"The Bird and the Worm" is a song by

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, released as the first single from their third studio album, ''

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''. The song impacted radio on April 3, 2007. It is their highest charting single to date, peaking at number 9 on the '' Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks chart and number 7 on the ''Billboard'' Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, equaling number 107 on the U.S. Hot 100 (their second single to make it into the ''Billboard'' singles chart). Billboard.com – Artist Chart History – The Used/ref> It received moderate video play on MTV and other music channels. The song is about Bert McCracken's brother, who is suffering from

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Track listings

*All songs written by

CD Single

7-inch picture disc

2010 digital download

In 2010, a three-track version appeared on digital music stores featuring three versions of the song.

Music video

The video was filmed in

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, Canada on April 1–2, 2007. The video, which was directed by Lisa Mann, premiered on Monday, April 23, 2007 on MTV2 in the U.S. as part of their ''Unleashed'' program. The video is not available o
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by UK residents. UK TV channel Scuzz is now showing an edited version of the video; it only has a brief moment at the start through the key hole and then cuts out the sequence with

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being stabbed in the wrist and then it healing itself. The part where Bert coughs up blood after drowning in the couch has also been cut. It also cuts out the part where Jeph offers Bert a lamb's head on a plate.

In other media

The song was used in CBS' '' Moonlight'' for their fifth episode, and an orchestral cover was used in the trailer for the 2010 remake of '' Clash of the Titans''.Clash of the Titans 2010 Trailer
/ref> It was also played during Francesca Jones's rhythmic gymnastics routine at the

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Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bird and the Worm, The The Used songs 2007 singles 2007 songs Warner Records singles Reprise Records singles Song recordings produced by John Feldmann Songs written by Quinn Allman Songs written by Jeph Howard Songs written by Bert McCracken