Edge of a Revolution
{{short description|2014 Nickelback single}}
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{{Infobox song
| name = Edge of a Revolution
| cover = Nickelback_Revolution_Cover.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Nickelback
| album = No Fixed Address
| released = August 18, 2014 (radio)
August 19, 2014 (Digital download)
| recorded = 2014
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
- Post-grunge{{Cite web |last=Stiller |first=Jesse |date=November 20, 2014 |title=Nickelback’s album falls flat for listeners |url=https://eastside-online.org/entertainment/nickelbacks-album-falls-flat-for-listeners/ |access-date=April 18, 2025 |website=Eastside}}
- hard rock{{cite web|url=http://www.northwestmusicscene.com/2014/11/review-nickelback-fixed-address/|title=Review: Nickelback – No Fixed Address|quote=I feel strongly compelled to defend the lead single to drop from this LP "Edge of a Revolution" <...> it's pretty much every made-for-radio hard rock single you heard released between 2008 and 2012|access-date=2014-11-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724124312/http://www.northwestmusicscene.com/2014/11/review-nickelback-fixed-address/|archive-date=2015-07-24|url-status=dead}}
| length = 4:04
| label = Republic
| writer = {{flatlist|
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| producer = {{flatlist|
- Nickelback
- Chris Baseford
}}
| prev_title = Trying Not to Love You
| prev_year = 2012
| next_title = What Are You Waiting For?
| next_year = 2014
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|IYnuSsM7tRw|"Edge Of A Revolution"}}}}
}}
"Edge of a Revolution" is a single by Canadian rock band Nickelback from their eighth studio album, No Fixed Address. It was released as the album's lead single on August 18, 2014.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6221658/nickelback-new-album-edge-of-a-revolution-single-republic-records|title=Nickelback|date=15 August 2014|magazine=Billboard|access-date=5 October 2014}} It went for Active Rock adds on August 18, and was premiered on Clear Channel radio stations.{{cite web|url=http://www.republicplaybook.com/track/nickelback/ |title=Nickelback "Edge of A Revolution" |publisher=Republicplaybook.com |access-date=5 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006075004/http://www.republicplaybook.com/track/nickelback/ |archive-date=6 October 2014 }}{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Nickelback/statuses/499527091491467264|title=Nickelback on Twitter: Hitting airwaves and @iTunesMusic next week. #EdgeOfARevolution |publisher=Twitter.com|access-date=5 October 2014}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6221658/nickelback-new-album-edge-of-a-revolution-single-republic-records|title=Nickelback|date=15 August 2014|magazine=Billboard|access-date=5 October 2014}} It was released for sale on August 19, 2014.{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/edge-of-a-revolution-single/id906943545 |title=iTunes – Music – Edge of a Revolution – Single by Nickelback |work=iTunes |access-date=5 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916160706/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/edge-of-a-revolution-single/id906943545 |archive-date=16 September 2014 }} This was the first release under Nickelback's new label, Republic Records.
It was the official theme song of WWE Survivor Series 2014.
Background
The track was first announced on June 18, 2014, in a radio interview on CFOX-FM, where Chad Kroeger, announced that the band picked the first Rock single from the album, then titled "Revolution", to be released sometime in August.{{cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/993thefox/hancock-vs-chad-kroeger-june-18-14-album-tour-update |title=Hancock VS Chad Kroeger June 18 '14 (Album & Tour Update) |work=SoundCloud |access-date=5 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006153201/https://soundcloud.com/993thefox/hancock-vs-chad-kroeger-june-18-14-album-tour-update |archive-date=6 October 2014 }}
The track was described as a departure from Nickelback's original sound,{{cn|date=April 2023}} In the interview, Chad stated the song touches upon "fat cats on Wall Street" and was inspired by current events such as the Euromaidan in Ukraine and how the government has been treating their citizens. Though in a separate interview, they said that the song was written and recorded before the Ferguson shooting.{{cite web |url= http://www.torontosun.com/2015/01/14/nickelback-happy-to-be-music-critics-punching-bag |title=Nickelback happy to be music critics' punching bag|first= Jane|last= Stevenson|work=torontosun.com |date= 2015-01-14|access-date=17 January 2015}} The song became their eighth number one on the mainstream rock songs chart.
Music video
On August 12, 2014, Nickelback posted on their social media accounts that they were in the midst of two video shoots, first being the music video for the first pop single, "What Are You Waiting For".{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Nickelback/status/499303979546058753|title=Nickelback on Twitter: "On set today for the first of back to back video shoots ... #whatareyouwaitingfor?"|publisher=Twitter.com|access-date=5 October 2014}} The following day, they announced "Edge of a Revolution",{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Nickelback/status/499527091491467264|title=Nickelback on Twitter: "Hitting airwaves and @iTunesMusic next week. #EdgeOfARevolution"|publisher=Twitter.com|access-date=5 October 2014}} and later that day they posted pictures from the set of the video for "Edge of a Revolution".{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Nickelback/status/499737480900640769|title=Nickelback on Twitter: "Chad's on set ... #edgeofarevolution"|publisher=Twitter.com|access-date=5 October 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Nickelback/status/499774247951409154|title=Nickelback on Twitter: "two videos in two days... that's a wrap! #edgeofarevolution"|publisher=Twitter.com|access-date=5 October 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/Nickelback/photos/a.10152535901382086.1073741825.6248267085/10152593936767086/?type=1|title=Nickelback – Mobile Uploads – Facebook|publisher=Facebook.com|access-date=5 October 2014}} The band released the lyric video on August 28, 2014the band released the lyric video and they released the music video for the song on September 5, 2014, both through their YouTube and Vevo account.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYnuSsM7tRw|title = Nickelback - Edge of a Revolution (Main Version)|website = YouTube}}
Charts
Release history
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