Be Yourself (Audioslave song)
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| Single by Audioslave | ||
| from the album Out of Exile | ||
| Released | 2005 | |
| Format | CD, Cassette, Vinyl | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 4:39 | |
| Label | Interscope Records | |
| Producer(s) | Rick Rubin | |
| Chart positions | ||
| Audioslave singles chronology | ||
| "What You Are" (2004) |
"Be Yourself" (2005) |
"Your Time Has Come" (2005) |
"Be Yourself" is the first single by Audioslave for their second album Out of Exile. It was released in 2005. The song was number one on the modern rock charts for three weeks in 2005, and number one on the mainstream rock charts for seven weeks in 2005.
Next to Like a Stone, it is considered the bands most well known song, and is still played on radio stations world wide.
It is the theme of the 2005 RAW Diva Search which was held by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), and was temporarily used as the entrance music of the winner of that contest, Ashley Massaro. It was also used in the Scrubs season six premiere episode "My Mirror Image". New York Mets' outfielder Shawn Green also used the song before his at-bats at games in 2006.
There was a contest held by ContactMusic.com in which fans of the band could submit their pictures, over two dozen of which were selected and featured on the 7" Vinyl release of the single.
[edit] Music Video
The video begins with the band playing the song, a close-up of Tom Morello playing his guitar for the most part. Close-ups of Chris Cornell singing follow, along with more of Morello's guitar. The band is then shown, after the chorus, in a dark, isolated room with large windows, much like the room in their video for Like a Stone. Close-ups of Morello during the guitar solo follow, with abstracted views of Cornell, while lights in the background change colors quickly. During the last chorus, lights in the background flash colors of red.
This video is much like the video from their second single, Like a Stone, where as the band is only shown playing in a dark room.
| Preceded by "E-Pro" by Beck |
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single April 9, 2005 |
Succeeded by "Holiday" by Green Day |
| Audioslave |
| Chris Cornell | Tom Morello | Tim Commerford | Brad Wilk |
| Discography |
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| Albums: Audioslave | Out of Exile | Revelations |
| DVDs: Audioslave | Live in Cuba |
| Singles: "Cochise" | "Like a Stone" | "Show Me How To Live" | "I Am The Highway" | "What You Are" | "Be Yourself" | "Your Time Has Come" | "Doesn't Remind Me" | "Out of Exile" | "Original Fire" | "Revelations" |
| Related articles |
| Rage Against the Machine | Soundgarden | Interscope Records | Epic Records | Axis of Justice |
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