"Keep Hope Alive" | ||||
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Single by The Crystal Method | ||||
from the album Vegas | ||||
Released | October 1, 1996 | |||
Recorded | 1996 | |||
Genre | Big beat | |||
Length | 6:12 | |||
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Producer(s) | The Crystal Method | |||
The Crystal Method singles chronology | ||||
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"Keep Hope Alive" is a single featured on the studio album Vegas by the electronica group The Crystal Method. [1] The single was released on October 1, 1996, on the City of Angels label, [2] and received 4.5 out of five stars in a review from AllMusic. [3] The single was re-released on July 10, 2001, on the Moonshine Music label. [4] Vocal samples for the song are taken from a 1992 speech by Jesse Jackson titled "You Do Not Stand Alone". [5]
"Keep Hope Alive" is used in an early action sequence, and found on the soundtrack, for the movie The Replacement Killers . [6] It is also heard in a disco scene in the 1995 film Species . It is used as the theme song for the TV show Third Watch and is frequently heard on Ninja Warrior . [1] [5] The song is featured in the video games FIFA: Road to World Cup 98 , Project Gotham Racing 4 and Motor Mayhem . A live version of the song is featured on the Family Values Tour 1999 CD.
The Third Watch episode "True Love" as well as FIFA: Road to World Cup 98 also used their earlier song "Now Is the Time". [7] [8]
"Keep Hope Alive" is a selectable song to play while aboard the Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit roller coaster at Universal Studios Florida in Orlando, Florida. [9]
It was the main theme for the now defunct brazilian Cyberscript IRC client, playing during startup. [10]