他配不上

《他配不上》（He Wasn't）是加拿大唱作歌手艾薇兒·拉維尼2004年發行的第二張專輯《酷到骨子裡》的第四支也是最後一支單曲。It was not released in the United States; instead, "Fall to Pieces" was released. The song was released in Germany, Australia and the United Kingdom. Beforehand, it was a released as a third single in Japan in June 2004. It was written and produced by Lavigne and Chantal Kreviazuk. Allmusic highlighted the song as one of the most significant post-grunge songs of all time.

## Song meaning

"He Wasn't" is about an unsuccessful relationship between Lavigne and a man who appears to be treating her badly, such as not even opening the door to her. The song is a fast and up-beat take on the boyfriend "not being good enough" as opposed to Lavigne's slower paced songs from Under My Skin on the same matter. On a documentary of the making of the "My Happy Ending" music video, "He Wasn't" plays in the background and Lavigne jokes, "'He wasn't what I wanted'...is that a theme on my record?".

## Critical reception

"He Wasn't" was criticized for the shallowness of the lyrics. Sal Cinquemani of Slant magazine described the song as a "crappy faux-punk tune", mostly because of the lyrical content. David Browne of Entertainment Weekly described the song as a "bratty kiss-off" and labelled it "boardroom-approved mall punk" noting that it sounded similar to songs on Lavigne's first album, Let Go.

However, "He Wasn't" has also been praised for its loud, catchy nature; Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic describes the song as "the fastest, loudest, catchiest, and best song here, and the one closest to the spirit and sound of Let Go". He also highlighted the song as a 'track pick' in a review of the album, Under My Skin. Rolling Stone was positive "The album's best song, a raucous three-minute sprint called "He Wasn't," has a pretty vacant opening line ("There's not much going on today/I'm really bored") and a simple yet ambiguous chorus: "He wouldn't even open up the door/He never made me feel like I was special." but "The words are full of contempt and self-pity, but she sings them like she doesn't really care." Yahoo Music! wrote: ""He Wasn’t" maintains this theme (broken relationship) with a dashing, Clash-style chorus that chastises this young man for not opening doors. Jeez, young women these days - one minute they’re wearing stack-heeled DMs and fairy queen ra-ra skirts and the next they give you hell for not acting like your dad."

## Music video

The video features Lavigne singing and her band playing instruments in the background. There are scenes where she dances around wearing white gloves, a pink skirt, and holding a magic wand (she is portraying a fairy), and other scenes where she is wearing devil horns on her head (she is portraying the devil). It turns out that Lavigne and her band are at a video shoot, and later get into a food fight, much to the dismay of the directors - who are played by Lavigne and the band, all dressed up in wigs and suits. Avril then rebels and smashes her guitar into the camera lens, and then into the paper wall, where pink paint splashes out. The video ends with the band dancing and Lavigne doing the splits.

Also, during the shooting of the music video when the pink slime came out, Lavigne tells that days later her hair was still pink and she needed to redye it because during the next days she was scheduled to have a photoshoot with 'Cosmopolitan' and her hair was looking really messy and all pink.

## Charts

Chart (2005)｜Peakposition

Brazil (ABPD)｜26

Canadian Airplay Chart｜92

Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)｜49

Scottish Singles Chart｜25

## Release history

Country｜Date｜Format｜Label

United Kingdom｜March 28, 2005｜CD single｜Arista

Australia｜April 8, 2005

Germany｜April 18, 2005

## Awards

Year｜Awards ceremony｜Award｜Results

2005｜Best International Video｜提名

## 外部連結

- Avril Lavigne's official site

## 基本資料

- 日語原文：He Wasn't、他配不上
- 藝術家：艾薇兒·拉維尼
- 域：酷到骨子裡
- 發行日期：2005年3月28日
- 類型：CD single
- 錄製時間：2003年–2004年、Whitecoat Sound、（加利福尼亞州馬里布）、The Boat、（加利福尼亞州洛杉磯)
- 類型：朋克搖滾、後垃圾搖滾
- 長度：2:59
- 唱片公司：愛麗斯塔、RCA
- 編劇：艾薇兒·拉維尼、香岱兒·科維亞祖克
- 製片：雷恩·梅達
- prev_title：沒有人的家
- 衛冕冠軍：2004
- next_title：堅持到底 (艾薇兒·拉維尼歌曲)
- 發行日期：2006