Synopsis

In this animated Prozzak video, Simon tries to come to terms with the way he treated a former girlfriend. While Milo accompanies him through the nightlife setting, Simon attempts to reconnect and apologize, but circumstances keep the pair apart. The bright, comic animation contrasts with Simon's regret as he realizes that being hurt by someone else has finally made him understand the pain he caused. The video turns the song's self-deprecating breakup narrative into another episode of Simon's unsuccessful search for love.

Factoids & Trivia

• The video is animated and centers on Prozzak's recurring characters, Simon and Milo.

• Simon's former girlfriend is depicted as a bartender, making the failed apology attempt part of the video's central joke.

• The song was released as the second single from Prozzak's debut album, "Hot Show," and the video dates from 1999.

• "Sucks to Be You" reached No. 1 on the MuchMusic Countdown and peaked at No. 25 on Canada's RPM singles chart.

• Jay Levine said the song drew on an awkward encounter with a groupie and a comedy routine by Woody Allen.

• Levine and James Bryan McCollum helped script and storyboard Prozzak's early videos. The characters were designed with illustrator Scott Harder, while the cel animation for the project was produced in South Korea.

• The album's animated videos helped establish Prozzak as one of Canada's defining cartoon-pop acts of the late 1990s and early 2000s.