Salvation (Rancid song)

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"Salvation"
Single by Rancid
from the album Let's Go
Released1995 (as a single)
RecordedOctober 1993 March 1994 at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California
Genre
Length2:54
Label Epitaph
Songwriter(s) Tim Armstrong / Matt Freeman
Producer(s) Brett Gurewitz
Rancid singles chronology
""Nihilism""
(1994)
"Salvation"
(1995)
""Roots Radicals""
(1995)

"Salvation" is a song by the American punk rock band Rancid. It was released as the second single from its second studio album, Let's Go .

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Along with "Time Bomb" and "Ruby Soho", "Salvation" is considered to be one of Rancid's breakthrough songs, as it received airplay from modern rock radio stations; it was also the band's first single to reach any Billboard singles charts. Spin listed the song as one of the best alternative rock songs of 1994. [2]

Charts

ChartPosition
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks [3] 21

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