"Scars" is the second single released from American

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's fourth album, '' Getting Away with Murder'' (2004), and was released to rock radio on November 1, 2004. The song was the 36th-most-successful single of the United States in 2005, when it climbed to 15 on the ''

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. As with several of their other songs, Papa Roach has performed "Scars" live with Spanish lyrics.

Music video

There were two different music videos for the song. The first music video was directed by Steven Murashige and notably featured

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. After receiving negative reception from fans and the band itself, a second video was shot. The second music video was directed by Motion Theory. The video tells the story of Shaddix's girlfriend, played by

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, who drinks excessively and parties too much. One day, she gets too drunk and passes out at a party at Shaddix's house. She wakes up the following morning with a hangover and, while grabbing her coat, knocks over a candle, which lands on a mat on the floor. The mat is stained with her drink from the night before. She unknowingly lights the house on fire and then goes home. When Shaddix arrives, he finds his house burnt down. The girlfriend returns to the ruin, sees what happened, and realizes what she did. The band performs this song on top of the burnt remains of Shaddix's house.

Chart performance

"Scars" was Papa Roach's first and only top-40 hit on the US ''

, peaking at No. 15. It reached No. 2 and No. 4 on the ''Billboard''

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charts, respectively, and became their first hit on the ''Billboard''

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, peaking at No. 7. In Canada, the song rose to No. 22 on the ''

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'' CHR/Pop Top 30 listing. It also charted in Germany, peaking at No. 82 in June 2005. In the United States, the song is

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3× platinum for digital sales exceeding 3,000,000.

Track listings

Personnel

Personnel are adapted from the European maxi-CD single liner notes. * Jacoby Shaddix – words *

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– music * Tobin Esperance – music *

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– production *

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– mixing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

{{Authority control 2004 songs 2005 singles Geffen Records singles Papa Roach songs Song recordings produced by Howard Benson Songs written by Jacoby Shaddix Songs written by Tobin Esperance