"Rebel Beat" is a song recorded by American alternative rock band the Goo Goo Dolls from their tenth studio album titled Magnetic. "Rebel Beat" was premiered on several US radio stations on January 18, 2013. The song was officially released on February 19, 2013.
Meaning In an interview with Billboard.com, Rzeznik explains Rebel Beat is a collaboration with Gregg Wattenberg, built from a rhythm idea. "I was playing this great old guitar that had kind of a (Led) Zeppelin tone to it," Rzeznik recalls. "I started playing this real sort of basic kind of riff, and we just went from there and then started burbling out lyrics." The final lyrics, Rzeznik says, were inspired by being in New York and walking around the Little Italy and Chinatown districts. "They had this street closed off and a huge party going on," he remembers. "I was thinking, 'I love this! I want to be part of this!' So basically it turned out to be a song about celebrating everything and (saying) no matter what, you've got to have fun. That's really it."
Music video On the day of the release, the band posted a video on the band's YouTube page. On January 29, Warner Bros Records released an official lyric video. On March 6, the webpage VideoStatic, announced the start of the production of a music video for the song. It also stated that the video will be directed by P.R. Brown.
Track listing Digital single "Rebel Beat" - 3:34
Personnel Personnel adapted from Magnetic liner notes.
Goo Goo Dolls John Rzeznik – vocals, guitars, background vocals Robby Takac – bass Mike Malinin – drums
Additional musicians Gregg Wattenberg – guitars, background vocals John Alicastro – background vocals Gunnar Olsen – background vocals Lenny Skolnik – background vocals Derek Fuhrmann – background vocals Ian Driscoll – background vocals
Production Greg Wattenberg – production Chris Shaw – engineering John Alicastro – engineering, programming Gunnar Olsen – programming Lenny Skolnik – programming Mark Endert – mixing Doug Johnson – mix assistant Ted Jensen – mastering
Chart performance
Weekly charts Chart (2013) PeakpositionAustralia94Billboard Rock Songs20Billboard Rock Digital Songs31Billboard Adult Pop Songs16
Year-end charts Chart (2013) Position US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard) 63
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