They Rage On

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"They Rage On"
Single by Dan Seals
from the album Rage On
B-side"Factory Town"[1]
ReleasedFebruary 1989
GenreCountry
Length4:40
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Kyle Lehning
Dan Seals singles chronology
"Big Wheels in the Moonlight"
(1988)
"They Rage On"
(1989)
"Love on Arrival"
(1990)

"They Rage On" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Dan Seals. It was released in February 1989 as the third and final single from his album Rage On. It peaked at #5 on the Billboard country charts in June 1989, thus breaking his streak of number-one hits. It was his first single to miss the #1 spot since his early-1985 single "My Old Yellow Car", which peaked at #9. The song was written by Seals and Bob McDill.

Music video[]

The music video was directed by Neil Abramson. This video, in particular, played on the song's theme of the irony of small-town values with the depiction of an inter-racial relationship. In it, a white teen-aged boy falls in love with an Asian girl, angering the boy's friends to the point they vandalize the boy's car; one boy attempts to assault the girl's father by hurling a beer bottle at him (the bottle misses).[2]

Chart positions[]

Chart (1989) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3] 4
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 5

Year-end charts[]

Chart (1989) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[5] 38
US Country Songs (Billboard)[6] 56

References[]

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 372. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
  2. ^ Associated Press, Dan Seals obituary, March 26, 2009. [1] Accessed via the Knoxville News Sentinel on March 29, 2009.
  3. ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 6344." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. June 5, 1989. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
  4. ^ "Dan Seals Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  5. ^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1989". RPM. December 23, 1989. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
  6. ^ "Best of 1989: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1989. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
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