"In This Diary" is the title of a song recorded by American alternative rock

Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 group The Ataris

The Ataris

The Ataris are a rock band from Anderson, Indiana. They have released five studio albums, and their most recent E.P. was released on November 25, 2010 on the Gainesville, Florida based label, Paper + Plastick. It contained the brand new tracks "All Souls' Day" and "The Graveyard of The Atlantic"...

. It was released in February 2003 as the lead single from their fourth album So Long, Astoria

So long, astoria

So Long, Astoria is the fourth full-length album released by The Ataris on March 4, 2003.This is The Ataris' first album on Columbia Records, having previously been signed to independent punk label Kung Fu Records. It peaked at No. 24 on the Billboard 200 and has been certified gold status...

. It peaked at number 11 on the U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.

Music video

The accompanying music video shows the band playing live, and was recorded at Capitol Milling in California. This shoot was later made into a live DVD, Live At Capitol Milling

Live At Capitol Milling

Live at Capitol Milling is a live DVD released by The Ataris in 2003.The DVD contains live songs from a music video shoot for The Ataris' song "In This Diary" from their album So Long, Astoria....

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Chart performance

Chart (2003)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks	2