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}} "Here's to Never Growing Up" is a song recorded by Canadian recording artist Avril Lavigne, taken from her self-titled fifth studio album in 2013. The song was written by Lavigne, David Hodges, Chad Kroeger, Jacob Kasher, and its producer Martin Johnson. It was released as the lead single from the album on 9 April 2013, by Epic Records. "Here's to Never Growing Up" is a midtempo pop rock song that talks about a "celebration of being forever young" and features a reference to English alternative rock band Radiohead. Music critics provided mixed reviews to "Here's to Never Growing Up" and drew comparisons between the song and songs by Lavigne's contemporaries such as Katy Perry, Kesha, and Taylor Swift. The single garnered moderate success on charts worldwide, peaking within the top twenty in Australia, Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States. It achieved certifications by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) due to the chart success. An accompanying music video for "Here's to Never Growing Up" was directed by Robert Hales. It features Lavigne and her band performing at the school's prom, and resembles to the music video for her 2002 single "Complicated". The video gained positive feedback from critics, who praised Lavigne's look in the clip. Lavigne performed "Here's to Never Growing Up" on a number of shows, including ''Dancing with the Stars'', ''The Today Show'' and ''The Voice UK''. ==Background== "Here's to Never Growing Up" was written by Lavigne, David Hodges, Chad Kroeger, Jacob Kasher, and producer of the song Martin Johnson. The song was recorded in early 2013 at Henson Recording Studios. During an interview with Ryan Seacrest for 102.7 KIIS-FM show, Lavigne said, "I wanted to write something fun and summery. It's about being young, wanting to be young forever, living in the moment and having a blast".〔 Talking about the song's conception to 4Music, Lavigne revealed that she missed her high school prom so much, and that was the reason why she wrote "Here's to Never Growing Up".〔 She said, "When I was writing it, I was thinking about being younger – I’m still in my 20s, but you know, like high school - and with my 20s being in music and everything, I love the concept of ‘simply prom’ for the video".〔 Lavigne announced the song would be released as the first single from her fifth studio album on 8 February 2013 via Twitter. Lavigne later revealed the single's official artwork as well as its release date via Twitter on 3 April 2013. Epic Records premiered "Here's to Never Growing Up" on ''On Air with Ryan Seacrest'' (KIIS-FM) radio show, on iTunes Stores and eventually sent the single to US contemporary hit radio station on 9 April 2013.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Available for Airplay )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Here's to Never Growing Up」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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