Take One Last Breath

"Take One Last Breath"
Single by Abandon All Ships
from the album Geeving
Released June 29, 2010
Format Digital download
Genre Post-hardcore, metalcore, trance
Length 3:46
Label Universal Music Canada
Abandon All Ships singles chronology
"Take One Last Breath"
(2010)		 "Megawacko 2.0"
(2010)

"Take One Last Breath" is a song by Canadian post-hardcore band, Abandon All Ships. It was released as the first single from their debut album, Geeving. The single was released on iTunes on June 29, 2010,[1] followed by the music video being released on June 30, 2010, where it premiered on VH1.[2]

Contents

Background

The song was written by the group prior to the release of their self-titled EP. At that time, "Take One Last Breath" was titled "Pedestrians Is Another Word for Speedbumps". Angelo Aita explained that the song name was changed because the band "changed the song completely...so it's like a new name for a new song" and that Universal Music Canada "wanted [Abandon All Ships] to shorten [the song title] because it was really long."[3]

Music video

The music video premiered on VH1 on August 27, 2010[4] and on MTV's Headbangers Ball on August 24, 2010.[5]

The music video for the song was directed by Davin Black of 235films, and is a performance-only style music video. It primarily features the band performing either on the ground, or on higher platforms with their instruments. A behind-the-scenes video was posted to Abandon All Ships' YouTube page on July 5, 2010,[6] showing a dispute about lasers that were apparently supposed to be in the video.

Re-recorded differences

The differences between "Take One Last Breath" and "Pedestrians Is Another Word for Speedbump" are minor. A main difference is that "Take One Last Breath" is longer by 21 seconds, and does not include the synth patches from "Pedestrians" during the breakdown. The middle part of the song where is says "captain captain, before the sail rips" repeats three times in "Pedestrians", yet is said only twice in "Take One Last Breath", first "captain captain, before the sail rips", then "captain captain, I can see enemy ships" before repeating the first term. Lastly, "Pedestrians" does not repeat the chorus at the end, but simply ends with the breakdown.

Track listing

  1. "Take One Last Breath" (video version) — 3:39
  2. "Take One Last Breath" (album version) — 3:45

Charting

Charts (2010)[3] Peak
position
Canadian Rock Charts 5
Canadian Pop Charts 65

References

  1. ^ "Single Release/Discovered Airing/Ontario & US Tour". Abandon All Ships/MySpace. 29 June 2010. http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=92269184&blogId=536494485. Retrieved 28 August 2010. 
  2. ^ "Music Video: ABANDON ALL SHIPS - "Take One Last Breath" on Vimeo". indiestar.tv/Vimeo. 30 June 2010. http://vimeo.com/12991510. Retrieved 28 August 2010. 
  3. ^ a b Goodwin, Bobby (27 August 2010). "Abandon All Ships | Interviews - Substream Music Press". Substream Music Press. http://www.substreammusicpress.com/Interviews/abandon-all-ships.html. Retrieved 3 October 2010. 
  4. ^ ""Take One Last Breath" by Abandon All Ships | Music Video | VH1.com". 27 August 2010. http://www.vh1.com/video/abandon-all-ships/556158/take-one-last-breath.jhtml. Retrieved 1 September 2010. 
  5. ^ Aita, Angelo (21 August 2010). "New layout, new single, new video, new STDs... - Abandon All Ships's MySpace blog". Abandon All Ships/MySpace. http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=92269184&blogId=538450944. Retrieved 1 September 2010. 
  6. ^ "Abandon All Ships - Behind the Scenes 'Take One Last Breath'". Abandon All Ships/YouTube. 5 July 2010. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYck6a2t5A8. Retrieved 28 August 2010. 
Abandon All Ships
  • Angelo Aita
  • Martin Broda
  • Daniel Ciccotelli
  • Sebastian Cassisi-Nunez
  • Chris Taylor
  • Nick Fiorini
  • David Stephens
  • Francesco Pallotta
  • Kyler Stephen Browne
  • Andrew Paiano
  • Daniel Paiano
Studio albums
EPs
Singles
  • "Take One Last Breath"
  • "Megawacko 2.1"
  • "Geeving"