Restless (Switchfoot song)

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"Restless"
Single by Switchfoot
from the album Vice Verses
Released	July, 2011
Format	Digital download
Recorded	2011
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	5:18 (Album version) 4:06 (Radio edit)
Label	lowercase people/Atlantic/Credential Recordings
Writer(s)	Jon Foreman
Producer(s)	Switchfoot Neal Avron

"Restless" is a song written and recorded by the alternative rock band Switchfoot, and a radio single from Vice Verses, their eighth studio album. It served as the album's co-lead single with "Dark Horses".

Song history

Lead singer and principal songwriter for the band Jon Foreman wrote the song in Europe, with the intent of "trying to embody the story of the rain," which comes from the idea that raindrops are on a "relentless" journey back to the ocean. "I was thinking about the idea that I'm on a journey myself," he says. "...reaching and searching and longing for more.^[1]

The song first made a public appearance in April 2011 when Foreman performed an acoustic rendition live at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan.^[2] It was later performed by the full band on May 18th in London, Ontario during a brief Canadian tour.^[3]

The official music video for the song debuted on 31 October 2011.^[4] It was directed by Tom Aiello.

Reception

"Restless" was released to Christian CHR radio in July alongside Switchfoot's mainstream single, "Dark Horses." Air1 picked up the song on July 18, 2011.^[5]

Chart positions

Chart	Position
Billboard Christian Songs	23
Christian CHR	4
Billboard Christian AC	29

References

↑ Restless Video Interview. Sparrow Records. Published July 11, 2011
↑ Restless - Brand New Song by Jon Foreman. Land of Broken Hearts. Published April 10, 2011
↑ First Full Band Performance of Restless. Youtube.
↑ Switchfoot 'Restless' Video Premiere and Exclusive Photo Gallery. AOL Music Blog. Published October 31, 2011
↑ New Music With Soul. Air1. Published July 18, 2011 (retrieved July 23, 2011)

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Jon Foreman Tim Foreman Chad Butler Jerome Fontamillas Drew Shirley

Albums	The Legend of Chin New Way to Be Human Learning to Breathe The Beautiful Letdown Nothing Is Sound Oh! Gravity. Hello Hurricane Vice Verses Fading West

Live Albums	Switchfoot: Live - EP Best of Bootlegs Vol. 1 iTunes Session The Best Yet Live in Nashville Hello Hurricane Live

EPs	Oh! EP Building a Hurricane Eastern Hymns for Western Shores Vice Re-Verses Backstage EP Fading West EP Backstage EP #2

Compilations	The Early Years: 1997–2000 The Best Yet

DVDs/Films	Switchfootage 1 and 2 Live in San Diego The Beautiful Letdown (Dual Disc) Feet Don't Fail Me Now Nothing Is Sound (Dual Disc) Live at the Ventura Theatre The Best Yet - Live Fading West

Singles	"Chem 6A" "Home" "Ode to Chin" "Underwater" "New Way to Be Human" "Incomplete" "Company Car" "You Already Take Me There" "Living Is Simple" "Meant to Live" "More Than Fine" "Gone" "Dare You to Move" "This Is Your Life" "Stars" "We Are One Tonight" "Dirty Second Hands" "Oh! Gravity." "Awakening" "Head over Heels (In This Life)" "Rebuild" "This Is Home" "Another Christmas (Old Borego)" "Mess of Me" "Always" "The Sound (John M. Perkins' Blues)" "Your Love Is a Song" "Bullet Soul" "Dark Horses" "Restless" "Afterlife" "The Original" "Where I Belong" "Who We Are" "Love Alone Is Worth the Fight"

Tours	The Beautiful Letdown Nothing Is Sound Oh! Gravity. Appetite for Construction Up in Arms Music Builds Crazy Making Hello Hurricane Vice Verses Fading West

Other songs	"Only Hope" "Lonely Nation"

Related articles	Discography Awards lowercase people Fiction Family

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