REVIEW: 5 Seconds Of Summer Wish for 'Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind' to be Real in 'Amnesia' [LISTEN]

Co-written by fellow pop-punkers Benji and Joel Madden formerly of Good Charlotte, "Amnesia" finds 5SOS wishing they could pull an Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and forget all the good parts of a relationship in the wake of a particularly painful breakup.

Here's just a sample lyric: "And all my friends keep asking why I'm not around / It hurts to know you're happy, it hurts to know you've moved on / It's hard to hear your name when I haven't seen you in so long / It's like we never happened, was it just a lie? / If what we had was real how are you so fine / 'Cause I'm not fine at all," the heartbroken boy band sings in the second verse.

The rest of the song finds 5 Seconds Of Summer pining for "Amnesia" so they could forget about how wonderful cuddling with its former love was.

Call me a sucker for a broken heart, but there's something so relatable about this song and so heartfelt that it is a true 5SOS standout. It almost makes up for that sort of awful "American Idiot" cover.

Listen to 5 Seconds Of Summer's new song "Amnesia" below:

"Amnesia" is the final track on 5 Seconds Of Summer's upcoming debut album, fittingly titled 5 Seconds Of Summer. The album has thus far spawned the songs: "She Looks So Perfect," "Don't Stop" and "Kiss Me Kiss Me." 5 Seconds Of Summer will be released in the U.S. on July 22.

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5 Seconds of Summer, Benji Madden