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"Welcome to the Fold" | ||||
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Single by Filter | ||||
from the album Title of Record | ||||
Released | August 10, 1999 | |||
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Label | Reprise | |||
Songwriter(s) | Richard Patrick | |||
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"Welcome to the Fold" is a song by American rock band Filter, released in August 1999 as the lead single from their second studio album, Title of Record . The song was included on Spin 's list of "The 69 Best Alternative Rock Songs of 1999." [3]
The title of the song is based on an album of the same name released in 1998 by a novelty folk-rock band from Cleveland called 100,000 Leagues Under My Nutsack. Filter's bassist, Frank Cavanagh, was friends with 100,000 Leagues' lead singer, and Richard Patrick liked the album so much that he named the song after it. [4]
In 1999, singer Richard Patrick said, "'Welcome to the Fold' is based on being a crazed lunatic. That's what being a mid-20's decadent bachelor is all about. Not giving a flying fuck. I got money. I got a platinum record. I got a band. I've got everything I want and I don't give a flying fuck what I do." [5] Patrick also described it as his favorite song on the album, and said "it's a 10-minute song with three songs in it." [6]
While the song's verses are screamed and the guitar riff is grinding and abrasive, the chorus is more sedate and chord-driven. Patrick described the milder chorus as "the party at the end of the night. The weekend. The celebration of just the fact that we're doing OK, we feel OK." [2]
The song's music video (directed by Peter Christopherson) begins with an RV driving through a desert, and a man comes out spotting a giant clear cube, in which the band is performing the song inside of. A man comes out and calls on his radio and soon more people in RVs come and set up camp to watch the concert. During the guitar solo, several of the campers jump inside the cube and do some crowd surfing. At the end of the video, the cube floats up in the air and explodes.
US 12-inch single
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Welcome to the Fold" (album version) | 7:41 |
2. | "Welcome to the Fold" (Freq Nasty remix) | 7:02 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Welcome to the Fold" (Moving Fusion remix) | 6:46 |
US maxi-CD single and UK CD1
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Welcome to the Fold" (clean radio edit) | 4:42 |
2. | "One" (Harry Nilsson cover) | 4:07 |
3. | "(Can't You) Trip Like I Do" (featuring The Crystal Method) | 4:26 |
UK CD2
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Welcome to the Fold" (radio edit) | 4:42 |
2. | "Welcome to the Fold" (Freq Nasty remix) | 6:59 |
3. | "Welcome to the Fold" (Moving Fusion remix) | 6:46 |
4. | "Welcome to the Fold" (music video) | 4:51 |
Australian maxi-CD single
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Welcome to the Fold" (radio edit) | 4:42 |
2. | "One" (Harry Nilsson cover) | 4:07 |
3. | "Welcome to the Fold" (Freq Nasty remix) | 7:02 |
4. | "Welcome to the Fold" (Moving Fusion remix) | 6:46 |
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Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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United States | July 1999 | Reprise | [14] | |
August 10, 1999 | 12-inch vinyl | |||
Canada | September 21, 1999 | CD | [15] | |
United Kingdom | September 27, 1999 | [16] |
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