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"Audience of One" is a song by American rock band Rise Against, written by the band's frontman Tim McIlrath. It is the second single from their 2008 album Appeal to Reason. Hitting number four on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart, "Audience of One" is Rise Against's third-highest charting single, behind the previous single from Appeal to Reason, "Re-Education (Through Labor)", which peaked at number three and the third single "Savior".

"Audience of One"
Single by Rise Against
from the album Appeal to Reason
Released	March 3, 2009
Recorded	January–June 2008 at The Blasting Room, Fort Collins, Colorado
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	4:06
Label	Interscope
Songwriter(s)	Rise Against
Producer(s)	Jason Livermore, Bill Stevenson
Rise Against singles chronology
"Re-Education (Through Labor)" (2008) "Audience of One" (2009) "Savior" (2009)

Performance

In mid-October 2008, the L.A. radio station KROQ began playing "Audience of One."[1] Its video was announced to be shot with director Brett Simon on December 9.[2] On January 15, 2009, the video for "Audience of One" premiered on MySpace. The song impacted radio on January 20.[3] The single was released on CD and 7" vinyl on March 3, 2009, in the UK.[4]

Music video

The music video features an eight-year-old boy who resembles George W. Bush playing with a miniature world, and throughout the video the boy plays with objects depicting high gas prices, the war in Iraq, the funeral of a soldier, Abu Ghraib prison, the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, deforestation, house foreclosures, gay marriage, and illegal immigration before going to bed in the White House. It also features Rise Against performing in a miniature White House lawn, which the boy smashes before the end of the video.[5]

Other appearances

"Audience of One" is featured with a customized Rise Against Theme in Tap Tap Revenge 2 for the iPhone and iPod Touch. It is featured again in the aforementioned game's sequel, Tap Tap Revenge 3, in a double pack that also includes “Ready to Fall”. The song is also a downloadable song in Guitar Hero World Tour and Rock Band 3.

Track listing

Charts

Chart (2009)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Alternative Songs[7]	4
U.S. Billboard Rock Songs	16
Canadian Hot 100[8]	59

See also

• List of anti-war songs

References

External links

• "Audience of One" Official music video on YouTube

На других языках

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- [en] Audience of One (song)

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[es] Audience of One

«Audience of One» es una canción de la banda estadounidense de hardcore punk Rise Against, lanzado a través de Interscope Records el 3 de marzo como su segundo sencillo de su quinto álbum de estudio Appeal to Reason (2008). La canción ha alcanzado el número cuatro en la lista Billboard Alternative Songs, "Audience of One" es el tercer sencillo más alto en las listas de éxitos de Rise Against, detrás del sencillo anterior de Appeal to Reason, "Re-Education (Through Labor)", que alcanzó el puesto número tres y el tercer sencillo "Savior".

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[ru] Audience of One

«Audience of One» — второй сингл американской панк-рок группы Rise Against с альбома Appeal to Reason. Релиз песни состоялся 3 марта 2009 года на лейбле Interscope Records. Песня записывалась в The Blasting Room, Форт-Коллинс, Колорадо. Текст к синглу был написан ведущим вокалистом группы — Тимом Макилротом. Песня была выпущена на CD-дисках и 7-дюймовом виниле[1].

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