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| name = Forever
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{{Infobox Single |
Name = Forever |
| cover = Paparoachforever.jpg
Cover = |
| alt =
Artist = [[Papa Roach]] |
| border = yes
| type = single
from Album = [[The Paramour Sessions]] |
Released = [[2007]] |
| artist = [[Papa Roach]]
Format = [[Compact Disc|CD]] |
| album = [[The Paramour Sessions]]
| released = January 8, 2007
Recorded = [[December 2005]] - [[May 2006]] at [[Paramour Mansion]] Studios in [[Hollywood Hills]], [[California]] |
| recorded = December 2005–May 2006 at the [[Canfield-Moreno Estate|Paramour Mansion]] in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]], [[California]]
Genre = [[Post-Hardcore]], [[Post-Grunge]]
| studio =
| Length = 4 [[minute|min]] 6 [[second|sec]] |
Label = [[Geffen Records]] |
| venue =
Producer = [[Kevin Kerslake]] |
| genre = * [[Alternative rock]]
* [[hard rock]]
Chart position =
* [[emo]]
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| Reviews =
| length = 4:06
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| Last single = "[[...To Be Loved]]"<br>(2005) |
| label = [[Geffen Records|Geffen]]
This single = '''"[[Forever (Papa Roach Song)|Forever]]"'''<br>(2006) |
| writer = * [[Jacoby Shaddix]]
Next single = TBA|
* Tobin Esperance
* [[Jerry Horton]]
* Nathan Seright
| producer = [[Howard Benson]]
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| prev_title = [[...To Be Loved]]
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| prev_year = 2006
| next_title = [[Hollywood Whore (Papa Roach song)|Hollywood Whore]]
| next_year = 2008
}}
}}


"'''Forever'''" is the second single from [[California]]n [[rock music|rock]] band [[Papa Roach]]'s fifth album, ''[[The Paramour Sessions]]'', and ninth released single in total. "Forever" peaked at number two on the [[Alternative Songs|Modern Rock Tracks]] chart (for nine weeks) and number two on the [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|Mainstream Rock]] chart (for six weeks). It also peaked at number 55 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], making it their second-highest charting single there.
"'''Forever'''" is the second single from [[Papa Roach]]'s 4th major label album, ''[[The Paramour Sessions]]''.


==Music video==
'''Forever''' is currently having great success, peaking at #2 on the [[Mainstream Rock Chart]] and #2 on the [[Modern Rock Tracks]]. It also has currently peaked as the 6th most downloaded rock song on iTunes and peaked at #57 overall. The success can be compared to ''[[Getting Away With Murder (album)|Getting Away With Murder]]'', with [[Scars (song)|Scars]] being the 2nd single having dominant success over the first single [[Getting Away with Murder (song)|Getting Away with Murder]], much like '''Forever''' compared to [[...To Be Loved]], the first single from ''[[The Paramour Sessions]]''.
{{Expand section|date=April 2022|talksection=Music video|section=1}}
There was a contest on [[YouTube]] in which fans created their own videos for the song, with the official video, directed by [[Meiert Avis]], shot on May 23, 2007 in the [[Los Angeles]] area. On June 15, 2007, the video made its official debut on AOL.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://music.aol.com/video/forever/papa-roach/1846159 |title='Forever' Video - Papa Roach - AOL Music |access-date=2007-06-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070828132444/http://music.aol.com/video/forever/papa-roach/1846159 |archive-date=2007-08-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==Track listing==
There was a contest on Youtube.com in which fans created their own videos for the song.
{{Tracklist
| title1 = Forever
| note1 = album version
| length1 = 4:06
| title2 = Forever
| note2 = edited version
| length2 = 4:06
}}


==Chart performance==
The official video was shot on [[May 23]], [[2007]] in the Los Angeles area, directed by Meiert Avis. On [[June 15]], [[2007]] the video made it's official debut on AOL. [http://music.aol.com/video/forever/papa-roach/1846159]
{| class="wikitable"
!Chart (2007)
!Peak<br />position
|-
| Czech Republic [[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|Rock]] ([[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|IFPI]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hitparada.ifpicr.cz/index.php?hitp=R|title=CZ - Radio - Top 20 Modern Rock|website=hitparada.ifpicr.cz|access-date=December 14, 2022|format=select "Top 20 Modern Rock" into the search box, then select "200721"}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center"| 19
|-
|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
|align="center"|55
|-
|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Pop 100]]
|align="center"|51
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardalternativesongs|2|artist=Papa Roach|accessdate=7 August 2017}}
|-
|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|Mainstream Rock Tracks]]
|align="center"|2
|}


==References==
Little did Papa Roach fan Ramon Boutviseth (from Huntersville, NC) know that when he entered the "Make Your Own 'Forever' Video" contest on YouTube for fun that he would end up as an official co-director.
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Even though a video for "Forever" was already completed, when the band saw Boutviseth's version, they liked his storyline so much that they handed control over to the fan to mix the original performance footage with his own editing and storyline.


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[[Category:Geffen Records singles]]
[[Category:Songs written by Tobin Esperance]]
[[Category:Songs written by Jacoby Shaddix]]
[[Category:Songs written by Jerry Horton]]




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Latest revision as of 05:52, 27 October 2024

"Forever"
Single by Papa Roach
from the album The Paramour Sessions
ReleasedJanuary 8, 2007
RecordedDecember 2005–May 2006 at the Paramour Mansion in Hollywood, California
Genre
Length4:06
LabelGeffen
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Howard Benson
Papa Roach singles chronology
"...To Be Loved"
(2006) 		"Forever"
(2007) 		"Hollywood Whore"
(2008)

"Forever" is the second single from Californian rock band Papa Roach's fifth album, The Paramour Sessions, and ninth released single in total. "Forever" peaked at number two on the Modern Rock Tracks chart (for nine weeks) and number two on the Mainstream Rock chart (for six weeks). It also peaked at number 55 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it their second-highest charting single there.

Music video

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There was a contest on YouTube in which fans created their own videos for the song, with the official video, directed by Meiert Avis, shot on May 23, 2007 in the Los Angeles area. On June 15, 2007, the video made its official debut on AOL.[1]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Forever" (album version)4:06
2."Forever" (edited version)4:06

Chart performance

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Chart (2007) Peak
position
Czech Republic Rock (IFPI)[2] 19
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 55
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 51
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[3] 2
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks 2

References

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  1. ^ "'Forever' Video - Papa Roach - AOL Music". Archived from the original on 2007-08-28. Retrieved 2007-06-16.
  2. ^ "CZ - Radio - Top 20 Modern Rock" (select "Top 20 Modern Rock" into the search box, then select "200721"). hitparada.ifpicr.cz. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  3. ^ "Papa Roach Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 7 August 2017.


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