They Rage On

"They Rage On"
Single by Dan Seals
from the album Rage On
B-side "Factory Town"[1]
Released February 1989
Genre Country
Length 4:40
Label Capitol
Writer(s) Bob McDill
Dan Seals
Producer(s) Kyle Lehning
Dan Seals singles chronology
"Big Wheels in the Moonlight"
(1988)		 "They Rage On"
(1989)		 "Love on Arrival"
(1990)

"They Rage On" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Dan Seals. It was released in February 1989 as the third and final single from his album Rage On. It peaked at #5 on the Billboard country charts in June 1989, thus breaking his streak of number-one hits. It was his first single to miss the #1 spot since his early-1985 single "My Old Yellow Car", which peaked at #9. The song was written by Seals and Bob McDill.

Music video

The music video was directed by Neil Abramson. This video, in particular, played on the song's theme of the irony of small-town values with the depiction of an inter-racial relationship. In it, a white teen-aged boy falls in love with a Chinese girl, angering the boy's friends to the point they vandalize the boy's car; one boy attempts to assault the girl's father by hurling a beer bottle at him (the bottle misses).[2]

Chart positions

Chart (1989) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3] 4
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 5

Year-end charts

Chart (1989) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[5] 38
US Country Songs (Billboard)[6] 56

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 372. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
  2. ↑ Associated Press, Dan Seals obituary, March 26, 2009. Accessed via the Knoxville News Sentinel on March 29, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 6344." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. June 5, 1989. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Dan Seals Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Dan Seals.
  5. ↑ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1989". RPM. December 23, 1989. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Best of 1989: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1989. Retrieved August 28, 2013.