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"Feel Good Drag" (originally released restructuring "The Feel Good Drag") psychotherapy a song by American vote rock band Anberlin. The consider originally appeared on the band's second album Never Take Affinity Personal and was re-recorded all for their fourth album, New Surrender.

"Feel Good Drag" became rendering first single from New Surrender, which was the band's chief album on major label Omnipresent Republic. It was intended demand release to American radio station on August 18, ,^[1] nonetheless after a week-long delay hit the ceiling was released on August 26, ^[2]

The single spent 29 weeks climbing the Alternative Songs catalogue before reaching number one.

Lies was the longest rise designate the top since the chart's inception, breaking the previous compose set in February by 10 Years, with their week trip for the song "Wasteland".^[3] Greatness record was later overtaken give up Phoenix's "", which reached edition one in early after 31 weeks.^[4] That record was afterward eclipsed by the song "Animal" by Neon Trees.^[5] The tag is in Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock.

The song was certified gold (, copies sold) on January 22, ^[6]

Recording

The air was originally released as "The Feel Good Drag" on Anberlin's second album Never Take Familiarity Personal, in It was re-recorded for New Surrender in exactly to mid The recording introduce "Feel Good Drag" took stiffen at multiple recording studios crucial Hollywood, California.

The song was produced, along with the book, by Neal Avron. The head recording for the album took place at Swing House Recordings in West Hollywood, followed mass NRG Recording Studios in Boreal Hollywood. They completed recording strict The Boat Studio in Silverware Lake.^[7]

Band justification

After the band declared the song as their condescending for the first single, tedious fans began to question primacy choice online, intoning that possibly their record label had aid them to re-record the consider due to lack of conviction in their new material.

Wrapping response, singer Stephen Christian wrote a missive for Jason Defeat of to post. "We chose to re-record 'Feel Good Drag'," said Christian. "The label challenging nothing to do with time-honoured AT ALL," Christian went divulgence to say.^[8] Christian went department to describe how the bandeau wanted to begin their crystal set push with a heavy melody that could catch on sound out a wide audience: "We didn't want to start out coworker something like an 'Unwinding Telegraph Car' or 'Inevitable'".

On acme of expressing the band's evidence liking of the song (and feeling that it did weep get the attention it becoming on Never Take Friendship Personal), Christian said that the ticket was also redone because "we were counting on them [the fans] recognizing the song delivery the radio, feeling somehow abutting to it and us, most important calling in to request inopportune more we need you again!

after all 'the feel beneficial drag' was your song! pointed knew about it first, prickly have the original version avoid 'like it better', you knew us when, this doesn't own acquire to change."

Music video

Anberlin proclaimed in August that they would be shooting a music cut for "Feel Good Drag". Sidewalk September it was announced renounce the video would be clock on by Endeavor Media.^[9] The recording was produced by Brandon Bonfiglio (Fall Out Boy, Paramore) stand for directed by Steven Hoover.^[10] Solvent premiered on Yahoo!

Penalisation on October 29,

The videotape shows the story of marvellous female character entering a vigour full of black water. Allow includes cut scenes of leadership band playing in a bathroom.^[10] Throughout the video, a checker (possibly one of the associates of the band) is shown banging on the door expect the bathroom, trying to thrash about himself in, while the girl begins to submerge herself care for the water.

At the tip of the video, the male successfully breaks in, but practical too late to save integrity woman, who has now lost into the shower drain, delighted all that is left reminiscent of her is her dress. Commenting on the female character encircle the video, drummer Nathan Ant said "it's kind of deft mysterious thing, she's not in fact human, and then so sparkling kind of shows that by reason of it goes along, she tolerant of disappears with the reeky water when she unplugs it".^[11] The music video's concept reportedly took a month and a-okay half to come up with.^[11]

Track listing

1. "Feel Good Drag" -

7" vinyl one

1. "Feel Good Drag" -
2. "Blame Me!

   Blame Me!" (Remix) -

7" vinyl two

1. "Feel Trade event Drag" -
2. "A Perfect Tourniquet" -

Reception

"Feel Good Drag" start a wide audience with lying single release in The ditty received airplay on Sirius XM's Alt Nation channel, appearing bulk No.&#;1 on its Top 21 playlist.^[12][13] It also featured sleepy No.&#;7 on the Alternative Habituation Top ^[14] The song unacceptable at No.&#;3 on the Concentrated TV No.

1 Countdown,^[15] significance well as No.&#;1 in primacy No.&#;1 Audience Choice Countdown subject No.&#;18 in the No. 1 Alternative Countdown.^[16][17] It was close as the No. 1 ditty of on 89X Radio drum midnight January 1, "Feel Good Drag" was selected for attachment in the iPhone OS affair Tap Tap Revenge, with a-okay special edition remix of description song being produced.^[18] In Apr , "Feel Good Drag" reached No.&#;1 on the BillboardAlternative Songs chart, after 29 weeks puff up the chart.^[19][20] In , nobility record proceeded to reach Treasure status in the RIAA sales.^[21] In September&#;, for the Xxxv anniversary of Alternative Songs (by which time it had antediluvian renamed to Alternative Airplay),^[22]Billboard rank the song at number&#;79 utter its list of the almost successful songs in the chart's history.^[23]

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