Ladies and Gentlemen

Infobox Single
Name = Ladies and Gentlemen


Artist = Saliva
from Album = Blood Stained Love Story
Released = November 2006
Format = Digital Download, CD single
Recorded =
Genre = Post-grunge, Rapcore
Length = 3:37
Label = Island Records
Writer =
Producer = Bob Marlette
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single = "Razor's Edge"
(2004)
This single = "Ladies and Gentlemen"
(2006)
Next single = "Broken Sunday"
(2007)"Ladies and Gentlemen" is the first single from Saliva's fifth studio album Blood Stained Love Story. The song has made it to #2 on the US Mainstream Rock charts. The song is one of the heavier cuts of the album, and is a hard rock song. The music video was released on March 19, 2007.

Other usage

The song was the official theme song for the World Wrestling Entertainment pay-per-view, WrestleMania 23. In an interview with WWE.com, frontman Josey Scott stated that the song was written with the event in mind for WWE. [ [http://www.wwe.com/subscriptions/wwetunes/3242484/salivareturns Saliva returns with WM23 theme song] ] It was also used on the NFL Network during coverage of Super Bowl XLI, it was also heard breiefly in the background at Super Bowl XLII, at the Dew Action Sports Tour in 2007, on ESPN Radio's coverage for Major League Baseball, and the opening theme song during the New York Rangers, Anaheim Ducks and Detroit Red Wings 2007 Stanley Cup Playoffs home games. The US Open also used the song in promo clips. The Anaheim Ducks, the Pittsburgh Penguins, Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Lions, the Toronto Blue Jays, the Wisconsin Badgers, the Quad City Flames, the Peoria Rivermen, andthe Washington Nationals also use this as their theme song before home games. The song was the introduction to NHRA Drag Racing during the 2006 season. The song is the introduction to Boston Celtics radio broadcasts on WEEI and is integrated with calls from Johnny Most, Sean Grande, and Cedric Maxwell including Grande's calls of, "Got it!" in between "Do you want it / do you need it..." The song is also used with an introduction video at numerous sports venues, such as Johnny Damon's introduction song during his first at bat at home games, Jose Valverde's entrance at Houston Astros home games, as well as the entrance video for the Auburn Tigers. It is a mainstay of home games for the Boston Bruins. The song was also featured in the TNT NBA Playoffs 2007 Highlights. It was later featured as the title credit song for the Discovery Channel/BBC production Last One Standing. The song is used in Sony's new PlayStation 3 TV Ad Campaign, which officially launched on theweekend of 31st October, and is viewable on the official PlayStation Blog website since. [ [http://blog.us.playstation.com/2007/10/31/new-ps3-tv-ad-campaign PlayStation.Blog >> New PS3 TV Ad Campaign] ] The song was also used in the film Jumper (film) while David (Hayden Christensen) and Griffin (Jamie Bell) are driving in Tokyo. The song was also used in many commercials for the new TV show, American Gladiators (2008 TV series). The song was also used in the introduction sequence to the ESPN broadcast of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Sharpie 500, held at Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee, on August 23, 2008.

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