Rise Above This
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| Single by Seether from the album Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces |
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| Released | February 19, 2008 | ||||
| Format | CD single | ||||
| Recorded | 2006 - 2007 | ||||
| Genre | Alternative rock | ||||
| Length | 3:23 | ||||
| Label | Wind-Up Records | ||||
| Producer | Howard Benson | ||||
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"Rise Above This" is the second single from Seether's album Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces. It is the sixth track on the album. Seether's vocalist Shaun Morgan has stated that the song is about his late brother, Eugene Welgemoed, and was written before his suicide. It has been released on the bands official MySpace page, as well as on their official website.
[edit] Music Video
The music video, which is directed by Tony Petrossian who also directed the "Fake It" video, debuted on MTV2 and MTV2's website on April 5th, 2008. It has a storyline about a depressed boy who decides to leap off a building. As he falls, his family falls with him. Through the course of the falling, they try to overcome the problems being faced, and eventually bouncing back up (like the title of the song). It has a Suicide Hotline at the end of the video on television airings; as well as a picture of Shaun Morgan's younger brother, and at the bottom of the picture, it says 'Eugene Welgemoed 1981-2007' in memory of his late brother. The video has reached Number 1, beating Puddle of Mudd's "Psycho", on Fuse's #1 Countdown: Rock. For a split second near the end, a tear can be seen falling from lead singer Shaun Morgan's right eye.
[edit] Charts
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
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| Billboard Canadian Hot 100 | 83 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 92 |
| U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks | 2 |
| U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks | 1 |
| Preceded by "Psycho" by Puddle of Mudd |
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single May 3 - May 10, 2008 |
Succeeded by "Pork and Beans" by Weezer |
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