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==Music Video==
==Music Video==
The video for the single was directed by [[Samuel Bayer]].<ref name="somorscene">http://www.somorescene.com/2006/07/29/what-is-the-black-parade/</ref> The music video was released on [[September 26]], [[2006]] in the UK and Canada, and was released on [[September 27]], [[2006]] in the US. It features a man (played by [[Lukas Haas]]) dressed in a hospital gown, "The Patient" that the album is about, dying, and being taken by death in the form of a Black Parade. On the main float stands Gerard, Mikey, Bob, Ray and Frank playing "Welcome to the Black Parade". The costumes worn by the band members of My Chemical Romance in the music video is similar to the costumes worn by The Beatles on the cover of their album [[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]], a main influence for their new album. While the band is playing The Patient wanders throughout the parade looking at all the various characters within it. In the end he is given a medal, the medal could be symbolic of death itself or a life completed. After this, the parade leaves and The Patient is left alone. The cover art for the single is a scene from the video, with the man in the bottom center being the Patient. He is flanked by two women in Gerard Way Revenge-era makeup, possibly signifying the band has not left their roots with their transformation. There has been a lot of conflict between fans over the video. Some state that the video is similar in style to "[[Minority (song)|Minority]]" by [[Green Day]]. Many people also claim that Gerard Way's mannerism are similar to those of [[Freddie Mercury]].{{fact}}The setting of the music video goes from a hospital to a barren wasteland with large sculptures off in the distance and what appears to be wreckage lying on the ground. The video features 4 of the main characters. The Patient, Fear, Regret, and Mother War. Fear and Regret are the two women that stand beside The Patient on the cover for the single. Mother War is the woman with the very large pooffy dress wearing a gas mask. [[Liza Minnelli]] plays the character of Mother War in the second verse of the song "Mama".
The video for the single was directed by [[Samuel Bayer]].<ref name="somorscene">http://www.somorescene.com/2006/07/29/what-is-the-black-parade/</ref> The music video was released on [[September 26]], [[2006]] in the UK and Canada, and was released on [[September 27]], [[2006]] in the US. It features a man (played by [[Lukas Haas]]) dressed in a hospital gown, "The Patient" that the album is about, dying, and being taken by death in the form of a Black Parade. On the main float stands Gerard, Mikey, Bob, Ray and Frank playing "Welcome to the Black Parade". The costumes worn by the band members of My Chemical Romance in the music video is similar to the costumes worn by The Beatles on the cover of their album [[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]], a main influence for their new album. While the band is playing The Patient wanders throughout the parade looking at all the various characters within it. In the end he is given a medal, the medal could be symbolic of death itself or a life completed. After this, the parade leaves and The Patient is left alone. The cover art for the single is a scene from the video, with the man in the bottom center being the Patient. He is flanked by two women in Gerard Way Revenge-era makeup, possibly signifying the band has not left their roots with their transformation. There has been a lot of conflict between fans over the video. Some state that the video is similar in style to "[[Minority (song)|Minority]]" by [[Green Day]]. Many people also claim that Gerard Way's mannerism are similar to those of [[Freddie Mercury]].{{fact}}The setting of the music video goes from a hospital to a barren wasteland with large sculptures off in the distance and what appears to be wreckage lying on the ground. The video features 4 of the main characters. The Patient, Fear, Regret, and Mother War. Fear and Regret are the two women that stand beside The Patient on the cover for the single. Mother War is the woman with the very large pooffy dress wearing a gas mask, and she is hear for your heart, your mind, and your soul!!! [[Liza Minnelli]] plays the character of Mother War in the second verse of the song "Mama".
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Revision as of 23:49, 18 October 2006

Template:CurrentSingles Template:Single infobox2 "Welcome to the Black Parade" is the first single from the album, The Black Parade, and the ninth single by the New Jersey-based band, My Chemical Romance. It was released on September 11, 2006 on iTunes and October 9, 2006 on CD. The studio version was available on Myspace on September 2, 2006. It became their first number one on October 15, 2006.

Track listing

Version One (CD Single, 7-inch vinyl #2):

  1. "Welcome to the Black Parade" (Album Version)
  2. "Heaven Help Us"

Version Two (7-inch vinyl #1):

  1. "Welcome to the Black Parade" (Album Version)
  2. "Welcome to the Black Parade" (live)

Version Three (Australian Single):

  1. "Welcome to the Black Parade"
  2. "Heaven Help Us"
  3. "Welcome to the Black Parade (Live)"

Overview

My Chemical Romance debuted "Welcome to the Black Parade" live at the pre-show of the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards.

The studio version is now available on their MySpace. [1] the music video can be seen at theblackparade.comand heard at mychemicalromance.com. The single was also released on iTunes in its radio edit form (4:37), along with an interview with the band about the upcoming album.

MCR talks about "Welcome To The Black Parade" in the EP track available on iTunes called "My Chemical Romance Welcomes You To The Black Parade". They say it's probably the oldest track on the new album next to "Disenchanted". They say the idea for the song came before their first record ever came out but it wasn't finished for the first record and they forgot about it for a while. They tried to write it again for Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge but they had so many ideas for that album that it got put off. Then, when they started writing for their third album they picked up the song again and started working on it. After the song was recorded the band thought it could be improved before it was finished. The entire process of making "Welcome To The Black Parade" took about 3 years. Gerard Way says the song is a prime example of the risks they took on their third album. The song's message is for everything to get better and for everyone to carry on, as Way explains.

The song's story is about a man called The Patient dying, and death comes for him as a Black Parade since his most significant memory was of his father taking him to see a marching band as a child. Way says it was the hardest song for the band to create. The song consists of 167 separate tracks mixed together, including marching band drums, multiple snares ,and a horn section. Way says the song also has a section called the "orphan section," during the bridge when some gang vocals come in. The section was influenced by the vocals from the Broadway musical "Little Orphan Annie." The song is a great way to represent what else the new record has to bring. The first code name for this song was "The Five Of Us Are Dying," which Ray Toro hated because he's very superstitious and had to fly on a plane after the song was finished. Toro almost didn't get on the plane.[citation needed]

Some may notice that the chord changes of the intro are extremely similar to those of Pachelbel's Canon in D. They are simply shifted up from D major to G major.

Charts

The song debuted on the Hot 100 at #71 for the chart week of 9/30/2006, the band's highest debut to date on the Hot 100. In addition it has so far peaked at #3 on the Modern Rock charts, making it the band's highest position on that chart for a song to date. It also got to number 2 on the UK iTunes Music Stores most played songs. It Also Reached Number One On MTV's Interactive Chart On 13/10/06. The single knocked Razorlight's "America" off the number 1 single spot on Sunday 15th October 2006 in the UK after extensive airplay.

Chart Peak
position
U.S. Hot 100 71
Modern Rock Tracks 3
UK Singles Chart 1
U.S Billboard Hot 100
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Chart position 71 92 86 78
U.S Modern Rock Tracks
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Chart position 21 11
8
3
3
UK Singles Chart
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Chart position 23
1
Preceded by UK Singles Chart number one single
October 16 2006 - 		Succeeded by
Incumbent

Music Video

The video for the single was directed by Samuel Bayer.[2] The music video was released on September 26, 2006 in the UK and Canada, and was released on September 27, 2006 in the US. It features a man (played by Lukas Haas) dressed in a hospital gown, "The Patient" that the album is about, dying, and being taken by death in the form of a Black Parade. On the main float stands Gerard, Mikey, Bob, Ray and Frank playing "Welcome to the Black Parade". The costumes worn by the band members of My Chemical Romance in the music video is similar to the costumes worn by The Beatles on the cover of their album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, a main influence for their new album. While the band is playing The Patient wanders throughout the parade looking at all the various characters within it. In the end he is given a medal, the medal could be symbolic of death itself or a life completed. After this, the parade leaves and The Patient is left alone. The cover art for the single is a scene from the video, with the man in the bottom center being the Patient. He is flanked by two women in Gerard Way Revenge-era makeup, possibly signifying the band has not left their roots with their transformation. There has been a lot of conflict between fans over the video. Some state that the video is similar in style to "Minority" by Green Day. Many people also claim that Gerard Way's mannerism are similar to those of Freddie Mercury.[citation needed]The setting of the music video goes from a hospital to a barren wasteland with large sculptures off in the distance and what appears to be wreckage lying on the ground. The video features 4 of the main characters. The Patient, Fear, Regret, and Mother War. Fear and Regret are the two women that stand beside The Patient on the cover for the single. Mother War is the woman with the very large pooffy dress wearing a gas mask, and she is hear for your heart, your mind, and your soul!!! Liza Minnelli plays the character of Mother War in the second verse of the song "Mama".

References

  1. ^ http://www.myspace.com/mychemicalromance
  2. ^ http://www.somorescene.com/2006/07/29/what-is-the-black-parade/


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