Animate (song)

"Animate" is a song by Canadian progressive rock band Rush. It was released as the fourth single from their 1993 album Counterparts. The song reached number 35 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart in 1994, staying on the charts for three weeks.[1]

"Animate"
Single by Rush
from the album Counterparts
ReleasedJune 1994
Recorded1993
GenreProgressive rock
Length6:04
LabelAnthem (Canada)
Atlantic
Songwriter(s)Neil Peart (lyrics), Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson (music)
Producer(s)Peter Collins, Rush
Rush singles chronology
"Nobody's Hero"
(1994)		 "Animate"
(1994)		 "Double Agent"
(1994)

The band's singer and bassist, Geddy Lee, said "I love 'Animate'. I think it’s one of the great songs we've done. There's something about the bestiality of that song, the insistence of it."[2]

Composition

"Animate" is in the key of D minor. The lead vocal ranges in pitch from B3 to A5.[3]

Reception

AllMusic described the song as being "straightforward".[4] Classic Rock Review thought that the song had a "decent overall sound" and a "very entertaining middle part".[5]

In a 1994 interview with Modern Drummer Magazine, the band's drummer, Neil Peart, said about the song: "I used a basic R&B rhythm that I played back in my early days, coupled with that hypnotic effect that a lot of the British bands of the turn of the '90s had – bands like Curve and Lush. The middle section of the tune is the result of the impact African music has had on me, although it wasn't a specific African rhythm."[6]

Covers

The melodic death metal band Allegaeon released a cover of the song as a single on 5 January 2018. Mitchel Winney of MetalSucks said that the cover is a fine performance of the song, but that it was too close to the original.[7][8] Loudwire thought that the cover was "solid filler" for fans that were waiting on Allegaeon's next album.[9] Greg Kennelty of Metal Injection praised their cover, saying it was fantastic.[10]

References
  1. "Rush Animate Chart History". Billboard.com.
  2. "Animate". Rushvault.com. 13 February 2011.
  3. "Animate". Musicnotes.com. 29 December 2008.
  4. "Counterparts - Rush | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  5. "Counterparts by Rush - Classic Rock Review". Classicrockreview.com. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  6. "Animate by Rush". Songfacts.com.
  7. "Allegaeon Cover Rush's "Animate"". Metalsucks.net. 5 January 2018.
  8. "ALLEGAEON launches cover of Rush's 'Animate' on all digital music services!". Metal Blade Records.
  9. "Allegaeon Revisit Rush Love with Cover of 'Animate'". Loudwire.com.
  10. "ALLEGAEON Releases Cover of RUSH's "Animate," Will Hit the Studio in March". Metalinjection.net. 6 January 2018.
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