The Last Fight

Infobox Single
Name = The Last Fight


Artist = Velvet Revolver
from Album = Libertad
B-side =
Released = August 20, 2007
Format =
Recorded = December 11, 2006 - February 22, 2007
Genre = Hard rock
Power Ballad
Length = 4:03
Label = RCA Records
Writer = Scott Weiland
Slash
Dave Kushner
Duff McKagan
Matt Sorum
Producer = Brendan O'Brien
Chart position = * #16 (U.S. Mainstream Rock)
* #93 (Canada)
Last single = "She Builds Quick Machines"
(2007)
This single = "The Last Fight"
(2007)
Next single = "Get Out the Door"
(2008)

"The Last Fight" is a power ballad by American Supergroup Velvet Revolver, and appears on the band's second album, "Libertad". The song was released on August 20 as the second single off the album, after "She Builds Quick Machines." The band began promoting the single on K Rock radio in New York, with an exclusive acoustic performance, [ [http://923krock.com/pages/837922.php K-Rock - Velvet Revolver In Hostile Takeover Of K-Rock ] ] and then live on David Letterman on August 22. This song was #62 on "Rolling Stone"'s list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007. [No byline (December 11, 2007). [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17601363/the_100_best_songs_of_2007/16 "The 100 Best Songs of 2007"] "Rolling Stone". Retrieved 2007-12-21]

Musical Composition

Like every other song on "Libertad", the lyrics were written by lead vocalist Scott Weiland. The song is a tribute to Scott Weiland's younger brother who died of a drug overdose. It starts with a slow drum intro and vocals, the song gets stronger as it progresses until the end. [ [http://www.reuters.com/article/musicNews/idUSN0425587720070504 Velvet Revolver singer honors dead brother in L.A. | Entertainment | Music | Reuters ] ]

Music Video

On August 3, the band filmed the music video for "The Last Fight" at the Los Angeles Theater in downtown Los Angeles. The video was directed by Rocco Guarino, and premiered on Yahoo! on August 28. It has a lot of symbolism, First, clouded skies appear, and then in a room Matt Sorum is playing a snare drum, then it shows Scott Weiland playing the piano and writing a book, which contains the lyrics of the song, so, one can assume that he is composing it. He is later seen playing with the band on stage. A topless woman is reading the book , then she puts on a military red jacket goes to a room with various people sitting in chairs against the wall, they are all blindfolded except her . When everyone is unfolded, they walk and enter the room where the band is. Slash plays an ES-335 in this video, instead of his usual Les Paul.

The music video for "The Last Fight" has also reached Number 9 on VH1's VSPOT Top 20 Countdown.

Personnel

*Scott Weiland - lead vocals, keyboards
*Slash - lead guitar
*Dave Kushner - rhythm guitar, backing vocals
*Duff McKagan - bass, backing vocals
*Matt Sorum - drums, percussion backing vocals

Chart Position

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