Ants Marching

Single infobox
Name = Ants Marching


Artist = Dave Matthews Band
from Album = Under the Table and Dreaming
Released = 1995
Format = CD single
Recorded = Bearsville Studios, Bearsville, NY
Genre = Rock
Length = 4:31 (6:08 on R2T)
Label = Bama Rags Records
Producer =
Reviews =
Last single = "Typical Situation"
(1994)
This single = "Ants Marching"
(1994)
Next single = "Satellite"
(1995)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Remember Two Things
Type = live
Background = darkturquoise
prev_track = Beginning of Album
prev_no =
this_track = "Ants Marching" (Live)
track_no = Track 1
next_track = "Tripping Billies" (Live)
next_no = Track 2Extra tracklisting
Album = Under the Table and Dreaming
Type = studio
prev_track = "Dancing Nancies"
prev_no = Track 6
this_track = "Ants Marching"
track_no = Track 7
next_track = "Lover Lay Down"
next_no = Track 8Extra tracklisting
Album = The Best of What's Around Vol. 1
Type = compilation
prev_track = "Louisiana Bayou" (Live)
prev_no = Track 6
this_track = "Ants Marching" (Live)
track_no = Track 7
next_track = "Two Step" (Live)
next_no = Track 8

"Ants Marching" is a song by the Dave Matthews Band, released as the second successful single from their 1994 album "Under the Table and Dreaming". It reached #18 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart and received some album-oriented rock play as well. It was originally on their album "Remember Two Things". A version of this song live 3/26/05 is also featured on the Dave Matthews Band compilation album The Best of What's Around Vol. 1.

The song is centered on the idea that people get caught up in the monotony of their everyday lives and forget to focus on what is truly important. The metaphor used is that people are like marching ants in the line, "All the little ants are marching, red and black antennae waving, they all do it the same, they all do it the same way." The title of one of the albums that it appears on is mentioned in the verse "Goes to visit his mommy, she feeds him well, his concerns he forgets them, and remembers being small, playing under the table and dreaming."

Track listings

U.S. Single

#"Ants Marching" (Album Version) – 4:31
#"Ants Marching" (Live Version) – 4:35
#"Ants Marching" (Live Acoustic Version) – 4:19

Australia Single 1

#"Ants Marching" (Album Version) – 4:31
#"Ants Marching" (Live Version) – 4:45
#"Ants Marching" (Live Acoustic Version) – 4:19
#"All Along the Watchtower" – 7:04

Australia Single 2

#"Ants Marching" (Album Version) – 4:31
#"What Would You Say" – 3:41
#"Typical Situation" (Edit) – 3:57
#"Ants Marching" (Live Version) – 4:45

Charts

Music sample