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Simple Plan have never been shy about opening up. Thankfully, neither were you! Last month, we asked you to submit your questions for the band and promised to get them in the studio to answer them. Have we ever lied to you before? Fresh off the release of the band's fourth album, Get Your Heart On!, check out the videos below for answers to your pressing inquiries.

In the first video, the group discusses certain preshow rituals, with a particular phrase from the Canadian band getting very lost in translation. Watch as they talk about Green Day's influence on their sound, other titles considered for the new album and what animals they'd want to be. On a more serious note, Simple Plan also discuss how their music has saved lives and the effect it's had on the band.

After that, the band answers a wide range of questions from their thoughts on "Glee" to what each member's theme song would be and how they've changed since their first tour. "We've evolved and grown as a band. We've been together for over 10 years. Musically...we've gotten better at it," says singer Pierre Bouvier. "We're all able to self-produce ourselves now, so we're all getting with all the little aspects of producing the album." Oh yeah, and find out which member has never seen "Star Wars" so you can get your angry e-mails ready.

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What could you possibly have to ask Simple Plan, a band whose first single off their new Get Your Heart On! album is called "You Suck At Love"? Dem's fighting words! "You Suck At Love" alone should elicit a great number of queries! There's definitely a story there. You may also want to know who got the NAKEDEST at their Beach Boys-inspired "The Simple Plans" shoot. (Check their hilarious website if you have no idea what I'm talking about. They put the "skin" in... skin.) And Simple Plan's already shared a lot about the writing process behind "This Song Saved My Life," but there are probably some lyrics left on the studio floor. You'll never know if you don't ask.

The point is, Simple Plan will be stopping by MTV next week to answer your Buzzworthy fan questions. So leave your questions in the comments section of this post, and we'll do our best to ask the band!

Need some inspiration (even though you probably don't?) Watch Simple Plan's "Can't Keep My Hands Off You" below.

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What better place to film Simple Plan's video for their latest single, "Can't Keep My Hands Off You," than in a high school parking lot during prom. Prom is basically ground zero for borderline inappropriate fondling (well, if you're lucky). The pop punk band's video for the song, off of their yet untitled fourth studio album, brings us back to our high school days, even though we totally weren't cool enough to have been invited to their party.

"Cant Keep My Hands Off You," which is featured in the movie Prom, starts out with a bunch of drab looking teenagers looking super sad about the lame music playing over the loud speakers in their high school's gym. But then -- record scratch! (literally) -- Simple Plan's loud drums kick in, and everyone's bum-rushing the band who's going H.A.M. in the parking lot. Typical high school hijinks ensue: tee-peeing, food fights and getting rowdy on the football field.

Even though the song's all about touching, the "Can't Keep My Hands Off You" video is totally SFW. Oh, and the voice in the song during the second verse, that's not lead singer Pierre Bouvier's? It's Weezer's Rivers Cuomo. Boom. Instant cool points.

Watch Simple Plan's new video for "Can't Keep My Hands Off You" below.

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The wait is finally over. For the past few weeks, Simple Plan has been teasing us with sneaks from their upcoming fourth album, releasing 30-second song snippets and video clips that made us yell "Stop playing with us!" at our monitors. Finally, Simple Plan unveiled their first single, "Can't Keep My Hands Off You," Rivers Cuomo.

What starts off as a party-centric anthem that'd make Andrew W.K. proud turns into a romantic ode. How much do they like you, girl? Their "Blackberry's filled up with email/[Their] phone calls go straight through to voicemail." That's love right there.

Fans of the band's fusion of three-chord punk and pop melodies shouldn't have anything to complain about with this one. We can already envision the collective "woah-ohs" during each verse when the band hits the road this summer for Warped Tour.

"Can't Keep My Hands Off You" will appear on Simple Plan's still-untitled fourth album, out June 21, as well as the upcoming Disney film Prom starring Aimee Teegarden of "Friday Night Lights."

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In honor of Green Day being our P.U.S.H. artist of the week, we thought we'd highlight some of the bands that influenced Billie Joe Armstrong, Tre Cool and Mike Dirnt -- and some of the bands the pop-punk trio has managed to influence as well.

So let's go to the tap, shall we?

Bands That Influenced Green Day

+ The Ramones, "I Don't Wanna Grow Up"

From this iconic NYC band, frontman Billie Joe learned how to sing classic lovestruck pop songs over serrated punk-rock guitars.

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Pussycat Dolls' latest video, "Hush Hush; Hush Hush," is noteworthy not just because the song's title contains a semi-colon, which you don't see every day, but because the song and video hold a lot of behind-the-scenes dramz. The song is from PCD's Doll Domination. Doll Domination 2.0, but honestly, they could've just called it Doll Drama 2.0. Because...

1.) You won't hear much of the other Dolls in "Hush Hush; Hush Hush." Nicole Scherzinger recorded lead and background vocals on the song. No wonder Melody Thornton had some "words" during PCD's concert in Phoenix this past April. That, and the fact that originally, "Hush Hush; Hush Hush" was originally tauted as "Pussycat Dolls featuring Nicole Scherzinger." Ouch.

2.) In the beginning of the video, a super naked Nicole Scherzinger uses the PHONE in the bathtub, which is just SUCH a bad idea for a variety of reasons. Though not as bad as using a hair dryer in the bathtub, which you should REALLY never do.

3.) "Hush Hush; Hush Hush samples Gloria Gaynor's 1978 hit "I Will Survive," and certainly the video's disco scene is an homage to that era, while Nicole Scherzinger's hair, makeup, and lame' look are clearly an homage to Diana Ross.

4.) Yes, the DJ in the video is Perez Hilton. Modest, too, as he's wearing a t-shirt that says "'Hush Hush featuring Perez." Perez has also appeared in Simple Plan's "When I'm Gone" video, Eric Hutchinson's "Rock And Roll" video, and The White Tie Affair's "Candle (Sick And Tired)." There's also a quick cameo by Carmen Electra. Also, check out that cameo by HP Mini 1000 Vivienne Tam Edition -- it's a teensy little fashion laptop that's almost as pretty as Nicole. Hearts it!

5.) "Hush Hush; Hush Hush" was directed by Rich Lee, who also directed All-American Rejects' "The Wind Blows" video and Fergie's "Clumsy."

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Simple Plan's latest single, "Save You," is an emotionally charged love letter to lead singer's Pierre Bouvier's brother, Jay Bouvier, who was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at age 28 and is now in remission. "Save You" details Jay's struggle and serves as a moving, hope-filled tribute and show of support not only to Jay and Simple Plan guitarist Jeff Stinco's mother -- also a cancer survivor -- but as a platform to raise awareness about the need for a cure for cancer.

Proceeds from the downloads of "Save You" single go to the Simple Plan Foundation, which donates to cancer charities around the world.

Watch "Save You" below, download the single, and go to think.mtv.com to see how you can get a chance to interview Simple Plan.

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There For Tomorrow is the best band you've (possibly) never heard of until today. (And if you have, feel free to spew bile in the comments.)

The four-guy alt-rock group, formed back in '03, didn't get their big break until 2006, when they won an Orlando radio contest, earning a spot on the starting lineup of O-Rock's annual "No Snow Show" concert. From there, they scored a deal with Hopeless Records, also home to All Time Low, who jumpstarted their career after winning the Energizer Encore Contest for the 2007 Warped Tour.

So, in addition to secretly coveting There For Tomorrow's hair (seriously, what conditioner do these guys use and WHERE CAN WE BUY IT??) we're also into their Linkin Park-meets-Simple Plan (but post-Still Not Getting Any... Simple Plan) sound, not to mention their cover of Omarion's "Ice Box." (Listen on the band's MySpace.)

So check out their latest video, "Pages," and watch as TFT delivers a five-star performance, without a hair out of place.

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We immediately noticed three things about Simple Plan's new video, "Your Love Is A Lie."

1.) Pierre's girlfriend blows! And her hair needs a deep conditioning.

2.) Holy Auto-Tune! Let's go ahead and assume (read: hope) that was a style choice.

3.) This most un-Simple Plan song is totally the male version of Michelle Branch's "Are You Happy Now?" Yes, that Michelle Branch and that song, while the "do you think about me when he f---s you?" line (in the uncensored version) is Alanis revisited.

Thoughts, Simple Plan fans?

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Fresh off the release of their extremely long-awaited third album, Simple Plan, the band of the same name drops some Francois on you and traces their roots back to Montreal -- and Billy Bob Thornton.

Watch Simple Plan's never-before-seen "A.D.D. Bio," see who worked at McDonald's, and check out five Simple Plan videos.

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