The Running Free

Infobox Single |
Name = The Running Free


Artist = Coheed and Cambria
from Album =
Released = August 20, 2007
Format = CD, Digital download
Recorded = 2007
Genre = Progressive rock Alternative rock
Length = 4:15
Label = Columbia, Equal Vision
Producer = Nick Raskulinecz, Coheed and Cambria
Last single = "Ten Speed (Of God's Blood and Burial)" (2006)
This single = "The Running Free" (2007)
Next single = "Feathers" (2008)

"The Running Free" is a song by Coheed and Cambria from their fourth album "" and the first single from the album. The song was premiered on the Warped Tour 2007.

The cover is an unfinished rendition of the character Chase from The Amory Wars and one of the other IRO-bots. The unfinished cover was released with the single, but the finished version can be seen on posters promoting Coheed and Cambria's headlining tour as well as in the "Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow" lyric booklet.

Claudio Sanchez states on the DVD that accompanies the album "Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow" that he originally wrote "The Running Free" with two other songwriters for the "Transformers" movie soundtrack. However, when the track was rejected, he adapted the song for the new record.

An acoustic version of the song has been performed on 92.3 K-Rock [cite web|url=http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1255396257|title=Coheed and Cambria Live On 92.3 K-Rock|work=Video on brightcove.tv|accessdate=October 28|accessyear=2007] , as with many of Coheed and Cambria's other singles.

History

"Absolutepunk.net" announced the single would be released on August 20, 2007. cite web|url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=254993|title=Coheed and Cambria's First Single|work=Announcment of single|accessdate=2007-08-02]

At the end of July, a clip of "The Running Free" was found on Sony's Music Box website. cite web|url=http://www.sonymusicbox.com/hub/sonymusic/dispatcher/browse?o=1180&fc=&g=3|title=Sony Music Box: Browse|work=The Running Free Sample|accessdate=2007-08-02]

On August 6, 2007, the full studio version of "The Running Free" was made available for listen on the band's MySpace. cite web|url=http://myspace.com/coheedandcambria|title=MySpace.com - coheed and cambria - NEW YORK, NEW YORK - Alternative / Progressive / Rock|work=Running free released on Myspace|accessdate=2007-08-15] The song was released via digital distribution on August 14, 2007.

On September 4, an expected music video was confirmed via " [http://www.noworldfortomorrow.com www.noworldfortomorrow.com] ", a promotional site for the latest album on which "The Running Free" is featured on. The confirmation is a video showing behind the scenes footage on the set of the video. Later that week stills were released via "www.noworldfortomorrow.com" showing Claudio Sanchez and plot hints to the video. The video was premiered on their MySpace on October 1st.

The song is featured on NHL 09 released in late September.

References

External links

* [http://www.noworldfortomorrow.com/ Countdown website for the album]