Born for Greatness (song)

"Born for Greatness"
Single by Papa Roach
from the album Crooked Teeth
ReleasedNovember 12, 2017 (2017-11-12)
Recorded2017
Genre
Length3:47 (album version)
LabelEleven Seven
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Papa Roach singles chronology
"American Dreams"
(2017) 		"Born for Greatness"
(2017) 		"Periscope"
(2018)
Music video
"Born for Greatness" on YouTube

"Born for Greatness" is a song by American rock band Papa Roach. It was their third single off of their album Crooked Teeth. The song topped the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart in 2018.

Background

"Born for Greatness" was first released on March 31, 2017, in a lyric video, to promote the then-coming release of Papa Roach's eighth studio album, Crooked Teeth.[3][4] In April 2017, the song was used as the theme song for the 2017 iteration of WWE Payback, and was later used as the theme for Raw, beginning on January 29, 2018 and ending on September 23, 2019.[5] In addition to the studio recording of the song being released on Crooked Teeth on May 19, 2017. Two days after the album's release, the band released a live recording of an alternate version of the song performed at Rock on the Range with a high school marching band.[6] A separate, live version of the band performing song by themselves was released on a separate EP entitled Live At BBC Radio 1 in October 2017.[7] In November 2017, the song was released as Crooked Teeth's third official single,[8] after "Help" and "American Dreams", and in December 2017, a full music video was released, featuring footage of the band performing the song from their 2017 European tour.[9] The song peaked at number one on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart in 2018.[10]

Themes and composition

Music journalists noted the song's sound to be a mix of Papa Roach's rock sound with more modern-pop music, a sound the band had intended to pursue upon working with music producers Nicholas "RAS" Furlong and Colin Brittain on the Crooked Teeth album.[11] The song was also the only from the album to feature a collaboration with Jason Evigan of rock band After Midnight Project.[12] AllMusic described the song's sound as a mix of "in-your-face guitar riffage with slick, neon-toned choruses that bring to mind the similarly adept emo-rock of bands like Fall Out Boy and My Chemical Romance."[13] Similarly, Team Rock described it as "war cry thump" with "pop tinged motifs" that are "oddly infectious".[14] Loudwire noted elements of dubstep in the track too, such as pitchshifting in Shaddix's vocals in the pre-chorus, and a bass drop.[15]

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[22] Gold 40,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "Album Review: PAPA ROACH - Crooked Teeth - Antihero Magazine". 26 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Papa Roach Unleash 'Born For Greatness' + 'Periscope'". Loudwire.
  3. ^ "PAPA ROACH Releases Two More New Songs, 'Born For Greatness' And 'Periscope'". 31 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Listen now: Papa Roach drops two new "Crooked Teeth" tracks - Music News - ABC News Radio". ABC News Radio.
  5. ^ "Papa Roach's 'Born for Greatness' to be used as theme for upcoming WWE PPV - News - Alternative Press". Alternative Press.
  6. ^ "Watch Papa Roach performed with marching band at Rock On The Range - News - Alternative Press". Alternative Press.
  7. ^ "PAPA ROACH Releases 'Live At BBC Radio 1' EP". 6 October 2017.
  8. ^ "PAPA ROACH - "Born For Greatness" #TT". 24 November 2017.
  9. ^ "Papa Roach announces North American headlining tour; shares "Born for Greatness" live video - Music News - ABC News Radio". ABC News Radio.
  10. ^ "Papa Roach Chart History". Billboard.
  11. ^ "New Song Premiere: PAPA ROACH's 'Help'". 17 February 2017.
  12. ^ "Papa Roach release two new tracks from Crooked Teeth". 31 March 2017.
  13. ^ "Crooked Teeth - Papa Roach - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic.
  14. ^ "Papa Roach - Crooked Teeth album review". 2 May 2017.
  15. ^ "Papa Roach Unleash 'Born For Greatness' + 'Periscope'". Loudwire.
  16. ^ "Papa Roach Chart History (Canada Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  17. ^ "CZ - Radio - Top 20 Modern Rock" (select "Top 20 Modern Rock" into the search box, then select "201814"). hitparada.ifpicr.cz. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  18. ^ "Radio No9 Charts [Month 5/2017]". Radio No9. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  19. ^ "Papa Roach Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  20. ^ "Papa Roach Chart History (Rock Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  21. ^ "Hot Rock Songs – Year-End 2018". Billboard. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  22. ^ "Canadian single certifications – Papa Roach – Born for Greatness". Music Canada. Retrieved January 24, 2022.