Rebel Beat (Goo Goo Dolls song)

"Rebel Beat" is a song recorded by American alternative rock band the Goo Goo Dolls from their tenth studio album titled Magnetic. "Rebel Beat" was premiered on several US radio stations on January 18, 2013. The song was officially released on February 19, 2013.^[2]

Meaning

In an interview with Billboard.com, Rzeznik explains Rebel Beat is a collaboration with Gregg Wattenberg, built from a rhythm idea. "I was playing this great old guitar that had kind of a (Led) Zeppelin tone to it," Rzeznik recalls. "I started playing this real sort of basic kind of riff, and we just went from there and then started burbling out lyrics." The final lyrics, Rzeznik says, were inspired by being in New York and walking around the Little Italy and Chinatown districts. "They had this street closed off and a huge party going on," he remembers. "I was thinking, 'I love this! I want to be part of this!' So basically it turned out to be a song about celebrating everything and (saying) no matter what, you've got to have fun. That's really it."^[3]

Music video

On the day of the release, the band posted a video on the band's YouTube page.^[4] On January 29, Warner Bros Records released an official lyric video.^[5] In March 6, the webpage VideoStatic, announced the start of the production of a music video for the song. It also stated that the video will be directed by P.R. Brown.^[6]

Track listing

Digital single

"Rebel Beat" - 3:34

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (2013)	Peak position
Australia	94
Billboard Rock Songs	20
Billboard Rock Digital Songs	31
Billboard Adult Pop Songs	16

Year-end charts

Chart (2013)	Position
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)^[7]	63

References

↑ Graff, Gary (January 29, 2013). "Goo Goo Dolls Set Up in 'The Live Room' for 'Slide' and 'Rebel Beat'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
↑ "Release Dates". Goo Goo Dolls. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
↑ "Goo Goo Dolls Cheer Up With 'Rebel Beat'". Billboard.com. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
↑ "Goo Goo Dolls - *New Single* "Rebel Beat"". Goo Goo Dolls. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
↑ "Goo Goo Dolls - Rebel Beat [Official Lyric Video]". Warner Bros Records. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
↑ "IN PRODUCTION: Goo Goo Dolls "Rebel Beat" (P.R. Brown, dir.)". VideoStatic. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
↑ "Hot Rock Songs: Year End 2013". Billboard. Retrieved December 13, 2013.

Goo Goo Dolls

John Rzeznik Robby Takac George Tutuska Mike Malinin

Studio albums	Goo Goo Dolls Jed Hold Me Up Superstar Car Wash A Boy Named Goo Dizzy Up the Girl Gutterflower Let Love In Something for the Rest of Us Magnetic Boxes

Extended plays	Just the Way You Are EP Bang! Dizzy EP Platinum Play EP Rolling Stone Original Waiting for the Rest of It

Live albums	Live in Buffalo: July 4th, 2004

Compilations	What I Learned About Ego, Opinion, Art & Commerce iTunes Originals Greatest Hits Volume One: The Singles Vol.2

Videography	Music in High Places: Live in Alaska Live in Buffalo: July 4th, 2004 Live and Intimate

Singles	"There You Are" "I'm Awake Now" "We Are the Normal" "Only One" "Flat Top" "Name" "Naked" "Long Way Down" "Lazy Eye" "Iris" "Slide" "Dizzy" "Black Balloon" "Broadway" "Here Is Gone" "Big Machine" "Sympathy" "Give a Little Bit" "Better Days" "Let Love In" "Stay with You" "Before It's Too Late (Sam and Mikaela's Theme)" "Real" "Home" "Notbroken" "All That You Are" "Rebel Beat" "Come to Me" "Caught in the Storm" "So Alive" "Over and Over"

Other songs	"Laughing" "So Far Away"

Tours	Something for the Rest of Us Tour 2013 Summer Tour Canada 2014 The Otis Midnight Sessions 2014 Summer Tour Boxes Tour

Related material	Discography

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