"Gives You Hell" is a song by American rock band the All-American Rejects, released as the lead single from their third studio album, When the World Comes Down on September 30, 2008.

"[4] In an interview with Vevo, the pair described how the song started out as "a cheesy whirl on a drum-loop", and how unsure they were on its sound that it nearly did not make the final track listing for When the World Comes Down.

But after a phone conversation with music producer Jimmy Iovine, who praised the song's lyrics and instrumental mix, the band decided to add it to the album's track list.

"[4] In a further interview with MTV, Wheeler commented that "We wanted the backing vocalists to sound like a —'bunch of drunk assholes', so we had the crew and us drink a beer for every take and yelled the chorus into a microphone.

The attitude of 'Dirty Little Secret' is here in full force, and you will likely find yourself singing along",[6] while Digital Spy, who rated the track three out of five stars, described it as "Sum 41-style guitars and a cheery singalong outro, it certainly isn't innovative, but as many of their contemporaries have begun dabbling in politics and darker musical styles, there's a certain charm to the band's blissful ignorance of changing fashions.

[9] In the United States, "Gives You Hell" entered the Billboard Hot 100 at position number 69 and climbed steadily for seven weeks before breaking into the top 10 at position number 10,[10] giving the band their third and last top 10 hit on the chart, before eventually peaking at number four on the Hot 100,[11] making "Gives You Hell" the All-American Rejects' most successful single to date and their first top five hit, remaining in the charts for 36 weeks before it was retired.

In late 2009, Billboard announced that "Gives You Hell" was the most played song of that year on their top 40 chart.

[13] The music video for "Gives You Hell" was directed by Marc Webb and shot in October 2008 in California and was released a month later on November 3.

"Gives You Hell" was featured on the musical comedy-drama television show Glee in the episode "Hell-O".