The Great Escape (Boys Like Girls song)

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“The Great Escape”
Single by Boys Like Girls from the album Boys Like Girls
Released	2007
Format	CD single
Recorded	2006
Genre	pop rock
Length	3:28
Label	Columbia, Red Ink
Boys Like Girls singles chronology
"Hero/Heroine" (2006) "The Great Escape" (2007) "Hero/Heroine" (2007 Re-release)

"The Great Escape" is the second single from Boys Like Girls' eponymous debut album, and is also their first single to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at 23. The single has been certified Platinum by the RIAA, for selling over 1 million downloads. ^[1]

Contents 1 Music video 2 Track listing 3 Chart positions 4 External links 5 References

[edit] Music video

The music video was directed by Alan Ferguson, It was filmed in January 2007 by (unknown) and released in late February 2007. It has been recently added to MTV and has received considerable play on Fuse TV, MTV, and MTV2. It features the band on the road, as well as in concert, while detailing the journey of a group of their fans on the way to and during their best concert.

Parts of the video were filmed on the Granada Hills Charter High School campus located in Granada Hills, California.^{[citation needed]} The concert portions were filmed in Los Angeles, CA.

The video was released to U.K. music channels in February 2008.

There are no actual instances of censorship in the music video. In an interview with Kurt Loder^{[citation needed]}, the band stated that the lyrics were originally "Let's get drunk and drive around," but were changed to "...ride around" as to not appear to be promoting drunk driving.

[edit] Track listing

• CD Single

1. "The Great Escape" (Album Version)
2. "Heels Over Head" (Tom Lord-Alge Mix)
3. "The Great Escape" (Live)

Bonus Content:

1. "The Great Escape" Ringtone
2. Wallpaper Image

[edit] Chart positions

• The song peaked at #23 on the Billboard Hot 100, #9 on the Pop 100, #17 on the Hot Digital and at #7 on Top 40 format radio.^{[citation needed]}
• The song has had reasonable success in New Zealand charting at #36 after less than a month of its release from airplay/digital sales only.^{[citation needed]}

• A clip of this song was also used towards the end of another of their songs, 'Holiday.'^{[citation needed]}
• This song can be played during New York Islanders warm ups.^{[citation needed]}
• This song was part of the OSL Ongamenet intro from January 2008 to the end of March 2008.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] External links

• "The Great Escape" music video at YouTube

[edit] References

v • d • e Boys Like Girls Martin Johnson • Paul DiGiovanni • Bryan Donahue • John Keefe Studio album Boys Like Girls Singles "Hero/Heroine" • "The Great Escape" • "Thunder"