"Rise" is the second

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Track listing

CD # "Rise (Edit)" - 3:20 # "Rise (Edit 2)" - 3:40 Play.com (UK Maxi) (MP3 EP) # "Rise (Album Version)" - 4:13 # "Handlebars (BBC Acoustic)" - 3:35 # "Happy Together" - 4:00 # "Rise (BBC Acoustic)" - 4:12

Music video

The Flobots filmed a music video for this song on July 6, 2008, at the Gothic theater In Denver, Colorado. The video shows a rock concert intermixed with scenes of pro-American posters and people working to make the world a better place, such as planting trees and committing random acts of kindness. The video features almost everyone in some form of American Flag bandanna, much like the cover for Flobot's album "Fight with Tools." In the video, multiple references are made to the websit
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a pro-peace website dedicated to the visions of what people want USA to be.

Chart performance

On September 13, 2008, "Rise" charted on the ''

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at number 36. The song peaked at number 33. 2008 singles Flobots songs 2007 songs {{2000s-hiphop-single-stub