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They Rage On

They Rage On

1989 single by Dan Seals


"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.

Quick Facts Single by Dan Seals, from the album Rage On ...

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

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Year-end charts

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 372. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. Associated Press, Dan Seals obituary, March 26, 2009. 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. "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1989". RPM. December 23, 1989. Retrieved August 28, 2013.

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