"Never Walk Alone... A Call to Arms" | ||||
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Single by Megadeth | ||||
from the album United Abominations | ||||
Released | September 26, 2007 [1] | |||
Recorded | April 19, 2006 – January 18, 2007 [2] [3] | |||
Studio | SARM Hook End Studios in London; The Steakhouse in Studio City, Los Angeles; Big Fish in Encinitas, California; Backstage Productions in Belper; S.I.R. Rehearsal Studio in Hollywood; Mustaine Music in Fallbrook, California [4] | |||
Genre | Thrash metal | |||
Length | 3:54 | |||
Label | Roadrunner | |||
Songwriter(s) | Dave Mustaine, Glen Drover | |||
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"Never Walk Alone... A Call to Arms", also known simply as "Never Walk Alone", [5] is a song by American thrash metal band Megadeth. It was released as the second official single from their eleventh studio album, United Abominations (2007).
"Never Walk Alone... A Call to Arms" was co-written by Mustaine and guitarist Glen Drover, the only song on the album not written solely by Mustaine. [6] When bassist James LoMenzo was asked about the lyrics of the album, he said to "talk to Dave about that". [7] The song features Christian overtones, with it reportedly being about Jesus. [8]
The song is one of Glen Drover's favorites on the album. [9]
The video for "Never Walk Alone" was filmed on August 22, 2007, at Cheyenne Studios in Castaic, California. [10] The video was released as a DVD single. [11] It was directed by Labworks. [12]
The music video features the band playing on a highway with a destroyed city behind them. [13] The shots of the band are interspersed with shots of planes and a dirigible flying through the sky. [13]
The song was received very positively. Metal Forces wrote that "Never Walk Alone..." was "one of the album's strongest tracks". [6] A writer from Sputnik Music wrote that the song had some of the best lyrics on the album, while criticizing many other songs. [14] Another writer, from Pop Matters, wrote that the song was "performed with an energy we haven’t heard since the days of the classic Mustaine/Ellefson/Friedman/Menza lineup." [15]
Production and performance credits are adapted from United Abominations liner notes. [4]
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