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"The Anthem" is the second single taken from Good Charlotte's second studio album The Young and the Hopeless. The song is generally seen as to be about the torment faced by fans of alternative music in high school from other "popular" kids. It also has a message of doing what you want to do in life.
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- "The Anthem"
- "Riot Girl" (Acoustic Version)
- "The Young & the Hopeless" (Acoustic Version)
- "Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous" (Acoustic Version)
[edit] Certifications
[edit] Chart performance
[edit] Trivia
- A cover version of the song is featured in a stage for the Nintendo DS video game, Elite Beat Agents, where fictional ex-baseball player Hulk Bryman has to rely on his baseball skills to save children from a fire golem.
- Another cover is included in the North American release of Donkey Konga 2.
- According to Benji Madden, the band was asked to write a new song for a movie soundtrack, and the studio wanted it to be a loser anthem. The song was not used on the film's soundtrack, but somewhat ironically, would go on to feature in more films & television shows than any of Good Charlotte's other songs.
- The video features cameos from members of Mest & Home Grown. Members of New Found Glory were also present at the video shoot, however, they did not appear in the final video.
- This was the band's third U.K. single, as the release was delayed to 6 months after the American release, and Girls And Boys was released in its place.
- The song peaked at #8 on April 4th, 2003, on the MuchMusic Countdown.
- In 2003 alone, this song appeared in Madden '03, the movies American Wedding, Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (although the film takes place in 1986), commercials for the film Just Married and promotional advertisements on Nickelodeon for their summer all-day-long television show marathons. And since that year, it has also been featured in The Pacifier and American Pie Presents Band Camp.
- The music video for the song won "Best Rock Video" at the MTV Video Music Awards Japan in 2004.
- "The Anthem" is the second of three 'anthem' songs that Good Charlotte has recorded. The first was "East Coast Anthem" from their debut album, Good Charlotte, and the third is "Dance Floor Anthem" from Good Morning Revival.
- The song was featured on the soundtrack of Project Gotham Racing.
[edit] References
- ^ ARIA Australia
- ^ RIAA
- ^ ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart. ARIA Charts. Retrieved January 6, 2008.
- ^ German Top 100 Chart. Retrieved January 6, 2008.
- ^ Irish Top 50 Chart. Retrieved January 6, 2008.
- ^ New Zealand Top 40 Chart. Retrieved January 6, 2008.
- ^ Swedish Top 60 Chart. Retrieved January 6, 2008.
- ^ UK Top 75 Chart. Retrieved January 6, 2008.
- ^ Hot Singles Sales Chart. Retrieved November 17, 2007.
- ^ Hot Digital Tracks Chart. Retrieved November 17, 2007.
- ^ Top 40 Mainstream Chart. Retrieved November 17, 2007.
- ^ Hot Singles Recurrents Chart. Retrieved November 17, 2007.
- ^ Hot 100 Chart. Retrieved November 17, 2007.
- ^ Top 40 Tracks Chart. Retrieved November 17, 2007.
- ^ Hot Modern Rock Tracks Chart. Retrieved November 17, 2007.
- ^ Hot 100 Airplay Chart. Retrieved November 17, 2007.
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