Always (Saliva song)

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"Always"
Saliva always.png
Single by Saliva
from the album Back into Your System
Released2002
Genre
Length3:51
Label Island
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Bob Marlette
Saliva singles chronology
"After Me"
(2001)		"Always"
(2002)		"Rest In Pieces"
(2003)
Music video
"Always" on YouTube

"Always" is a song by American rock band Saliva. It was released in 2002 as the first single off their third studio album Back into Your System (2002). The song reached number one on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks (now called Alternative Songs) chart for one week in February 2003, making this Saliva's only number-one hit in their career. "Always" also peaked at number 51 on the Hot 100, the band's highest-charted single on that chart. It also reached the top 50 in countries like Ireland and the UK. The accompanying music video for the song, directed by Charles Infante, features a man roaming around the city being haunted by the spirit of a woman from his past.

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Critical reception

Brian O'Neill of AllMusic gave the song a "Track Pick" tag, describing it as "histrionic" and encapsulating the melodrama from Kiss' Animalize . [2]

Chart performance

"Always" reached number one on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks (now called Alternative Songs) chart for the week of February 1, 2003, ending the nine-week reign of "All My Life" by the Foo Fighters. [3] This remains Saliva's only number-one hit in their career. On the week of December 14, 2002, the song debuted at number 70 on the Billboard Hot 100. [4] Ten weeks later, it reached number 51 the week of February 15, 2003. [5] To date, it is the band's highest-charted single on that chart. The song also charted in the UK and Ireland, debuting at numbers 47 and 48 for the weeks of March 6 and 9, 2003 respectively before leaving the next week. [6] It fared less better in Australia, only charting at number 62 on the week of March 10, 2003. [7]

Music video

Directed by Charles Infante, [8] the video focuses on a young man, played by Southies Own Steven Kozlowski, who appears to be haunted by a woman of his past, sporadically appearing throughout the empty city. The video ends with the man, frustrated, destroying a telephone booth before sitting on the ground, crying. MTV requested an edit of the lyrics in the final verse. The line "the pistol shaking in my hand, and all I can hear is the sound" was edited to replace the word "pistol" with "anger" in the video version. [9]

Uses in media

"Always" was the theme song for WWE's Survivor Series Pay-per-view in November 2002. [10] It was also featured in the music video game Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock as a downloadable content song.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Always (Radio edit)"3:51
2."Click Click Boom (Album version)"4:14
3."Your Disease (Album version)"3:57
4."Always (Video)"3:58

Charts

Chart (2003)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [7] 62
Ireland (IRMA) [11] 48
Scotland (OCC) [12] 38
UK Singles (OCC) [13] 47
UK Rock & Metal (OCC) [14] 3
US Alternative Airplay ( Billboard ) [15] 1
US Billboard Hot 100 [16] 51
US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) [17] 2

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