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About|the breakthrough single from the Chicago-based hard rock band ChevelleInfobox single | Name = The Red| Cover = Chevelle_the_red.png| Artist = Chevelle | from Album = Wonder What's Next | B-side =| Released = July 22, 2002| Format = Compact Disc|CD | Recorded =| Genre = Alternative metal | Length = 3:58| Label = Epic Records|Epic | Writer = Pete Loeffler | Producer = GGGarth | Reviews =| Last single = " Mia (Chevelle song)|Mia " (1999)| This single = " The Red " (2002)| Next single = " Send the Pain Below " (2003) "The Red" is the breakthrough single (music)|single from the Chicago -based hard rock Band (music)|band Chevelle . It is the fifth track and lead single from their major label debut, '' Wonder What's Next '', released in 2002 in music|2002 . It is often considered their most popular track, despite the fact that " Send the Pain Below " charted higher. However, it is the band's biggest pop hit, reaching #56 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, in addition to placing in the top 5 of both the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks|Mainstream Rock Tracks chart (#3) and the Alternative Songs|Modern Rock Tracks chart (#4), which is where "Send the Pain Below" did chart higher. MLB Player Geoff Blum uses "The Red" as his intro song when coming up to bat.
The song is about dealing with frustration and anger. Its music video depicts an anger management seminar where vocalist Pete Loeffler ascends a podium and sings the Verse-chorus form|verse lyrics. The video then breaks to Chevelle performing the heavy refrain#In popular music|chorus under red lighting. By the end of the song, the agitated seminar participants, which include band members Sam Loeffler|Sam and Joe Loeffler|Joe , begin tossing folding chairs.
Charts
Year
Chart
Peak position
2002
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks
4
2003
Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks
3
2003
Billboard Hot 100
56
External links
http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=trinU3VD1Zo YouTube video
http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php? id=2437 The Red song facts
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do? model.vnuArtistId=338626& model.vnuAlbumId=902597 Chevelle - Artist Chart History
Chevelle DEFAULTSORT:Red, The Category:2002 singles Category:Chevelle songs Category:Songs about suicide
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