"Revolution, Baby" is the lead single of the fourth studio album ''

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heavy metal band

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. The single had its world premiere on the Swedish radio station

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on May 5, 2010. On May 7, 2010, the single was made available for purchase and download on

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. The music video directed by

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premiered on the band's official

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page on May 17, 2010. It was only intended to be released as a digital single but unexpectedly a signed promotional CD-single was released for free for a limited time in a package with the official T-shirt merchandise for the single. On July 15, 2010, Nuclear Blast offered a free download of the single.

Background

During the recording of ''We Rule the Night'' the track "Heart of Eve" was originally intended to be released as the Japanese exclusive bonus track, but was not included because Nuclear Blast didn't think it fitted the new sound they envisioned for the band. It was instead released as an unreleased track on a maxi single of "Revolution, Baby" along with their previous single "Burn This City". The single was found exclusively on the Sweden Rock Magazine #74.

Reception

Among all of the tracks on ''We Rule the Night'', most critics agreed that "Revolution, Baby" stood out as one of the strongest tracks, as well as the most genre busting track on the album, bringing the biggest change as it doesn't touch the traditional Sonic Syndicate sound which combines the

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and

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genres, but

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and

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Track listing

Video

The video was directed by Patric Ullaeus who previously has been working with the bands on their shots of "Denied", "Enclave", "Jack of Diamonds", "My Escape" and "Burn This City". The video was shot in a skating park in

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and featured the band performing the song by themselves with no crowd. The video also featured slow motion captures and achieved positive criticism for its use of filming techniques at different positions and speed.

References

{{Sonic Syndicate Sonic Syndicate songs 2010 singles English-language Swedish songs 2010 songs Music videos directed by Patric Ullaeus