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"Teenagers" is the fourth single and eleventh track from My Chemical Romance's third studio album, The Black Parade. It will be the third U.S. single from the album, but is the fourth single released in the UK, as the previous single, "I Don't Love You", was a UK-only release. This song will also be the band's twelfth overall single.
Song release
According to FMQB, the song was to be released to radio on April 23, 2007. This was then pushed forward to May 1, 2007. It was then pushed further to May 15, 2007 as the final release date and FMQB has since stated the single is already out.[1]
The video premiered on the New Zealand music channel C4 much to the surprise of fans, viewers, and the presenter.
From a November 2006 issue of Kerrang! magazine, Gerard Way quoted:
It's a commentary on kids being viewed as meat; by the government and by society. That's how I felt in school, and after 9/11 happened that's how I felt in general. It's very important that this song is here because I always viewed this as about these kids in the parade who had killed themselves, who had made a big mistake. It's a very powerful song.
Music video
Several photos of the music video shoot have been leaked onto Buzznet. The photos show the band performing in a high school auditorium, with cheerleaders prancing around them. In some of the photos, the cheerleaders appear to be wearing gas masks.
On May 8, 2007, a short clip of the music video was shown during Linkin Park's 3-minute Projekt Revolution 2007 trailer on YouTube (which is seen here). About 55 seconds into the trailer, it shows a 30 second portion of My Chemical Romance performing their three U.S. singles from The Black Parade.
The music video is directed by Marc Webb who also directed three previous My Chemical Romance music videos, from their Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge album and the music video for "I Don't Love You". In the music video, My Chemical Romance performs "Teenagers" in an empty auditorium with cheerleaders behind them. As they begin to sing the chorus, teenagers break down a locked door and run through the hall way to the auditorium. The high school students fill the auditorium and stay seated until the chorus. When the chorus ends, the cheerleaders put on gas masks. They then dance around the stage. At the chorus, the red Teenagers flag in the back of the stage falls. It reveals what appears to be a mushroom cloud from a nuclear explosion. Also, the teenagers all stand up throwing their right fists in the air. The cheerleaders have a weapon of some sort and use it "to strike a violent pose" as the song suggests. As the chorus ends, the teenagers begin to jump up and down like they are at a concert and the cheerleaders dance more wild on stage. As the chorus picks up again, the teenagers and cheerleaders continue their dancing. When the chorus plays again, the teenagers climb onto the stage and begin to take the bands instuments and take over the stage. The last scene we see is Gerald on the ground with a scared look on his face. You can see the music video on youtube.com or on google video.
According to the TRL website, the video will be premiering on May 30th[1]
The video will also premiere on MTV 2's Elite 8 on May 31th, 2007 [2]
The music video had its world premiere in New Zealand on Tuesday May 29th during the jukebox show Select Live. [3]
References
- ^ "Available for Airplay". FMQB. 2007-04. Retrieved 2007-04-17.
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