# time when nothing's new BC# Cause waking up is hard to do so
(Repeat Chorus)
Interlude: F#, F#--E--B--E--Bbm-B-Bbm-G#m x4
Verse 3: F#C# What's a day when it all ends B up the same and lasts forever? F# Can't complain when C# there's nothing B there to blame and things can't be better F# Summer evenings C# teenage grievings B Got no problem with the life that I've been leading F# No concentration C# on hesitation B I can't make time C# when nothing's new B Cause waking up C# is hard to do so