"The Adventure" is a song recorded by American rock band

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. It was released on May 18, 2006, through

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, as the

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from their debut studio album, ''

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'' (2006). The song received increased attention when it aired on a ''

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'' trailer. After the season finale of ''Smallville'' aired, "The Adventure" climbed to #30 on Amazon. The track was also played in the crowd warm-up session before

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's presidential election rallies in 2008. During concerts, DeLonge has often used both " Down" and "

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as part of an extended intro to the song. "The Adventure" is also featured as downloadable content in the karaoke game ''

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'' and in the music game ''

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''. It is also a playable song in the music games, ''

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'' ( ''DLC''). The song was also featured on a Ford and X-Play commercial. It was also used in the ''

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'' documentary special "WWE 24: Goldberg". DeLonge has often stated that "The Adventure" is his favorite song by the band.

Track listing

#"The Adventure" (Album version) – 5:12 #"The Adventure" (Radio edit) – 4:40

Acoustic version

An acoustic version of "The Adventure" appears as a

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on the "

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" single. Another version can be found on the band's 2017 ''We Don't Need To Whisper'' acoustic EP, featuring four acoustic versions of songs off their debut album. This song was included on

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''.

Short film

The song was officially released on February 20, 2006, as an internet-only short film. Although DeLonge had stated differently, the same version of the song that had been leaked previously after someone hacked into DeLonge's email account. It is shot on

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black and white, with the film having a

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feel to it. DeLonge stated that "...it kind of looks like

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'', where it's all beautiful naked women and fast cars and concrete and glass architecture." The subsequent short-film, " It Hurts", was released on April 18 and continues the story where "The Adventure" left off.

Music video

The music video for the song was directed by

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. It was shot in March 2006 was released on April 5. The video was leaked onto the Internet soon after its release. "The Adventure" begins with the band boarding a spacecraft to pick up their instruments and begin playing, and then moves to DeLonge walking in a field. It ends with clips of

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and DeLonge walking off into the distance in a meadow with the sky lit with planets. The video was nominated for Best Effects by the

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, including Best New Artist and Best Editing. It was also number one on MuchTopTens: "Top Ten Out of This World Videos" on December 14, 2006.

Charts

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Adventure, The 2005 songs 2006 debut singles Angels & Airwaves songs Songs written by Tom DeLonge Music videos directed by The Malloys Geffen Records singles