| "DVP" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:DVP_-_PUP_single.jpeg) | ||||
| Single by PUP | ||||
| from the album The Dream Is Over | ||||
| Released | January 26, 2016 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 2:28 | |||
| Label | ||||
| Songwriter(s) |
| |||
| Producer(s) | David Schiffman | |||
| PUP singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
| Music video | ||||
| "DVP" on YouTube | ||||
"DVP" is a song recorded by the Canadian punk rock band PUP for their second studio album, The Dream Is Over (2016). It was released as the lead single from The Dream Is Over on January 26, 2016 through Royal Mountain Records in Canada and SideOneDummy elsewhere. PUP first emerged in the early 2010s from Toronto, where they went by the name Topanga and acquired skill in DIY punk clubs. They played hundreds of concerts on the road per year, touring nonstop to support themselves. "DVP" is credited to each of the band members—Stefan Babcock, Zachary Mykula, Steven Sladkowski, Nestor Chumak—who recorded the track with producer David Schiffman in their hometown.
The fast-paced, energetic punk track follows a drunken narrator who refuses to grow up miserably attempting to repair a relationship. Babcock carries the vocals, alternating between shouting and harmonizing. The song's title comes from the Don Valley Parkway in Toronto, an expressway the narrator drunkenly speeds down. "DVP" was well-received by contemporary music critics, with many deeming it a highlight from The Dream is Over. Its music video, which repurposes dialogue from retro video games as song lyrics, saw wide acclaim.