Rise (Flobots song)

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"Rise"
Rise Flobots.jpg
Single by Flobots
from the album Fight with Tools
Released Flag of the United States.svg August, 2008
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg December 1, 2008
Genre Alternative rock, rap rock
Length4:13
Label Universal Republic
Flobots singles chronology
"Handlebars"
(2008)
"Rise"
(2008)
"White Flag Warrior"
(2010)

"Rise" is the second single released by the alternative hip hop group Flobots from Denver, Colorado. It was released from Flobots' album Fight with Tools .

Contents

Track listing

CD

  1. "Rise (Edit)" - 3:20
  2. "Rise (Edit 2)" - 3:40

Play.com (UK Maxi) (MP3 EP)

  1. "Rise (Album Version)" - 4:13
  2. "Handlebars (BBC Acoustic)" - 3:35
  3. "Happy Together" - 4:00
  4. "Rise (BBC Acoustic)" - 4:12

Music video

The Flobots filmed a music video for this song on July 6, 2008, at the Gothic theater In Denver, Colorado. The video shows a rock concert intermixed with scenes of pro-American posters and people working to make the world a better place, such as planting trees and committing random acts of kindness. The video features almost everyone in some form of American Flag bandanna, much like the cover for Flobot's album "Fight with Tools." In the video, multiple references are made to the website americawillbe.org, a pro-peace website dedicated to the visions of what people want USA to be.

Chart performance

On September 13, 2008, "Rise" charted on the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks at number 36. The song peaked at number 33.

Chart (2008)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks 33


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