"Anthem for the Year 2000" | ||||
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Single by Silverchair | ||||
from the album Neon Ballroom | ||||
Released | February 1999 | |||
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Label | Murmur | |||
Songwriter(s) | Daniel Johns | |||
Producer(s) | Nick Launay | |||
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"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]