The Anthem

Infobox Single
Name = The Anthem


Artist = Good Charlotte
from Album = The Young and the Hopeless
Released = February 28, 2003
Format = CD Single
Recorded = 2001 - 2002
Genre = Pop punk
Length =
Label = Epic
Writer =
Producer = John Feldmann
Chart position = * #10 (UK)
* #27 (New Zealand)
Reviews =
Last single = "Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous"
(2003)
This single = "The Anthem"
(2003)
Next single = "Girls & Boys"
(2003)|

"The Anthem" is the second single taken from Good Charlotte's second studio album "The Young and the Hopeless". The song is generally seen as to be about the torment faced by fans of alternative music in high school from other "popular" kids. It also has a message of doing what you want to do in life.

Track list

CD 1:
# "The Anthem"
# "If You Leave"
# "The Motivation Proclamation" (Live Acoustic Version)
# "The Anthem" (Video)

CD 2:
# "The Anthem"
# "Acquiesce" (Live on BBC 3)
# "Complicated"

Certifications

Chart performance

Trivia

* A cover version of the song is featured in a stage for the Nintendo DS video game, "Elite Beat Agents", where fictional ex-baseball player Hulk Bryman has to rely on his baseball skills to save children from a fire golem.
* Another cover is included in the North American release of Donkey Konga 2.
* According to Benji Madden, the band was asked to write a new song for a movie soundtrack, and the studio wanted it to be a loser anthem. The song was not used on the film's soundtrack, but somewhat ironically, would go on to feature in more films & television shows than any of Good Charlotte's other songs.
* The video features cameos from members of Mest & Home Grown. Members of New Found Glory were also present at the video shoot, however, they did not appear in the final video.
* This was the band's third U.K. single, as the release was delayed to 6 months after the American release, and "Girls And Boys" was released in its place.
* The song peaked at #8 on April 4th, 2003, on the MuchMusic Countdown.
* In 2003 alone, this song appeared in Madden '03, the movies "American Wedding", "" (although the film takes place in 1986), commercials for the film "Just Married" and promotional advertisements on Nickelodeon for their summer all-day-long television show marathons. And since that year, it has also been featured in "The Pacifier" and "American Pie Presents Band Camp".
* The music video for the song won "Best Rock Video" at the MTV Video Music Awards Japan in 2004.
* "The Anthem" is the second of three 'anthem' songs that Good Charlotte has recorded. The first was "East Coast Anthem" from their debut album, "Good Charlotte", and the third is "Dance Floor Anthem" from "Good Morning Revival".
* The song was featured on the soundtrack of "Project Gotham Racing".

References

External links

* [http://www.goodcharlotte.com Official website]
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* [http://musicbox.sonybmg.com/good_charlotte/the_anthem The Anthem on Sony Musicbox]