This Is War (song)

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"This Is War"
30 Seconds to War.jpg
Single by Thirty Seconds to Mars
from the album This Is War
ReleasedMarch 26, 2010 (2010-03-26)
Recorded
  • 2008–2009
  • The International Centre for the Advancement of the Arts and Sciences of Sound
  • (Los Angeles, California)
Genre
Length5:27
Label
Songwriter(s) Jared Leto
Producer(s)
  • Flood
  • Thirty Seconds to Mars
Thirty Seconds to Mars singles chronology
"Kings and Queens"
(2009)
"This Is War"
(2010)
"Closer to the Edge"
(2010)
Music video
"This Is War" on YouTube

"This Is War" is a song by American rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars, featured on their third studio album This Is War . Written by lead vocalist Jared Leto, [1] the song was released as the second single from the album to American radio on March 8, 2010, [2] and the physical single was released on March 26, 2010. [3]

Contents

Music video

The music video was shot on April 7, 2010. A 30-second teaser was released and the music video was set to premiere in June 2010. However, it was delayed. The film features 30 Seconds to Mars as US Marines deployed to Afghanistan. The video was supposedly leaked on April 1, 2011. In response to the leak, the band stated that they would release the full-length video soon. On April 6, 2011, nearly a year after the video was shot, it was finally released. It shows the band dressed up as American Marines patrolling the desert in an armored Humvee while showing scenes of war and leaders all while some unknown entity observes them and their actions. Near the end of the video, various military vehicles (Humvees, tanks, fighter airplanes, helicopters, battleships) are flying seemingly uncontrollably above the men, toward a pile. The group's own Humvee gets sucked into the pile. The objects smashing into the pile get temporarily crushed but assume their normal un-crushed form after a second. As the camera shows the forming pile from afar, it is revealed that it forms a huge pyramid, hovering over the desert. The video was directed by Edouard Salier. It won the Video of the Year Award on MSN Latinoamérica. [4]

Track listing

All songs written by Jared Leto.

Promo(February 1, 2010) [2]

  1. "This Is War" (album version) – 5:27

EU CD single(March 26, 2010) [3]

  1. "This Is War" (album version) – 5:27
  2. "Hurricane" (LA Mix) By Emma Ford and Natalie Loren aka "Luxury Kills" – 5:49

Digital download EP [5]

  1. "This Is War" (Album Version) – 5:47
  2. "This Is War" (Radio Edit) – 4:46
  3. "Night of the Hunter" (Static Revenger Redux) – 4:57

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [24] Gold30,000
United Kingdom (BPI) [25] Silver200,000
United States (RIAA) [26] Gold500,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateLabel
Austria [3] March 26, 2010EMI
Italy
  • EMI
  • Virgin
Germany [27] EMI
Switzerland [28]
United Kingdom [29] March 28, 2010
  • EMI
  • Virgin
United States

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