"Oh! Gravity." is a song written and recorded by the American rock band
Switchfoot
Switchfoot is an American rock band from San Diego, California. The band's members are Jon Foreman (lead vocals, guitar), Tim Foreman (bass guitar, backing vocals), Chad Butler (drums, percussion), and Jerome Fontamillas (guitar, keyboards, back ...
, and is the title track from their sixth studio album
of the same name. The song impacted radio on October 31, 2006, but was made available for free streaming on their website and
MySpace in early October, and had found its way onto radio well before the release date.
The track was released for purchase on
iTunes
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on October 21, 2006, along with a 17-minute interview in which the band talked about each of the songs on the then-upcoming album.
According to songwriter
Jon Foreman
Jonathan Mark Foreman (born October 22, 1976) is an American musician, the lead singer, guitarist, main songwriter and co-founder of the alternative rock band Switchfoot. He started Switchfoot in 1996 with drummer Chad Butler and his brother Ti ...
, the song is a "generational appeal for peace, love, and understandin
Music video
The music video for this single first premiered on
LAUNCHcast, Yahoo! Music on November 13, 2006. The video used
green screen
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technology to superimpose the album's graphical artwork all around the band members, who themselves appear to be spinning in an anti-gravity field. At the end of the video, Foreman's face morphs into the middle face on the album artwork.
Reception
On the radio, it achieved moderate success, peaking at # 36 on the U.S. Modern Rock charts. The song was also Top 10 on Christian Rock, Top 15 on Christian Hit Radio and # 11 on the
Bubbling Under Hot 100
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chart.
In the media
*The song is on the soundtrack for
MLB 07: The Show.
*The song can also be heard in trailers for the 2007 MTV show, "
Life of Ryan
Life is a quality that distinguishes matter that has biological processes, such as signaling and self-sustaining processes, from that which does not, and is defined by the capacity for growth, reaction to stimuli, metabolism, energy t ...
." It was the official theme song of the show.
Charts
References
External links
Music videoSwitchfoot Podcast Episode 12 - Oh! Gravity. Video Shoot
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2006 singles
Switchfoot songs
Songs written by Jon Foreman
Song recordings produced by Steve Lillywhite
Songs written by Tim Foreman