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''. The song was performed as part of the band's August 1, 2015 show in

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for a crowd of over 37,000 people, the biggest headline show ever by a domestic rock band in Denmark.

Music video

An animated lyric video was created for the song by Yes Equals Yes.

Track listing

Charts

Year-end charts

Personnel

Michael Poulsen Michael Schøn Poulsen (born 1 April 1975) is a Danish singer, guitarist and songwriter. He is the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and main songwriter of rock band Volbeat. Prior to Volbeat, Poulsen was the vocalist for the death metal band Domi ...

– vocals, rhythm guitar *

Rob Caggiano Robert Caggiano (born November 7, 1976) is an American guitarist and record producer. Since 2013, Caggiano has been the lead guitarist of the rock band Volbeat. He had formerly been guitarist of thrash metal band Anthrax and nu metal band Boile ...

– lead guitar *

Anders Kjølholm Anders Nielsen (born 4 March 1974), known professionally as Anders Kjølholm, is a Danish bassist, best known as the former bassist of the Danish heavy metal band Volbeat. Before Volbeat, he was the bassist in Dominus, which also featured Volbea ...

– bass guitar *

Jon Larsen Jon Larsen (born 7 January 1959) is a gypsy jazz guitarist, record producer, painter, and amateur scientific researcher. He is the founder of the group Hot Club de Norvège. In 2007 he received the Buddy Award for his lifelong contribution to ...

– drums

References

2013 songs 2013 singles Volbeat songs Vertigo Records singles Universal Records singles Songs written by Michael Poulsen {{Metal-song-stub