- Constant Motion
Infobox Single
Name = Constant Motion
Artist =Dream Theater
from Album =Systematic Chaos
Released = 2007
Format = CD
Recorded = 2007
Genre =Progressive metal
Length = 6:55
Label =Roadrunner Records
Writer =Mike Portnoy
Producer =John Petrucci Mike Portnoy
Last single = "Through Her Eyes "
(1999)
This single = "Constant Motion"
(2007)
Next single = "Forsaken"
(2008)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album =Systematic Chaos
Type = studio
prev_track = "Forsaken"
prev_no = 2
this_track = "Constant Motion"
track_no = 3
next_track = "The Dark Eternal Night "
next_no = 4"Constant Motion" is the third song and first single from "
Systematic Chaos ", the ninth studio album byDream Theater . It is also accompanied by amusic video .The band hasn't released a single since "
Through Her Eyes " from "" in1999 , and similarly hasn't produced a music video since "Hollow Years " from "Falling into Infinity " in1997 , citing lack of interest and lack of rotation on music channels for the latter. The video has received considerable airplay onMTV2 's "Headbangers Ball ", and is arguably Dream Theater's most popular video since "Pull Me Under " in 1992.According to Chaos in Progress: The Making of Systematic Chaos, the working title of this song was "Song #2" or "Korma Chameleon".
As with its previous track, "Forsaken", "Constant Motion" explores various complex time changes. For example, the guitar riffs in the introduction of the song vary between 10/8, 12/8, 15/8 and 20/8 in select parts. Most of the song remains in the standard 4/4 time.
The song was made available as a downloadable track for the video game
Rock Band on August 12, 2008.Online release
On
April 27 ,2007 , Dream Theater and Roadrunner Records made "Constant Motion" available as a free download. It could be found at Roadrunner Records' Dream Theater subsite.On
July 13 ,2007 , the video clip of Constant Motion was made available as a premiere on the band's website.Lyrical theme
On the Special Edition DVD of "
Systematic Chaos ", Mike Portnoy stated that the idea behind Constant Motion "is a metaphor for my OCD, because I'm completely obsessive-compulsive".Inclusion in Rock Band
The song is featured in Rock Band as downloadable content from the Roadrunner Records Pack.
Credits
*
James LaBrie -Lead vocals
*John Myung - Bass
*John Petrucci -Guitar
*Mike Portnoy - drums, backing vocals
*Jordan Rudess - keyboards
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