Closer to the Edge
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| Single by Thirty Seconds to Mars | ||||||||||||||||||
| from the album This Is War | ||||||||||||||||||
| Released | August 20, 2010 | |||||||||||||||||
| Format | CD single, maxi single, digital download | |||||||||||||||||
| Recorded | 2008–2009 The International Centre for the Advancement of the Arts and Sciences of Sound (Los Angeles, California) |
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| Genre | Progressive rock | |||||||||||||||||
| Length | 4:15 (radio edit) 4:34 (album version) |
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| Label | Virgin, EMI | |||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Jared Leto | |||||||||||||||||
| Producer(s) | Flood, 30 Seconds to Mars | |||||||||||||||||
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"Closer to the Edge" is a song written by Jared Leto and performed by American rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars. Produced by the band, co-produced by Flood, the track is the seventh track and the third single from their third studio album This Is War. It was released in the United States in August 20, 2010.
Tomo Miličević, the lead guitarist of 30 Seconds to Mars, said about the song, "A really interesting track. We call it our 'pop' song, but when you really listen to it, you realize that it has a lot of rock glory in it. It's a song that fools you, and I like that. Jared really pushed himself as a songwriter here in that he was trying to reach for a new way of presenting music that was very accessible but not spoon-feed it to the audience. He has a lot of respect for the fans in that way. The guy's a trip - very inspiring to be around and work with."
The music video premiered on June 9, 2010, on the band's YouTube account. The video was directed by Jared Leto as "Bartholomew Cubbins". The video contains concert footage from about 30 performances during their Into the Wild Tour, which commenced on February 19, 2010, and ran till December 18, 2010. The six-minute-long video shows each location played at until a certain date, fan commentary and some backstage footage. "Closer to the Edge" is not the band's first live video, being preceded by "Edge of the Earth". The video mistakenly puts an image of Manchester's Millennium Quarter (Including the Arndale Tower, Chetham's School of Music and then the Urbis museum) on screen as being in 'London'. Whilst the image accompanying Manchester later on in the video is clearly of a London street (Presumably Whitehall), with Hackney carriages and Union Jacks lining the road.
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