"Search and Destroy" is a song recorded by American
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band
Thirty Seconds to Mars
Thirty Seconds to Mars (commonly stylized as 30 Seconds to Mars) is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1998. The band consists of brothers Jared Leto (lead vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards) and Shannon Leto (drums, ...
, for their third studio album ''
This Is War''. It appears as the ninth track on the album. Written by lead vocalist
Jared Leto,
the song was released as a promotional single to UK radio on October 25, 2010.
The track was produced by
Flood
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and 30 Seconds to Mars, and was originally not going to be on the album because the song was so hard to mix.
Background and recording
The song includes a heavy contribution from the band's fans, captured singing a chorus created from layers of the band's
Summit recordings.
While doing an exclusive track by track album preview, Jared told MusicRadar:
Live performances
"Search and Destroy" was a regular on setlists during the
Into the Wild and Closer to the Edge tours, after ''This Is War'' had released. When played live, guitars and bass are tuned to Eb standard (low to high: Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb).
Track listing
All songs written by
Jared Leto.
Personnel
Credits adapted from ''This Is War'' liner notes.
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*Performed by 30 Seconds to Mars
*]Written
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by Jared Leto
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by Apocraphex Music ( ASCAP)/Universal Music - Z Tunes, LLC (ASCAP)
* Produced by Flood
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, Steve Lillywhite, 30 Seconds to Mars
*Sound recording and reproduction, Recorded by Ryan Williams, Matt Radosevich at The International Centre for the Advancement of the Arts and Sciences of Sound, Los Angeles, California, CA
*Audio engineering, Additional engineering by Tom Biller, Rob Kirwan, Jamie Schefman, Sonny Diperri
*Audio mixing (recorded music), Mixed by Ryan Williams at Pulse Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA
*String orchestra, Additional strings orchestrated and recorded by Mike Einziger, Michael Einziger at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cambridge, Massachusetts, MA
*Audio mastering, Mastered by Stephen Marcussen at Marcussen Mastering, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, Hollywood, CA
Charts
Release history
References
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Thirty Seconds to Mars songs
2009 singles
Songs written by Jared Leto
Song recordings produced by Flood (producer)
2009 songs
Virgin Records singles
EMI Records singles