We Are the People (Feeder song)

"We are the People"
Single by Feeder
from the album Silent Cry
Released	9 June 2008 (2008-06-09)
Recorded	2007
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	4:41 (album version) 3:50 (single edit)
Label	Echo
Songwriter(s)	Grant Nicholas
Producer(s)	Grant Nicholas, Feeder
Feeder singles chronology
"Save Us" (2006) "We are the People" (2008) "Tracing Lines / Silent Cry" (2008)

"We Are the People" was the first and only top 40 single from Feeder's sixth studio album, Silent Cry. The single was released on 9 June 2008, receiving its first radio play on Kerrang! Radio, two months before on 14 April. It charted at #25 in the UK becoming Feeder's landmark 20th top 40 single, but also their last to date after follow-up "Tracing Lines / Silent Cry" missed the top 200 alongside being their least successful lead single from any of their albums since 1999. "We Are the People" is also the first Feeder single since 1997's "Crash", to miss the BBC Radio 1 playlist and also the first of their singles since that one to only spend one week on the UK top 75. It was included on XFM's top 100 tracks of 2008 list.^[1]

We are the People is a song about change and unity in the world we live in... it's like a call to arms but in a positive and non-violent way. It's time for change and only we the people can do that... I wanted the song to be anthemic and sonically uplifting...

— Grant Nicholas.^[2]

Although the single made No.2 on the physical sales chart, this was already at a time where artists rarely released CD singles and sales were already declining making a very small percentage of the sales market. The physical chart was already irrelevant as a result and was not seen as a top ten single by the band nor fans.