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this is watered down punk, aka pop punk - does it sound anything as hard as most of Dookie? hardly
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| Format = [[Digital download]], [[CD single]]
| Format = [[Digital download]], [[CD single]]
| Recorded = 2008
| Recorded = 2008
| Genre = [[Punk rock]]
| Genre = [[Pop punk]]
| Length = 3:12
| Length = 3:12
| Label = [[Reprise Records|Reprise]]
| Label = [[Reprise Records|Reprise]]

Revision as of 18:34, 12 June 2009

"Know Your Enemy"
Song

"Know Your Enemy" is a song written and recorded by the American punk rock band Green Day. It is the first single from the group's eighth studio album, 21st Century Breakdown. The single was released through Reprise Records on April 16, 2009. Billboard described the song as being lyrically "just as politically charged as last time (on American Idiot)", having a "Modern Rock radio-ready chorus", whilst the song's producer Butch Vig "brings enough punk/pop sheen for mass appeal,"[1]

Release and reception

Alternative Press called the song a "huge rocker" which is a "fierce call to arms against apathy."[citation needed] It was also referred to by Spin as sounding "like an out-take from the Dookie sessions."[2] About.com's Bill Lamb said the song was "standard issue Green Day", "not a stroke of genius" and "not on par with their last album", but said it was a "great appetizer" for one of the most eagerly awaited albums of 2009.[3] Pitchfork Media described the track as having "pedantic stiffness" and "nothing more than a rote protest song preaching to the converted."[4] Rolling Stone called the song one of the highlights of the album, praising the punk-oriented sound and calling it a "Clash-size bootboy chants".[5] Billboard said that "The lead single from the band's new release, "21st Century Breakdown", finds the group just as politically charged as last time", but also said that "While the subject matter is broad and may be missed by some, "Enemy" has enough charm to amp up the airwaves until (21st Century) Breakdown is released."Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page). The song managed to top both the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and the Modern Rock Tracks chart at the same time, while cracking the Top 30 on the Billboard Hot 100, so far reaching number 28.[6] The song entered Modern rock tracks at number 8 and grew to number 1 in its second week. It kept the top spot for 6 weeks.

Music video

The music video was directed by Motion Theory's Matthew Cullen (who helmed the video for Weezer's "Pork and Beans" in 2008), and it premiered on MTV and other stations across the globe on April 24, 2009.[7] In the video, the band is performing at night on a stage in a field surrounded by a barbed wire fence. Shots of the band are also frequently seen through night vision closed-circuit cameras that surround the field, as well as on helicopters that patrol the area with searchlights. The final chorus of the song shows fire burning behind the band in the shapes of the band members (Billie Joe has a man with a guitar behind him, Tre Cool has a man playing the drums behind him, etc). The video was shot in Downtown Los Angeles.[7]

Track listing

Version 1 (CD and digital download)

  1. "Know Your Enemy" - 3:12

Version 2 (CD)

  1. "Know Your Enemy" - 3:12
  2. "Lights Out" - 2:16
  3. "Hearts Collide" - 2:39[8]

Version 3 (Hot Topic limited CD)

  1. "Know Your Enemy" - 3:12
  2. "Lights Out" - 2:16

Version 4 (digital download)

  1. "Know Your Enemy" - 3:12
  2. "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" (live) - 4:24
  3. "F.O.D." (live) - 2:24

Charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[9] 20
Australian Modern Rock Chart [10] 3
Austrian Singles Chart[11] 13
Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders) 26
Canadian Hot 100[12] 5
Eurochart Hot 100 Singles[13] 23
German Singles Chart[14] 24
Irish Singles Chart[15] 11
Italian Singles Chart[16] 17
Japan Hot 100 Singles[17] 5
New Zealand Singles Chart[18] 13
Norwegian Singles Chart[19] 17
Swedish Singles Chart 8
Swiss Singles Chart[20] 20
UK Singles Chart[21] 21
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 28
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks 38
U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks 1
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 43

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "Know Your Enemy". Billboard. Retrieved 2009-05-16.
  2. ^ http://www.spin.com/articles/exclusive-green-day-set-release-date-21st-century-breakdown
  3. ^ about.com review
  4. ^ pitchfork review
  5. ^ [1]
  6. ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=54578&model.vnuAlbumId=1251135
  7. ^ a b YouTube - MTV News Report on Green Day Know Your Enemy Retrieved on April 25, 2009.
  8. ^ http://www.amazon.de/Know-Your-Enemy-2track-Green/dp/B0024PQSHS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1239496610&sr=1-1
  9. ^ Top 50 Singles Chart - Australian Recording Industry Association
  10. ^ [2]
  11. ^ http://acharts.us/austria_singles_top_75
  12. ^ Canadian Hot 100 Top 1-10 Singles
  13. ^ European Hot 100
  14. ^ http://acharts.us/song/43159
  15. ^ [3]
  16. ^ http://italiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rio+feat.+Fiorella+Mannoia+e+Paolo+Rossi&titel=Il+gigante&cat=s
  17. ^ Billboard
  18. ^ http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart.asp
  19. ^ http://acharts.us/song/43159
  20. ^ http://acharts.us/song/43159
  21. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/singles.shtml
Preceded by Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks number-one single
May 9, 2009 – June 13, 2009 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks number-one single
May 30, 2009 – June 13, 2009 		Succeeded by

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