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, off of their studio album '' Transmissions''. It peaked at number 16 on the US ''

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chart in 2014.

Background

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was released for the song on October 29, 2014. The band's official video was directed by Ramon Boutviseth. The band also had several other videos in relation to the song, including a fan contest to create the best music video on

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, and working closely with James Spratt of professional

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to create videos, because the band's music had become popular among the

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community for making game-play montages to the band's music. The song's music video topped

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's Top 10 music video chart twice in 2015, including narrowly beating Slipknot's video for "

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Themes and composition

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Dustin Bates described the song's lyrical themes as being about "standing up to oppressive forces", along the same lines as the movie ''

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''.

Reception

Commercially, the song peaked at number 16 on the ''

'' US

chart in 2015. Additionally, outlets such as ''

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'' noted that the song was particularly well received in the music streaming world, similar to prior single "

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", racking up "tens of millions of views" on sites such as YouTube. Collectively with the album's other releases, the band earned $232,000 from streaming on the site alone.

Personnel

* Dustin Bates – lead vocals, keyboard * Brock Richards – lead guitar * Ron DeChant – bass * Adam Gilbert – drums

Charts

References

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