Move Along (song)
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"Move Along" is the title track and second single taken from The All-American Rejects
' second studio album of the same name
. "Move Along" is the band's most enduring single. The track stayed in the Billboard Hot 100 Top 50 for 39 weeks because of the amount of time it took to surface. It was released in February and peaked at #1 in TRL but didn't chart until late March, since their single "Dirty Little Secret" was still performing on the Billboard charts. As of March 2009, "Move Along" had sold over two million digital downloads in the United States.
. It starts off with Tyson Ritter falling into an empty pool before the song starts. When the song begins he stands there singing while the background and his outfit changes over and over. Then it goes back to the scene in which he falls into the pool. People appear out of nowhere and carry him to a piano and the rest of the band. The quick-cut style of the video was inspired by Marlowe Gregorio, who posted his own version of the video on YouTube. Also, the drummer Chris Gaylor can be seen wearing a t-shirt for the crust punk
band Filth
and Tyson wearing a Our Lady of Guadalupe
shirt.
The video follows the general theme presented by the lyrics of the song, that of perseverance through difficulties. Most of the video is that of Tyson Ritter standing somewhat still while rapidly changing outfits give the appearance of different scenes. The first scene being Ritter as a white-collar worker
being yelled at by his manager. The scenes (and his appearance) change, showing him to be a surgeon who has apparently been unsuccessful in saving a patient; eating supper alone at the dinner table, while the chair across the table has a place setting, but sits empty; placing an engagement ring on a girl's finger, only to have her remove it and walk away; a family member of a victim of a heart attack; the driver of a car that has crashed into a street light; a football player that is on the losing end of a 58-7 beating; a young man suffering the harsh end of an angry father's tirade.
According to Billboard Magazine, "Move Along" was rated the #21 best song of 2006 on the "Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2006". Though it didn't place as high on the Hot 100 singles chart as "Dirty Little Secret", it placed much higher on the year-end chart due to its durability, spending many weeks on the Hot 100. Also on Blender Magazine's
"The 100 Greatest Songs of 2005", "Move Along" was rated #84. "Move Along" was also a nominee for state rock song of Oklahoma, but lost to the Flaming Lips.
The band performed the song at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards
. The video for "Move Along" won the award for "Best Group Video
" at that ceremony.
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commercials for the "Toa Inika" toyline. The band themselves were also the focus of a promotion for the sets called "Free the Band", in which people could win the aforementioned sets plus a copy of The All-American Rejects' second studio album Move Along
. The song was the official theme song to the 2006 Raw Diva Search
and was briefly used as an entrance theme for Layla El
during her first appearances on Smackdown. "Move Along" was on the Ford
truck commercials in 2008,
was played in a music video for the Beijing 2008 summer Olympics CBC coverage. "Move Along" was in the American Idol music video for "Rock Week" in 2009. The song was also featured on the "What Moves You?" Cartoon Network national recess week commercial, and was in episode #3.02 "From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea" of One Tree Hill (TV series)
The song was used in Comedy Central's Last Laugh '06.
(along with "Dirty Little Secret
"), as well as the films Firehouse Dog
and Over Her Dead Body
. The entire song is played at the beginning of the 2007 motion picture The Hitcher
. "Move Along" is available as a downloadable song in the 2007 music video game
series Rock Band, along with "Dirty Little Secret", which was developed by Harmonix
. "Move Along" was played at President Obama's Grant Park rally in 2008. Also the US Navy's VAW-113 Black Eagles Squadron created a humorist Youtube video with entire squadron lipsyncing to the song..
The Wall Street Journal's radio show uses this song as a segway between news sections, probably because of the title.
The All-American Rejects
The All-American Rejects are an American rock band formed in Stillwater, Oklahoma in 1999. The band consists of lead vocalist and bass guitarist Tyson Ritter, lead guitarist, Nick Wheeler, rhythm guitarist, Mike Kennerty, and drummer Chris Gaylor....
' second studio album of the same name
Move Along
-Chart performance:Move Along charted on the US Billboard 200 for 97 weeks. The record debuted and peaked at #6 on the chart. 84 of those 97 weeks the album was inside the top 100. In UK the album charted below Top 75 for a week in July 2005, peaking at #138, before re-entering the chart in...
. "Move Along" is the band's most enduring single. The track stayed in the Billboard Hot 100 Top 50 for 39 weeks because of the amount of time it took to surface. It was released in February and peaked at #1 in TRL but didn't chart until late March, since their single "Dirty Little Secret" was still performing on the Billboard charts. As of March 2009, "Move Along" had sold over two million digital downloads in the United States.
Track listing
UK limited edition 7" vinyl- Side A: "Move Along"
- Side B: "Kiss Yourself Goodbye"
Music video
The music video was directed by Marc WebbMarc Webb
Marc Preston Webb is an American music video, short film and major motion picture director. He directed the 2009 romantic comedy-drama Days of Summer and is currently directing the 2012 Spider-Man reboot The Amazing Spider-Man.-Life and career:Webb was born in Bloomington, Indiana, the son of...
. It starts off with Tyson Ritter falling into an empty pool before the song starts. When the song begins he stands there singing while the background and his outfit changes over and over. Then it goes back to the scene in which he falls into the pool. People appear out of nowhere and carry him to a piano and the rest of the band. The quick-cut style of the video was inspired by Marlowe Gregorio, who posted his own version of the video on YouTube. Also, the drummer Chris Gaylor can be seen wearing a t-shirt for the crust punk
Crust punk
Crust punk is a form of music influenced by anarcho-punk, hardcore punk and extreme metal. The style, which evolved in the mid-1980s in England, often has songs with dark and pessimistic lyrics that linger on political and social ills...
band Filth
Filth (band)
Filth is a hardcore punk band from East Bay, California.-Biography:Formed in the East Bay in 1989, from the ashes of Isocracy, the Vagrants, and Crimpshrine; Filth was a crustcore band that would help define the later "East Bay Hardcore" style...
and Tyson wearing a Our Lady of Guadalupe
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Our Lady of Guadalupe , also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe is a celebrated Catholic icon of the Virgin Mary.According to tradition, on December 9, 1531 Juan Diego, a simple indigenous peasant, had a vision of a young woman while he was on a hill in the Tepeyac desert, near Mexico City. The lady...
shirt.
The video follows the general theme presented by the lyrics of the song, that of perseverance through difficulties. Most of the video is that of Tyson Ritter standing somewhat still while rapidly changing outfits give the appearance of different scenes. The first scene being Ritter as a white-collar worker
White-collar worker
The term white-collar worker refers to a person who performs professional, managerial, or administrative work, in contrast with a blue-collar worker, whose job requires manual labor...
being yelled at by his manager. The scenes (and his appearance) change, showing him to be a surgeon who has apparently been unsuccessful in saving a patient; eating supper alone at the dinner table, while the chair across the table has a place setting, but sits empty; placing an engagement ring on a girl's finger, only to have her remove it and walk away; a family member of a victim of a heart attack; the driver of a car that has crashed into a street light; a football player that is on the losing end of a 58-7 beating; a young man suffering the harsh end of an angry father's tirade.
Chart performance
| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Singles Chart | 73 |
| Hot Canadian Digital Singles | 7 |
| UK Singles Chart | 42 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
15 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100 Pop 100 The Pop 100 was a songs chart that debuted in February 2005 and was released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States until its discontinuation in 2009... |
12 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs Hot Digital Songs The Hot Digital Songs chart ranks the best-selling digital singles in the United States, according to Billboard.Beginning in February 2005, digital sales have been incorporated into many of Billboards music single charts. It was decided to do so mainly because of the dramatic rise in popularity of... |
4 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks Adult Top 40 is a variation on the United States Billboard charts... |
4 |
| U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream | 9 |
According to Billboard Magazine, "Move Along" was rated the #21 best song of 2006 on the "Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2006". Though it didn't place as high on the Hot 100 singles chart as "Dirty Little Secret", it placed much higher on the year-end chart due to its durability, spending many weeks on the Hot 100. Also on Blender Magazine's
Blender (magazine)
Blender was an American music magazine that billed itself as "the ultimate guide to music and more". It was also known for sometimes steamy pictorials of celebrities....
"The 100 Greatest Songs of 2005", "Move Along" was rated #84. "Move Along" was also a nominee for state rock song of Oklahoma, but lost to the Flaming Lips.
The band performed the song at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards
2006 MTV Video Music Awards
The 2006 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on August 31, 2006, honoring the best music videos from the previous year. The show was hosted by Jack Black at Radio City Music Hall in New York City....
. The video for "Move Along" won the award for "Best Group Video
MTV Video Music Award for Best Group Video
The MTV Video Music Award for Best Group Video was first given out at the 1984 MTV Video Music Awards; and in 2007, going along with how the VMAs were revamped that year, the award was renamed Best Group, as it awarded the artist's body of work for the full year rather than a specific video...
" at that ceremony.
Television
"Move Along" has appeared numerous times on television. The song was featured in the LegoLego
Lego is a line of construction toys manufactured by the Lego Group, a privately held company based in Billund, Denmark. The company's flagship product, Lego, consists of colorful interlocking plastic bricks and an accompanying array of gears, minifigures and various other parts...
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Bionicle
Bionicle is a line of toys by the LEGO Group marketed primarily for 5- to 16-year-olds. The line was launched on December 30, 2000 in Europe and June/July 2001 in Canada and the United States. "Bionicle" is a portmanteau constructed from the words "biological" and "chronicle"...
commercials for the "Toa Inika" toyline. The band themselves were also the focus of a promotion for the sets called "Free the Band", in which people could win the aforementioned sets plus a copy of The All-American Rejects' second studio album Move Along
Move Along
-Chart performance:Move Along charted on the US Billboard 200 for 97 weeks. The record debuted and peaked at #6 on the chart. 84 of those 97 weeks the album was inside the top 100. In UK the album charted below Top 75 for a week in July 2005, peaking at #138, before re-entering the chart in...
. The song was the official theme song to the 2006 Raw Diva Search
WWE Diva Search
The WWE Diva Search is a talent competition held by World Wrestling Entertainment. The first winner was Jaime Koeppe, but she did not receive a contract like subsequent winners of the contest. Other winners included Christy Hemme, Ashley Massaro, Layla El, and Eve Torres. In addition to the winners...
and was briefly used as an entrance theme for Layla El
Layla El
Layla El is an English dancer, model and professional wrestler of Moroccan and Spanish descent. She is employed by WWE as a WWE Diva and appears on the SmackDown brand as Layla...
during her first appearances on Smackdown. "Move Along" was on the Ford
Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automaker based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The automaker was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. In addition to the Ford and Lincoln brands, Ford also owns a small stake in Mazda in Japan and Aston Martin in the UK...
truck commercials in 2008,
was played in a music video for the Beijing 2008 summer Olympics CBC coverage. "Move Along" was in the American Idol music video for "Rock Week" in 2009. The song was also featured on the "What Moves You?" Cartoon Network national recess week commercial, and was in episode #3.02 "From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea" of One Tree Hill (TV series)
One Tree Hill (TV series)
One Tree Hill is an American television drama created by Mark Schwahn, which premiered on September 23, 2003, on The WB Television Network. After its third season, The WB merged with UPN to form The CW Television Network, and, since September 27, 2006, the network has been the official broadcaster...
The song was used in Comedy Central's Last Laugh '06.
Miscellaneous
"Move Along" was played in the movies She's the ManShe's the Man
She's the Man is a 2006 American romantic comedy film directed by Andy Fickman, based on Twelfth Night, a play by William Shakespeare. The film stars Amanda Bynes, Channing Tatum, Laura Ramsey and Vinnie Jones....
(along with "Dirty Little Secret
Dirty Little Secret
"Dirty Little Secret" is the first single by the rock band The All-American Rejects from their second studio album Move Along. It was released on June 6, 2005, to modern rock radio stations, and later to contemporary hit radio on July 12. "Dirty Little Secret" is an electric pop rock song that...
"), as well as the films Firehouse Dog
Firehouse Dog
Firehouse Dog is a 2007 American family film produced by Regency Enterprises and distributed by 20th Century Fox. Directed by Todd Holland, it stars Josh Hutcherson, Bruce Greenwood, Dash Mihok, Steven Culp and Bill Nunn. It was released April 4, 2007, in the U.S.-Plot:The film starts in the tour...
and Over Her Dead Body
Over Her Dead Body
Over Her Dead Body is a romantic comedy film starring Eva Longoria, Paul Rudd, Lake Bell, Jason Biggs, Lindsay Sloane, Ali Hillis, Colin Fickes and Stephen Root. It was written and directed by Jeff Lowell. Kate dies on the day of her wedding to fiancé Henry...
. The entire song is played at the beginning of the 2007 motion picture The Hitcher
The Hitcher (2007 film)
The Hitcher is a 2007 horror film starring Sean Bean, Sophia Bush, and Zachary Knighton. It is a remake of the 1986 film of the same name starring Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and C. Thomas Howell. The Hitcher was directed by Dave Meyers and produced by Michael Bay’s production company...
. "Move Along" is available as a downloadable song in the 2007 music video game
Music video game
A music video game, also commonly known as a music game, is a video game where the gameplay is meaningfully and often almost entirely oriented around the player's interactions with a musical score or individual songs...
series Rock Band, along with "Dirty Little Secret", which was developed by Harmonix
Harmonix Music Systems
Harmonix Music Systems is an American video game development company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the United States...
. "Move Along" was played at President Obama's Grant Park rally in 2008. Also the US Navy's VAW-113 Black Eagles Squadron created a humorist Youtube video with entire squadron lipsyncing to the song..
The Wall Street Journal's radio show uses this song as a segway between news sections, probably because of the title.