Ready to Fall

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“Ready to Fall”
Single by Rise Against from the album The Sufferer & the Witness
Released	2006: Worldwide
Format	CD Digital: Worldwide
Recorded	Fort Collins, Colorado
Genre	Melodic Hardcore
Length	3:50
Label	Geffen Records
Writer(s)	Rise Against
Producer	Jason Livermore Bill Stevenson Rise Against
Rise Against singles chronology
"Life Less Frightening" (2005) "Ready to Fall" (2006) "Prayer of the Refugee" (2006)

"Ready to Fall" is a single and video by melodic hardcore band Rise Against. It was the first single from the 2006 album "The Sufferer and The Witness"

[edit] Video Overview

It was made in 2006, and it is about pollution and its effects on the environment. The video is 3 minutes, 52 seconds long, and cuts between shots of the band playing, the lead vocalist, Tim McIlrath, singing, and shots of animals being saved or dying, if not already dead, from various environmental hazards caused by humans, even being direct animal cruelty. At the end of the video, Tim McIlrath says, "Every action has a reaction. We have one planet, one chance."

As well as the version played on television, there was another, more graphic version created. This was never released officially but is available on certain websites. The video serves a testimony to veganism. Rise Against is very active with PETA, and the band members are all active vegetarians or vegans.

An acoustic version of this song was performed live on the CJZN Radio station in Victoria, British Columbia on January 18, 2007 before a Billy Talent concert featuring Rise Against, Anti-Flag and Moneen.

[edit] Chart Overview

The song has reached #13 on the Billboard Modern Rock charts. It is the lowest charting single from The Sufferer & the Witness, but at the time of its peak it was the second highest charting single by the band.

v • d • e Rise Against Tim McIlrath • Zach Blair • Joe Principe • Brandon Barnes Chris Chasse • Todd Mohney • Mr. Precision Studio albums The Unraveling • Revolutions Per Minute • Siren Song of the Counter Culture • The Sufferer & the Witness • Rise Against's fifth studio album EPs Transistor Revolt • This Is Noise DVDs Generation Lost Singles "Heaven Knows" • "Like the Angel" • "Give It All" • "Swing Life Away" • "Life Less Frightening" • "Ready to Fall" • "Prayer of the Refugee" • "The Good Left Undone" • "Behind Closed Doors" Concert tours The Unraveling Tour • Revolutions Per Minute Tour • Siren Song of the Counter Culture Tour • The Sufferer and the Witness Tour Related articles Discography • Fat Wreck Chords • Geffen Records • Punk scene • Warped Tour • Rock Against Bush Related bands 88 Fingers Louie • Arma Angelus • Baxter • The Killing Tree • Last of the Believers

This is known as one of rise against most important videos ever made.