Boston (song)

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“Boston”

Single by Augustana from the album All the Stars and Boulevards
Released	2005
Format	CD
Genre	Rock
Length	04:06
Label	Epic Records
Producer	Brendan O'Brien, Stephen Short
Certification	Platinum (RIAA)

"Boston" is a song by American rock band Augustana, from their 2005 album "All the Stars and Boulevards". It was originally produced in 2003 by Stephen Short for Midwest Skies and Sleepless Mondays and was later re-recorded with producer Brendan O'Brien for All the Stars and Boulevards.^[1] This song propelled the band to become successful.^{[citation needed]} As a result, the song was used in many types of media.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Music video

A music video was released for the song, showing the lead singer playing a piano on a beach, later showing many other pianos on the beach, as the video progresses, the other band members appear. Soon, high tide comes up and the entire band continues to play as they are submerged in water over and over.

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The song was featured on an episode of One Tree Hill, which garnered the band widespread recognition. VH1 and MTV have both embraced Augustana and have played "Boston" during the end credits of some of their popular shows. The song "Boston" currently has two versions: the slower one being released earlier off their album Midwest Skies and Sleepless Mondays; the more recent, single version was off of the album All the Stars and Boulevards.^{[citation needed]}
The song was featured in Scrubs episode His Story III.^{[citation needed]}
The song was also featured in One Tree Hill's 3rd season finale consisting a dance with Lucas Scott and Brooke Davis.^{[citation needed]}
The song was also featured in the Shark episode, Here Comes The Judge^{[citation needed]}
The song was featured in a promo for the advanced preview of the pilot of ABC's newest show, Traveler on May 10, 2007.^{[citation needed]}
The song was featured in a promo by the The-N for their newest original series, The Best Years, in which the main character attends university in Boston.
The song was featured in a promo for the FOX series, The Wedding Bells.
The song was featured in the Hidden Palms episode, "What Liza Beneath".
The song was featured in the Boston Pops 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular on July 3 and 4, 2007.
The song was sung off-key by Leonard (Johnny Galecki) in the The Big Bang Theory episode, The Fuzzy Boots Corollary.
The song was played after contestants were voted off the VH1 show The Pick-up Artist. While the song played, a brief video of the contestant's stay on the show was shown.