Teenagers (song)
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| Single by My Chemical Romance | ||||||||
| from the album The Black Parade | ||||||||
| Released | July 9, 2007 | |||||||
| Format | CD single, 7" vinyl, digital download | |||||||
| Recorded | July 26, 2006 | |||||||
| Genre | Emo | |||||||
| Length | 2:41 | |||||||
| Label | Reprise | |||||||
| Writer(s) | My Chemical Romance | |||||||
| Producer(s) | Rob Cavallo, My Chemical Romance | |||||||
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"Teenagers" is the fourth and final single and the eleventh track from My Chemical Romance's third studio album, The Black Parade. It is the third United States single from the album, but it is the fourth single released in the United Kingdom, the Philippines, Australia and Canada. This song is the band's eleventh overall single. The song was released to radio on May 15, 2007.
Despite charting at #67 on the US Billboard Hot 100, "Teenagers" is their highest single on the Pop 100 at #23.
Gerard Way is quoted as saying that he wrote the song after finding himself in a full of high schoolers: "That was the first time I felt old...I was nervous and I was a target. I felt like I had become a parent figure or part of the problem."
About the relationship between the song and concerns about gun violence, Way said:
This song was #25 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007. This song was also #80 on MTV Asia's list of Top 100 Hits of 2007. The single is certified double Platinum by the RIAA.
My Chemical Romance surprised many critics by the musical style of "Teenagers". It incorporates elements of pop punk, hard rock and 8 bar blues. This earned them mostly positive reviews from critics. A reviewer from NME wrote, "Some bands go out of their way to do a song with a sound they're never bound to do, then release it as a single. They usually fail. My Chemical Romance tried a substantially different sound for this song, and it paid off. The message is simple, the chorus is catchy and Ray Toro's solo joins the chorus and bridge together so smoothly." The song managed to grab 5 stars in both NME and AbsolutePunk.net as well as 4/5 from IMDb.
The song entered the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart at #2, before debuting at #87 on the Hot 100 the following week as the "Hot Shot" debut of the week, and peaked at #67. It has reached #23 on the Pop 100, and #13 on Modern Rock Tracks. It also debuted at #42 in the UK, and became the band's fourth straight top 20 hit from The Black Parade and their third top ten hit from the album, peaking at #9. It debuted at number 16 on the ARIA Singles Chart.
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