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"Constant Motion" is the third song and first single from Systematic Chaos, the ninth studio album by Dream Theater. It is also accompanied by a music video. The band hadn't produced a music video since "Hollow Years" from Falling into Infinity in 1997, citing lack of interest and lack of rotation on music channels for the latter. The video has received considerable airplay on MTV2'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. It is considered to be one of the hardest songs, thanks to John Petrucci's guitar solo.
[edit] Track listing
| Lyrics |
Music |
| 1. |
"Constant Motion" (Radio Edit) |
Portnoy |
Dream Theater |
5:03 |
| 2. |
"Constant Motion" (Album Version) |
Portnoy |
Dream Theater |
6:55 |
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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".
[edit] Credits
