The Motivation Proclamation

According to guitarist Billy Martin, "The Motivation Proclamation" is about "breaking out of a cycle if you're depressed on something... getting over it and going on".Good Charlotte 2003, event occurs at 13:49–55 In the United States, the song began receiving airplay as an album cut in January and February 2001, but it did not appear on any Billboard rankings.{{cite magazine|title=Alternative Airplay: Most Added|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1387|page=112|date=February 2, 2001}}{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/good-charlotte/chart-history|title=Good Charlotte Chart History|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 1, 2021}} In Australia and New Zealand, a CD single was issued. In the former country, the song was released on August 6, 2001, and debuted at number 78 on the ARIA Singles Chart the following week.{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/issue597.pdf|title=The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 6th August 2001|publisher=ARIA|page=25|date=August 6, 2001|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20020220130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20020221-0000/www.aria.com.au/issue597.pdf|archive-date=February 20, 2002|access-date=October 1, 2021}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/issue598.pdf|title=ARIA Top 100 Singles - Week Commencing 13th August 2001|publisher=ARIA|page=3|date=August 13, 2001|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20020220130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20020221-0000/www.aria.com.au/issue598.pdf|archive-date=February 20, 2002|access-date=October 1, 2021}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} It spent two more weeks on the chart before dropping out.{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/issue601.PDF|title=ARIA Top 100 Singles - Week Commencing 3rd September 2001|publisher=ARIA|page=4|date=September 3, 2001|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20150824225100/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20150825-0851/issue601.PDF|archive-date=August 24, 2015|access-date=October 1, 2021}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} After Good Charlotte entered the top 100 on the ARIA Albums Chart, the song re-entered the top 100 at number 67, its peak, in mid-October. In New Zealand, the track entered the RIANZ Singles Chart at number 44 on September 6, 2001, and peaked at number 28 on October 21, 2001, spending 15 weeks in the top 50.

Marc Webb directed the song's music video.{{cite AV media notes|title=Video Collection|others=Good Charlotte|year=2003|type=US DVD liner notes|publisher=Epic Records, Daylight Records|id=EPC 201883 9}} In the clip, the band members are initially asleep. As the song progresses, each member wakes up and begins to play their instrument in the same room. Throughout the video, shots of a television airing American-Canadian adult animated sitcom Undergrads are sporadically shown.Good Charlotte 2003, event occurs at 14:04, 14:08–12, 15:26–41 The video was added to the playlists of MTV and MTV2 in March 2001.{{cite magazine|title=The Clip List|magazine=Billboard|volume=113|issue=12|page=68|date=March 24, 2001}}{{cite magazine|title=Video Monitor|magazine=Billboard|volume=113|issue=13|page=81|date=March 31, 2001}}

Australian and New Zealand CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=The Motivation Proclamation|others=Good Charlotte|year=2001|type=Australian & New Zealand CD single liner notes|publisher=Epic Records|id=671309.2}}

1. "The Motivation Proclamation"
2. "If You Leave"
3. "Let Me Go"

Credits are lifted from the Australian CD single liner notes and the Good Charlotte album booklet.{{cite AV media notes|title=Good Charlotte|title-link=Good Charlotte (album)|others=Good Charlotte|year=2000|type=US CD album booklet|publisher=Epic Records|id=EK 61452}}

Studios

• Recorded, engineered, and mixed at Encore Studios (Los Angeles)
• Mastered at Sony Music Studios (New York City)

Personnel

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• Benji Madden – writing
• Joel Madden – writing
• Jimi HaHa – additional vocals

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• Don Gilmore – production, engineering, mixing
• John Ewing Jr. – additional engineering, Pro Tools
• Vlado Meller – mastering

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