Spaceship (Puddle of Mudd song)

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"Spaceship"
Spaceship - Puddle Of Mudd.jpg
Single by Puddle of Mudd
from the album Volume 4: Songs in the Key of Love & Hate
ReleasedOctober 27, 2009
Genre Post-grunge, hard rock
Length3:22
Label Geffen
Songwriter(s) Wes Scantlin
Puddle of Mudd singles chronology
"Livin' on Borrowed Time"
(2008)
"Spaceship"
(2009)
"Stoned"
(2010)

"Spaceship" is the first single by the post-grunge band Puddle of Mudd from their album Volume 4: Songs in the Key of Love & Hate . The music video premiered on Yahoo Music on November 16, 2009. As of August 2010, "Spaceship" has shifted 118,000 copies in the United States. [1]

Contents

Music video

The video directed by Petro (The Academy Is, Rufus Wanwright) channels the best in space travel with alien strippers and an homage to Star Wars and its scrolling text intro. Rounding out the rockstar antics are the daredevils of Nitro Circus, including Travis Pastrana on his signature dirtbike. [2]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2010)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks 6
U.S. Billboard Alternative Songs 26
U.S Billboard Active Rock [3] 6
U.S Billboard Heritage Rock [4] 6
Canada Rock ( Billboard ) [5] 25
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [6] 16

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Spaceship"

Chart (2010)Position
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard) [7] 49
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)27
US Alternative Airplay81
US Active Rock28
US Heritage Rock20

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