"Won't Back Down" is a song performed by American
rock
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band
Fuel
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. Written by guitarist
Carl Bell, the song was originally released as the
lead single
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for the 2003
film soundtrack
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''
Daredevil: The Album''. Eventually, another version of the song would be included on Fuel's third album later that year, ''
Natural Selection
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''. It was titled, "Won't Back Down (Bring You Hell remix)."
"Won't Back Down" is more
industrial
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sounding than the rest of the band's catalog, which is partially due to the nature of the film, and also due to Bell having less than a week to write the song to meet
Fox studios
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' deadline in order make
the film
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and soundtrack.
''Fuel Go More Industrial For 'Daredevil' Track, Prep To Record New LP''
/ref> It is the first song played in the credits of the movie.
Music video
The "Won't Back Down" video
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found considerable airplay on MTV2
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and Fuse TV
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. It features clips from the movie, and Fuel is seen playing from atop a building with a helicopter flying around in the background. Brett Scallions then enters the building and makes his way to the top floor while searching for Daredevil
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's signature cane weapon. As he advances, a SWAT
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team follows Scallions through the building. The video is included on the second disc of ''Daredevil''.
Charts
References
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Daredevil (film series)
Fuel (band) songs
2003 songs
2003 singles
Songs written by Carl Bell (musician)
Wind-up Records singles
Song recordings produced by Michael Beinhorn