A Love Like War

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"A Love Like War"
A Love Like War Cover.jpg
Single by All Time Low featuring Vic Fuentes
from the album Don't Panic: It's Longer Now!
ReleasedSeptember 2, 2013 (2013-09-02)
Genre Pop punk
Length3:33
Label Hopeless
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Alex Gaskarth
  • Mike Green
All Time Low singles chronology
"Somewhere in Neverland"
(2013)
"A Love Like War"
(2013)
"Something's Gotta Give"
(2015)
Vic Fuentes singles chronology
"Somebody That I Used to Know"
(2012)
"A Love Like War"
(2013)
"Starving for Friends"
(2014)

"A Love Like War" is a song by American rock band All Time Low for the reissue of their fifth studio album Don't Panic: It's Longer Now! (2013). Written and produced by the band's lead vocalist/guitarist Alex Gaskarth and Mike Green, and featuring the input of Pierce The Veil's lead vocalist Vic Fuentes, the song was released through Hopeless Records on September 2, 2013. [1]

Contents

Music video

The music video for "A Love Like War" premiered on September 2, 2013. [2] Directed by Drew Russ, the video features the band and Vic Fuentes in a movie theater watching a black and white film. The music video was nominated for Best Video at the Kerrang! Awards. [3]

Chart performance

"A Love Like War" debuted and peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Hot Rock Songs chart, fueled by its peak positions of 15 and 12 on the Rock Digital Songs and Alternative Digital Songs component charts, respectively. [4]

Chart (2013)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [5] 90
UK Singles (Official Charts Company) [6] 56
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard) [4] 22
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard) [7] 17

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [8] Gold500,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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