Overcome

Overcome may refer to:

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Overcome (Live song)

"Overcome" is a song by alternative rock group Live, which was released as the second single from their 2001 album, V.

Background

The song became associated with the September 11 attacks on the United States. Proceeds from the sale of the single were donated to charities to benefit the victims of the attack.

Chart positions

The song was a major hit in Belgium (#2) and The Netherlands (#3). It was not released as a single in the US, but reached #30 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.

Track listings

Australian and German CD singles

European CD single

Music videos

The song spawned three music videos.

The first version was created by Steven Rosenbaum, founder and CEO of production company CameraPlanet, and consists of footage Rosenbaum's seven camera crews had shot around Ground Zero on 9/11. During that day, Rosenbaum had heard "Overcome" on the radio—the song had been picked up by several stations in the wake of the attacks—and in the evening he started editing the footage to the song. On September 13, after a total of seven hours of editing, he showed the finished video to a friend at VH1 which put it into rotation within an hour. It was subsequently also picked up by VH1's sister station MTV and both channels played it, along with only a handful of other videos, for close to a week.

Overcome (Creed song)

"Overcome" is a song written and performed by Creed. At the time of its release, it was their first single in seven years, and also the first from their 2009 reunion album, Full Circle. To date, it's their 11th song to reach the top 5 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The single was released digitally on August 25, 2009.

The radio world premiere of the full song took place August 18, 2009 at 5:13pm PDT on Alternative Rock Station KCXX in San Bernardino, California.

"Overcome" was written in reference to an event where rapper T.I. had saved Creed lead singer Scott Stapp from committing suicide.

Reception

Since the song's release on radio, "Overcome" has received positive reviews from radio disc jockeys and fans. It is notable for being one of Creed's much heavier singles. On the day it was digitally released, it reached number 3 on the iTunes Top 100 Rock Songs. It has since reached number 2. It also debuted at #18 at Billboard's Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and has since reached #4 on the list, and #73 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Equilibrium

Equilibrium may refer to:

Film and television

Music

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Equilibrium (film)

Equilibrium is a 2002 American dystopian science fiction film written and directed by Kurt Wimmer and starring Christian Bale, Emily Watson, and Taye Diggs.

The film follows John Preston (Bale), an enforcement officer in a future in which both feelings and artistic expression are outlawed and citizens take daily injections of drugs to suppress their emotions. After accidentally missing a dose, Preston begins to experience emotions, which makes him question his own morality and moderate his actions while attempting to remain undetected by the suspicious society in which he lives. Ultimately, he aids a resistance movement using advanced martial arts, which he was taught by the very regime he is helping to overthrow.

Plot

Equilibrium is set in 2072 in Libria, a city state established by the survivors of World War III that devastated the world, where a totalitarian government requires all citizens to take daily injections of "Prozium II" to suppress emotion and encourage obedience. All emotionally stimulating material has been banned, and "Sense Offenders" – those who fail to take their Prozium – are put to death, as the government claims that the cause of all wars and violence is emotion. Libria is governed by the Tetragrammaton Council, led by "Father", who is seen only on giant video screens throughout the city. At the pinnacle of Librian law enforcement are the Grammaton Clerics, who are trained in the martial art of gun kata. The Clerics frequently raid the "Nether" regions outside the city to search for and destroy illegal materials – art, literature, and music – and execute the people hiding them. A resistance movement, known as the "Underground", emerges with the goal of toppling Father and the Tetragrammaton Council.

Equilibrium (Crowbar album)

Equilibrium is the sixth studio album by Crowbar. It was released on 7 March 2000. This was original bassist Todd Strange's final album with the band.

Track listing

Personnel

Kirk Windstein - guitar, vocals
Sammy Pierre Duet - guitar
Todd Strange - bass guitar
Sid Montz - drums

References