"Pressure" is a song by American rock

Rock music

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 band Paramore

Paramore

Paramore is an American rock band from Franklin, Tennessee, formed in 2004. The band consists of lead vocalist Hayley Williams, bassist Jeremy Davis, and guitarist Taylor York...

. It was released on June 31, 2005 as the first single from their debut album, All We Know Is Falling

All We Know Is Falling

All We Know Is Falling is the debut studio album by American rock band Paramore, released on July 26, 2005. The album reached #8 on the UK Rock Chart...

. It failed to chart the Billboard Hot 100, however, it managed to peak at #62 on the Billboard Hot Digital Songs

Hot Digital Songs

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 chart. It was released on April 22, 2006 in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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Music video

A music video directed by Shane Drake

Shane Drake

Shane C. Drake is an American music video director originally from Redding, California. He has directed videos for bands such as Trivium, Paramore, Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco, Angels & Airwaves, Flo Rida, Timbaland, Blindside, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, The Almost, Hawthorne Heights and...

 was released for the track in 2005. The video opens with the band playing in an abandoned warehouse. It cuts to an arrival of a man ready for work at a fast food restaurant, but he was late. A girl wants to eat a piece of chocolate and choose her own outfit, but her manager refuses to let her. The man wants to do the work, but then quits his job to see his girlfriend. He arrives, but she was busy preparing for a photo shoot. To win his girlfriend back, he activates the pressure gauges and sets off the sprinklers under the playing band. Zac Farro, Jeremy Davis, Josh Farro, and Hayley Williams then get all wet in the water. The video closes with the couple escaping and the band staying in the water.

Track listing

Chart performance

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Chart (2007)	Peak position

Other appearances

• This song was later re-released on the iTunes Deluxe Edition of Riot!
  Riot!
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  as a bonus track.
• The song was featured as a track on the console version of The Sims 2
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  if you interact with a radio or stereo. As per usual for the series, the song was re-recorded with the lyrics in Simlish
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Covers

• New Found Glory
  New Found Glory
  New Found Glory is an American rock band from Coral Springs, Florida. Formed in the summer of 1997, founding members were lead vocalist Jordan Pundik, guitarists Chad Gilbert and Steve Klein, bassist Ian Grushka and drummer Joe Marino...
  
   has covered "Pressure" on live version.
• A mash-up of this song features Ludacris
  Ludacris
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  's vocals from How Low
  How Low
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   and Lil Wayne
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  's from Look At Me Now
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