Salvation (Rancid song)

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"Salvation"

Single by Rancid

from the album Let's Go

Released

1995 (as a single)

Recorded

October 1993 – March 1994 at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California

Genre

Length

2:54

Label

Epitaph

Songwriter(s)

Tim Armstrong / Matt Freeman

Producer(s)

Brett Gurewitz

Rancid singles chronology

""Nihilism""
(1994)

"Salvation"
(1995)

""Roots Radicals""
(1995)

"Salvation" is a song by the American punk rock band Rancid. It was released as the second single from its second studio album, Let's Go.

Along with "Time Bomb" and "Ruby Soho", "Salvation" is considered to be one of Rancid's breakthrough songs, as it received airplay from modern rock radio stations; it was also the band's first single to reach any Billboard singles charts. Spin listed the song as one of the best alternative rock songs of 1994.^[2]

In popular culture

A cover version by Harmonix is featured in the Xbox 360 version of Guitar Hero II.
Comedy punk band The Radioactive Chicken Heads recorded a cover of this song as "Just for the Taste of It", satirically re-working the lyrics into an advertisement for Diet Coke. The song appeared on their 2000 album Keep On Cluckin' and later their 2009 rarities album Poultry Uprising.
It is featured in the pilot episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, though it was not used in the actual first episode.

Charts

Chart	Position
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks^[3]	21

References

^ Williams, Rob (June 28, 2009). "Range rockers refuse to let rain ruin the day". The Free Press. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
^ "The 100 Best Alternative Rock Songs Of 1994". SPIN. August 18, 2014. Archived from the original on August 17, 2021. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
^ "Rancid Chart History: Alternative Songs". Billboard. Retrieved February 18, 2022.

v t e Rancid
Tim Armstrong Lars Frederiksen Matt Freeman Branden Steineckert Brett Reed
Studio albums	Rancid (1993) Let's Go ...And Out Come the Wolves Life Won't Wait Rancid (2000) Indestructible Let the Dominoes Fall Honor Is All We Know Trouble Maker Tomorrow Never Comes
EPs	Rancid Radio Radio Radio
Other albums	BYO Split Series Volume III B Sides and C Sides
Singles	"Salvation" "Roots Radicals" "Time Bomb" "Ruby Soho" "Bloodclot" "Fall Back Down" "Last One to Die"
Related articles	Discography Operation Ivy Transplants Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards Tim Timebomb The Used U.K. Subs Devils Brigade Social Distortion Downfall Shaken 69 Auntie Christ Lookout Records Epitaph Records Hellcat Records

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