| "Becoming the Bull" | ||||
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| Single by Atreyu | ||||
| from the album Lead Sails Paper Anchor | ||||
| Released | July 24, 2007 | |||
| Genre | Alternative metal, hard rock | |||
| Length | 3:45 | |||
| Label | Hollywood | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Dan Jacobs, Marc McKnight, Travis Miguel, Brandon Saller, Alex Varkatzas | |||
| Producer(s) | John Feldmann | |||
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Becoming the Bull is the 4th track and first single on Atreyu's 4th album Lead Sails Paper Anchor. It is their second highest-charted single to date on Modern Rock Format (#5 on the Mainstream Rock Chart and #11 on the Modern Rock Chart), surpassing Ex's and Oh's. Additionally, the song was featured in the EA Sports American football video game Madden NFL 08, where it was incorrectly listed as being called "Becoming".[1]
The band shot the video with acclaimed director Kevin Kerslake.[2] The video was released on MySpace Music on August 16, 2007. It can also be found on YouTube.[3] The song itself was used to promote UFC commercials on Spike.
- ^ Magrino, Tom (2007-06-29). "Madden 08 drafts song list". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 11 July 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-01.
- ^ "Video Static: Music Video News: July 8, 2007 - July 14, 2007". VideoStatic. Archived from the original on July 16, 2007. Retrieved July 12, 2007.
- ^ "YouTube Video". YouTube. 2009-05-03. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2010-04-11.