Move Along (song)

"Move Along"
Single by The All-American Rejects
from the album Move Along
B-side	"Kiss Yourself Goodbye" "Eyelash Wishes"
Released	February 28, 2006
Format	CD single, 7" vinyl, digital download
Recorded	2005
Genre	Alternative rock, power pop
Length	4:00
Label	Interscope
Writer(s)	Nick Wheeler & Tyson Ritter
Producer	Howard Benson
The All-American Rejects singles chronology
"Dirty Little Secret" (2005) "Move Along" (2006) "It Ends Tonight" (2006)
Move Along track listing 12 tracks "Dirty Little Secret" "Stab My Back" "Move Along" "It Ends Tonight" "Change Your Mind" "Night Drive" "11:11 PM" "Dance Inside" "Top Of The World" "Straightjacket Feeling" "I'm Waiting" "Can't Take It"

"Move Along" is the title track and second single taken from The All-American Rejects' second studio album of the same name. "Move Along" is the band's most enduring single. The track stayed in the Billboard Hot 100 Top 50 for 39 weeks because of the amount of time it took to surface. It was released in February and peaked at #1 in TRL but didn't chart until late March, since their single "Dirty Little Secret" was still performing on the Billboard charts. As of March 2009, "Move Along" had sold over two million digital downloads in the United States.^[1]

Track listing

CD Single
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Move Along"	4:02
2.	"Kiss Yourself Goodbye"	3:22
3.	"Eyelash Wishes"	4:12
4.	"Move Along" (Music Video)	4:02

UK limited edition 7" vinyl

• Side A: "Move Along"
• Side B: "Kiss Yourself Goodbye"

Music video

Here are three frames in three seconds during the chorus of the video.

The music video was directed by Marc Webb. It starts off with Tyson Ritter falling into an empty pool before the song starts. When the song begins he stands there singing while the background and his outfit changes over and over. Then it goes back to the scene in which he falls into the pool. People appear out of nowhere and carry him to a piano and the rest of the band. The quick-cut style of the video was inspired by Marlowe Gregorio, who posted his own version of the video on YouTube.^{[citation needed]} Also, the drummer Chris Gaylor can be seen wearing a t-shirt for the crust punk band Filth and Tyson wearing a Our Lady of Guadalupe shirt.

The video follows the general theme presented by the lyrics of the song, that of perseverance through difficulties. Most of the video is that of Tyson Ritter standing somewhat still while rapidly changing outfits give the appearance of different scenes. The first scene being Ritter as a white-collar worker being yelled at by his manager. The scenes (and his appearance) change, showing him to be a surgeon who has apparently been unsuccessful in saving a patient; eating supper alone at the dinner table, while the chair across the table has a place setting, but sits empty; placing an engagement ring on a girl's finger, only to have her remove it and walk away; a family member of a victim of a heart attack; the driver of a car that has crashed into a street light; a football player that is on the losing end of a 58-7 beating; a young man suffering the harsh end of an angry father's tirade.

Chart performance

Chart (2006)	Peak position
Australian Singles Chart[2]	73
Hot Canadian Digital Singles[3]	7
UK Singles Chart[4]	42
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[5]	15
U.S. Billboard Pop 100[3]	12
U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs[6]	4
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks[7]	4
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream[8]	9

According to Billboard Magazine, "Move Along" was rated the #21 best song of 2006 on the "Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2006".^[9] Though it didn't place as high on the Hot 100 singles chart as "Dirty Little Secret", it placed much higher on the year-end chart due to its durability, spending many weeks on the Hot 100. Also on Blender Magazine's "The 100 Greatest Songs of 2005", "Move Along" was rated #84.^[10] "Move Along" was also a nominee for state rock song of Oklahoma, but lost to the Flaming Lips.

The band performed the song at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards. The video for "Move Along" won the award for "Best Group Video" at that ceremony.

Appearances on popular culture

Television

"Move Along" has appeared numerous times on television. The song was featured in the Lego BIONICLE commercials for the "Toa Inika" toyline. The band themselves were also the focus of a promotion for the sets called "Free the Band", in which people could win the aforementioned sets plus a copy of The All-American Rejects' second studio album Move Along. The song was the official theme song to the 2006 Raw Diva Search and was briefly used as an entrance theme for Layla El during her first appearances on Smackdown. "Move Along" was on the Ford truck commercials in 2008, was played in a music video for the Beijing 2008 summer Olympics CBC coverage. "Move Along" was in the American Idol music video for "Rock Week" in 2009. The song was also featured on the "What Moves You?" Cartoon Network national recess week commercial, and was in episode #3.02 "From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea" of One Tree Hill (TV series) The song was used in Comedy Central's Last Laugh '06.

Miscellaneous

"Move Along" was played in the movies She's the Man (along with "Dirty Little Secret"), as well as the films Firehouse Dog and Over Her Dead Body. The entire song is played at the beginning of the 2007 motion picture The Hitcher. "Move Along" is available as a downloadable song in the 2007 music video game series Rock Band, along with "Dirty Little Secret",^[11] which was developed by Harmonix. "Move Along" was played at President Obama's Grant Park rally in 2008. Also the US Navy's VAW-113 Black Eagles Squadron created a humorist Youtube video with entire squadron lipsyncing to the song.^[12]. The Wall Street Journal's radio show uses this song as a segway between news sections, probably because of the title.

References

1. ^ http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/29509/week-ending-march-15-2009-the-idol-with-the-most/
2. ^ http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20061220-0000/issue866.pdf
3. ^ ^{a b} http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p535218/charts-awards/billboard-singles
4. ^ http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=32442
5. ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts#/artist/the-all-american-rejects/chart-history/491174
6. ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts#/artist/the-all-american-rejects/chart-history/491174?f=395&g=Singles
7. ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts#/artist/the-all-american-rejects/chart-history/491174?f=343&g=Singles
8. ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts#/artist/the-all-american-rejects/chart-history/491174?f=381&g=Singles
9. ^ http://www.amazon.com/Billboards-Top-Songs-of-2006/lm/R1IOZTVVUOVOKC
10. ^ http://www.blender.com/guide/68191/100-greatest-songs-2005.html
11. ^ "Dlc 12-25-07". Harmonix. 2007-12-24. http://www.rockband.com/forums/showthread.php?p=210605#post210605. Retrieved 2007-12-24. 
12. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMMceEx72sE