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"You're Going Down" is the lead single from
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' third album '' Tri-Polar''. "You're Going Down" was used by
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and the opening theme for the 2010 live-action film adaptation of ''
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''. The official release date was 2 June 2009 but the band had already begun streaming the song through their Myspace page.Sick Puppies' MySpace
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''. When Moore was asked how he wrote the song his answer was, "I asked myself, when you're getting pumped up to get into the ring, what would you want to hear? And that's what came out."


Music video

The full video for "You're Going Down" premiered on 11 August 2009 on both
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and
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, as well as th
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The next day, it became available for viewing on Sick Puppies Myspace page, as well as their
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channel.YouTube – "You're Going Down"
/ref> To contrast the heavy, aggressive sound of the song, the video features small children throwing water balloons at each other and shooting each other with water guns. The main humor comes from the fact that it is shot in a very serious way, similar to ''
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'', so that it appears to be a real war. The kids talk on walkie talkies and appear to die as if fighting with real weapons. The video cuts back and forth between this story and scenes of the band performing the song. Unlike most videos that are part story and part performance, this video has much more of the band performing than of the kids fighting.


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{{Sick Puppies singles 2009 singles 2009 songs Sick Puppies songs Songs written by Shimon Moore Songs written by Antonina Armato Songs written by Tim James (musician) Songs written by Emma Anzai Song recordings produced by Rock Mafia Virgin Records singles