The Wind Blows
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Composition
"The Wind Blows" was originally written for singer Gwen StefaniGwen Stefani
Gwen Renée Stefani is an American singer-songwriter and fashion designer. Stefani is the lead vocalist for the rock and ska band No Doubt. Stefani recorded her first solo album Love. Angel. Music. Baby. in 2004. The album was inspired by music of the 1980s, and was a success with sales of over...
on the road between Japan and Australia a couple of years prior to the release of When the World Comes Down, but it was turned down. At the time the song was named "Alone Again". Jeff Sosnow, in charge of the band's A&R, provided producer Eric Valentine a library of The All-American Rejects' demos, in which Valentine discovered "The Wind Blows" and saw its potential. Though none of the band members thought they would lay another finger on it, they ended up re-writing the chorus and used it on their third studio album. On When the World Comes Down, track ten "Believe" segue
Segue
A segue is a smooth transition from one topic or section to the next.-In music:In music, segue is a direction to the performer. It means continue without a pause. It comes from the Italian "it follows". The term attacca is also used in classical music.For written music it implies a transition...
s into "The Wind Blows".
Chart performance
"The Wind Blows" climbed the Billboard chartsBillboard charts
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shortly after it was released, but soon lost interest in the public eye. It failed to enter the Hot 100, only entering on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart at No. 13. Similarly, on the Pop 100
Pop 100
The Pop 100 was a songs chart that debuted in February 2005 and was released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States until its discontinuation in 2009...
, the song didn't get inside the Top 50, peaking at No. 56.
| Chart (2009) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Pop 100 Pop 100 The Pop 100 was a songs chart that debuted in February 2005 and was released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States until its discontinuation in 2009... |
56 |
| US Billboard Mainstream Top 40 Mainstream Top 40 (Pop Songs) The Mainstream Top 40 is an airplay chart from Billboard magazine, and is also known as Pop Songs on billboard.com. It was often mistaken for and confused with the now discontinued Pop 100 Airplay chart... |
34 |
| US Billboard Hot Singles Sales | 41 |
| US Billboard Hot Videoclip Tracks | 8 |
| US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles The Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It lists the top 25 singles below number 100 that have not yet charted on the Billboard Hot 100. Sometimes, however, singles halt their progress on this chart, and never appear on the Hot 100... |
13 |
Music video
The video for "The Wind Blows" was filmed on March 30 and 31, 2009 and directed by Rich Lee. The video is of Tyson Ritter's character with his girlfriend, cutting to scenes of the Rejects performing by a shoreline with the tide coming in. Ritter is amongst the waves singing with the rest of the band on the shore, with Nick Wheeler featuring a Gibson FirebirdGibson Firebird
The Gibson Firebird is a solid-body electric guitar manufactured by Gibson from 1963 to the present.-History:The Gibson Guitar Corporation released several new styles during the 1950s to compete with Fender's instruments, such as the Telecaster and Stratocaster. After success with the Les Paul in...
, Mike Kennerty with an acoustic guitar, and Chris Gaylor on drums. An alternate version of the music video was released on Yahoo! Music on May 26, 2009, and was picked up by the iTunes Store
ITunes Store
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.