Salvation (Rancid song)
1995 single by Rancid From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Salvation" is a song by the American punk rock band Rancid. It was released as the second single from its second studio album, Let's Go.
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| "Salvation" | ||||
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| Single by Rancid | ||||
| from the album Let's Go | ||||
| Released | 1995 (as a single) | |||
| Recorded | October 1993 – March 1994 at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 2:54 | |||
| Label | Epitaph | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Tim Armstrong / Matt Freeman | |||
| Producer(s) | Brett Gurewitz | |||
| Rancid singles chronology | ||||
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Along with "Time Bomb" and "Ruby Soho", "Salvation" is considered to be one of Rancid's breakthrough songs, as it received airplay from modern rock radio stations; it was also the band's first single to reach any Billboard singles charts. Spin listed the song as one of the best alternative rock songs of 1994.[2]
In popular culture
- A cover version by Harmonix is featured in the Xbox 360 version of Guitar Hero II.
- Comedy punk band The Radioactive Chicken Heads recorded a cover of this song as "Just for the Taste of It", satirically re-working the lyrics into an advertisement for Diet Coke. The song appeared on their 2000 album Keep On Cluckin' and later their 2009 rarities album Poultry Uprising.
- It is featured in the pilot episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, though it was not used in the actual first episode.
Charts
| Chart | Position |
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| Billboard Modern Rock Tracks[3] | 21 |
References
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