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Riptide (Sick Puppies song)

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"Riptide"
Song

"Riptide" is the fourth single from Sick Puppies' third album Tri-Polar, which impacted radio on February 8, 2011. Originally this song was planned to be the second single, but Odd One narrowly beat out Riptide because of its strong lyrical message.

Music video

A music video was premiered on April 6, 2011 on Yahoo music. The video features the band playing in front of a lot of T.V's screening the most shocking breaking news and the iniquities in the world. At the end of the video a child turns off the T.V. and it shows a phrase saying: "There is still hope". It was directed by Travis Kopach[1].

The video went to #7 on Yahoo Videos[2]

Charts

"Riptide" debuted at #35 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and at #49 on the Rock Songs chart. The following week the song debuted at #36 on the Alternative Songs chart.

Chart (2011) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks[3] 4
U.S. Billboard Alternative Songs[4] 14
U.S. Billboard Rock Songs[5] 9
U.S. Billboard Active Rock 2

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ "Sick Puppies Album & Song Chart History - Riptide Chart History". Billboard. Nielsen Company. Retrieved May 4, 2011.
  3. ^ "allmusic ((( Sick Puppies > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". Allmusic. Nielsen Company. Retrieved April 14, 2011.
  4. ^ "Sick Puppies Album & Song Chart History - Alternative Songs". Billboard. Nielsen Company. Retrieved April 14, 2011.
  5. ^ "Sick Puppies Album & Song Chart History - Rock Songs". Billboard. Nielsen Company. Retrieved April 14, 2011.