"Rise Above 1" is a single from the soundtrack of the Broadway
rock musical
A rock musical is a musical theatre work with rock music. The genre of rock musical may overlap somewhat with album musicals, concept albums and song cycles, as they sometimes tell a story through the rock music, and some album musicals and conc ...
''
Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark'', released in May 2011. The song was recorded by
Reeve Carney
Reeve Jefferson Carney (born April 18, 1983) is an American actor and singer-songwriter. He is best known for originating the role of Peter Parker/Spider-Man in '' Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark'' on Broadway and playing Orpheus in the original B ...
, who portrays
Peter Parker/Spider-Man
Spider-Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, he first appearance, first appeared in the anthology comic book ''Amazing Fantasy'' #15 (August ...
in the musical, along with co-writers
Bono and
the Edge
David Howell Evans (born 8 August 1961), better known as the Edge or simply Edge,McCormick (2006), pp. 21, 23–24 is an English-born Irish musician, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as the lead guitarist, keyboardist, and backing voca ...
of
U2. Another version of the song contains the cast from the musical, titled "Rise Above 2".
The single peaked at number 74 on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100, becoming Carney's first single to chart.
Performances
Carney, Bono, and the Edge performed the song live on the season finale of the
10th season of ''
American Idol
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Music video
A music video directed by
Aaron Platt
Aaron Platt, (born June 9, 1981) is an American film director and cinematographer. He previously resided in Venice, California, and Brooklyn, New York. He currently resides in Seattle with his wife, Karissa Hochberg, a wardrobe stylist.
Platt ...
and Joseph Toman premiered in July 2011. It was produced by Jonathan Lia via GOODCOMPANY.
Critical reception
Giving 3 stars out of 5, Jon Dolan of ''
Rolling Stone
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'' magazine said that the song "may become a metaphor for its slog towards redemption." Victoria Meng of ''TheCelebrityCafe'' was critical of the song, saying it "tries to sound good and somewhat succeeds", but that the song didn't convey the true personality of Spider-Man.
Chart performance
The song debuted on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 the week of June 11, 2011 after being performed live on ''American Idol''.
References
External links
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{{Spider-Man music
2011 debut singles
2011 songs
Songs written by Bono
Songs written by the Edge
Interscope Records singles
Song recordings produced by Alex da Kid
Songs about fictional male characters
Spider-Man in music
Songs from musicals