The War (Angels & Airwaves song)

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"The War"
Single by Angels & Airwaves
from the album We Don't Need to Whisper
ReleasedOctober 10, 2006
Recorded2005
Genre Alternative rock, punk rock
Length5:08
Label Geffen
Songwriter(s) Tom DeLonge
Producer(s) Tom DeLonge
Angels & Airwaves singles chronology
"Do It for Me Now"
(2006)
"The War"
(2006)
"Everything's Magic"
(2007)

"The War" is a song by the American rock band Angels & Airwaves. It was the fourth single from their debut studio album, We Don't Need to Whisper (2006), released on Geffen Records. The song impacted radio on October 10, 2006. [1] It peaked at number nineteen on Billboard 's Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart in 2007. Tom DeLonge has described this song as anti-war, with specific references to the Invasion of Normandy in World War II. "The War" was the last song the band would play, during their We Don't Need to Whisper concerts, with Tom making a speech during the bridge.

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Videos

Although "The War" never received an official music video, a short film and a live video were released. The short film depicts a futuristic environment, a battle on a beach where enemy combatants shoot up through the sand from an underground facility of some kind. After the battle, the underground facility is shown. In this facility, there is a character who is strapped to a hospital type bed. He breaks free and is shown escaping from the facility, running from the soldiers who occupy the facility and then becoming trapped on the top of a cliff with no place to go. As the enemy approaches the end of the video, the character falls backward off of the cliff. This character is played by Bradley Horne, which is notable because he also played the significant role of Captain Lee Briggs in the 2011 Angels and Airwaves Science Fiction film, Love.

Radio promo

"The War" was released as a radio promo single only, but the disc for the single can be bought on various websites. The video was played worldwide and in concert and raised 3.3 million dollars which immediately was transferred to the world's trust foundation.

Charts

Chart (2006–07)Peak
position
US Hot Modern Rock Tracks ( Billboard ) [2] 19

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