Move Along (song)

"Move Along" was written by Nick Wheeler and Tyson Ritter. Wheeler explained that the song is "[a]n anti-suicide message song about believing in oneself and persevering in the face of problems".

According to Wheeler, they wrote the song at a time "when we were at our wits' end wondering if we were ever going to get to make a second record. Our manager and our guy just kept saying, 'Keep writing, keep writing.' All we knew was, hey, man, we wrote 11 songs and that's all we had to our name when we made the first record. ... Thankfully [our manager] pushed us to our wits' end, because the last two songs we wrote for our second record were 'Move Along' and 'It Ends Tonight', which were both top ten hits. And it actually became pretty easy writing follow-up hits once the juices started flowing."{{cite web|url=https://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/nick-wheeler-of-the-all-american-rejects|title=Nick Wheeler of The All-American Rejects : Songwriter Interviews|last=MacIntosh|first=Dan|date=March 29, 2012|website=Songfacts|accessdate=February 26, 2021}}

The song received mostly positive reviews from music critics. Punknews.org referred to the track as an "excellent song" and "The perfect predecessor as their last single 'Dirty Little Secret'",{{cite web|url=http://www.punknews.org/review/4182/all-american-rejects-move-along |title=All-American Rejects - Move Along |website=Punknews.org |date= 19 July 2005|accessdate=June 23, 2015}} while About.com reviewed "Move Along" as "another slice of catchy pop-rock this time attached to an uplifting, encouraging message. There is little lyrical depth here, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. The All-American Rejects will win no awards for innovation with this single. However, for energetic pop-rock radio fare, 'Move Along' nicely fills the bill".{{cite web |url=http://top40.about.com/od/singles/gr/movealongaar.htm |title=All-American Rejects - Move Along |website=Top40.about.com |date=January 3, 2006 |accessdate=June 23, 2015 |archive-date=November 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101075212/http://top40.about.com/od/singles/gr/movealongaar.htm |url-status=dead }}

Contactmusic.com were negative towards the song, saying "'Move Along' unfortunately lacks any originality, it sounds like so many other songs released in the past five years or so. They are a poor man's Green Day—even after listening to the song a few times, it still sounds the same; it doesn't seem to get any better",{{cite web|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/pages/theallamericanrejectsx20x02x06 |title=All American Rejects | Move Along Single Review |website=Contactmusic.com |date=February 20, 2006 |accessdate=June 23, 2015}} while Entertainment Weekly commented "The title track launches the band beyond frivolous puppy-love-powered pop. The grinding guitars, pulsing drums, and arena-ready rawk refrain turn 'Move Along' into an anthemic gem that, while seemingly still about girls, is truly something special."{{cite web |last=Gunatilaka |first=Timothy |url=https://ew.com/article/2005/07/11/move-along/ |title=Move Along |website=EW.com |date=July 11, 2005 |access-date=June 23, 2015 |archive-date=November 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101051054/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1080695,00.html |url-status=live }}

"Move Along" debuted in the top 50 of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and remained there for a total of 39 weeks, eventually reaching the spot of #15. It later reached the top 5 of Billboard's Hot Digital Songs and Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks charts and reached #7 on the Hot Canadian Digital Singles chart. This is the band's most played song on alternative rock radio stations despite not entering the Alternative Songs chart. The modern rock radio station KROQ-FM was the first radio station to play this song along with the other singles from the album.

By March 2009, "Move Along" had sold over two million digital downloads in the United States.{{cite web |url=http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/29509/week-ending-march-15-2009-the-idol-with-the-most/ |title=Week Ending March 15, 2009: The Idol With The Most |website=Yahoo Music |date=March 18, 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090321194150/http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/29509/week-ending-march-15-2009-the-idol-with-the-most/ |archivedate=March 21, 2009 |url-status=dead }}

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The music video for "Move Along" was directed by Marc Webb and edited by JD Smyth and shot in Los Angeles and was released on January 18, 2006. It revolves around the lead singer and bass guitarist Tyson Ritter, standing absent-mindedly going through a series of personal problems (e.g. relationship issues, job stress, losing a football game) as the scene jump-cuts quickly with him standing in the same position while wearing various kinds of clothes and in different locations.

"Move Along" is used in the films She's the Man, The Hitcher, Firehouse Dog and Over Her Dead Body; the video game Rock Band;{{cite web | url = http://www.rockband.com/forums/showthread.php?p=210605#post210605 | title = Dlc 12-25-07 | publisher = Harmonix | date = December 24, 2007 | accessdate = December 24, 2007 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071227040958/http://www.rockband.com/forums/showthread.php?p=210605#post210605 | archivedate = December 27, 2007 }} the American television series One Tree Hill, Last Laugh, WWE Diva Search, WWE SmackDown and American Idol; and commercials for Lego Bionicle's Inika toy sets, Ford, Digi Music Unlimited Music and various short commercials for shows on Cartoon Network.{{Citation needed|date=December 2014}}

The song is also used during the transitions of the radio show Wall Street Journal This Morning and in the US Navy's VAW-113 Black Eagles Squadron YouTube video which involved the entire squadron lip-syncing to the song.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMMceEx72sE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/xMMceEx72sE |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|title=Navy Carrier Squadrons "Move Along" |website=YouTube |publisher= |date= |accessdate=August 10, 2012}}{{cbignore}} "Move Along" was also used during the transitions of CBC Television's coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics and was played at President Barack Obama's Grant Park rally in 2008.

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