This Is for Real (song)

"This Is for Real"
Single by Motion City Soundtrack
from the album Even if it Kills Me
Released 2007
Format CD, 7"
Recorded 2007
Genre Pop punk
Length 3:10
Label Epitaph
Motion City Soundtrack singles chronology
"Broken Heart"
(2007)		 "This Is for Real"
(2007)		 "It Had to Be You"
(2008)

"This Is for Real" is a song by the pop punk band Motion City Soundtrack. It is the second single off their third studio album, Even If It Kills Me. It was digitally released on August 7, 2007, and physically released on September 3, 2007 in the United Kingdom.[1]

Music video

The music video, directed by Jay Martin, features the band playing in a bowling alley. In addition to performing the song as Motion City Soundtrack, each band member, except for Pierre, plays as a different character that appears in the video. Johnson plays an old man, Taylor plays a boy scout, Cain plays a biker, and Thaxton plays as a man with an '80s style mullet. The video was officially released by the band on September 10, 2007, on mtvU.com.[2]

Trivia

Track listing

CD
  1. "This Is for Real"
  2. "Plymouth Rock (Lifter Puller cover)"
CD 2
  1. "This Is for Real"
  2. "Not Asking You to Leave"
AU CD
  1. "This Is for Real"
  2. "Not Asking You to Leave"
  3. "Plymouth Rock (Lifter Puller cover)"
iTunes download
  1. "This Is for Real"
  2. "Broken Heart" (Acoustic)
Download
  1. "This Is for Real"
  2. "The Worst Part..."

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External links

References

  1. ↑ 7Digital
  2. ↑ MTVu