“Sk8er Boi” was written by Avril Lavigne with the Matrix (Lauren Christy, Graham Edwards and Scott Spock) for her debut album, Let Go (2002). Released in August 2002 as the second single, it reached No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 8 on the UK Singles Chart. The video, directed by Francis Lawrence, premiered on Total Request Live on 22 August and hit No. 1 the next day: Lavigne sings from the roof of a car in the middle of a street show. In 2003 ER producer David Zabel was hired to turn the song into a film. The screenplay was never made.