Riptide (Sick Puppies song)

"Riptide" is the fourth single from Sick Puppies' third album Tri-Polar, which impacted radio on February 8, 2011. Originally this song was planned to be the second single, but "Odd One" narrowly beat out "Riptide" because of its strong lyrical message.

"Riptide"
Single by Sick Puppies
from the album Tri-Polar
ReleasedFebruary 8, 2011 (official release)
Recorded2008 – 2009
Genre
Length
  • 3:10 (Album Version)
  • 2:59 (Radio Version)
LabelVirgin
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Rock Mafia (Tim James, Antonina Armato)
Sick Puppies singles chronology
"Maybe"
(2010)		 "Riptide"
(2011)		 "There's No Going Back"
(2013)

Music video

A music video was premiered on April 6, 2011 on Yahoo music. The video features the band playing in front of a lot of T.V's screening the most shocking breaking news and the iniquities in the world. At the end of the video a child turns off the T.V. and it shows a phrase saying: "There is still hope". It was directed by Travis Kopach.[1]

The video went to No. 7 on Yahoo Videos[2]

Chart performance

"Riptide" debuted at No. 35 on the Mainstream Rock chart and peaked at No. 3; it debut at No. 49 on the Rock Songs chart, where it peaked at No. 6. It debuted at No. 36 on the Alternative Songs chart.

Track listing
Promo CD single
No.TitleLength
1."Riptide"2:59
2."Call Out Hook"0:13

Charts
Chart (2011) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot Rock Songs[3] 6
US Billboard Mainstream Rock[4] 3
US Billboard Alternative Songs[5] 14

References
  1. "BOOKED: Sick Puppies - Travis Kopach, dir". VideoStatic.
  2. "Sick Puppies Album & Song Chart History - Riptide Chart History". Billboard. Nielsen Company. Retrieved May 4, 2011.
  3. "Sick Puppies Album & Song Chart History - Rock Songs". Billboard. Nielsen Company. Retrieved April 14, 2011.
  4. "allmusic ((( Sick Puppies > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". Allmusic. Nielsen Company. Retrieved April 14, 2011.
  5. "Sick Puppies Album & Song Chart History - Alternative Songs". Billboard. Nielsen Company. Retrieved April 14, 2011.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.