Anthem for the Year 2000

"Anthem for the Year 2000"
Single by Silverchair
from the album Neon Ballroom
ReleasedFebruary 1999
Genre
Length
  • 4:07 (album version)
  • 3:45 (edit)
LabelMurmur
Songwriter(s)Daniel Johns
Producer(s)Nick Launay
Silverchair singles chronology
"The Door"
(1997)
"Anthem for the Year 2000"
(1999)
"Ana's Song (Open Fire)"
(1999)

"Anthem for the Year 2000" is a song by Australian rock band Silverchair, released as the first single from their third album, Neon Ballroom. The song reached number three on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart, becoming the band's sixth top-ten single and their first lead single from an album not to reach number one, a feat "Tomorrow" and "Freak" had accomplished. The song reached the top ten in New Zealand, on Canada's RPM Rock Report, and on the UK Rock Chart.

Australian writer Craig Mathieson described the song as "a viciously compressed take on Queen's stadium rock moments that made Y2K into a generational battle".[2]

  1. ^ Chonin, Neva (18 March 1999). "Neon Ballroom". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b Mathieson, Craig (October 2010). Playlisted: Everything You Need to Know about Australian Music Right Now. ReadHowYouWant.com. p. 10. ISBN 9781459604445.