The Fight Song (Marilyn Manson song)

"The Fight Song"
Single by Marilyn Manson
from the album Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)
ReleasedFebruary 2, 2001
Recorded2000
GenreHard rock, glam rock
Length2:53
LabelInterscope
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Marilyn Manson singles chronology
"Disposable Teens"
(2000) 		"The Fight Song"
(2001) 		"The Nobodies"
(2001)

"The Fight Song" is a song by American rock band Marilyn Manson. It was released in 2001 as the second single from their fourth full-length studio album, Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death).[1]

It was released in two standalone physical formats. The first, titled "The Fight Song Pt.1", was released on January 29, 2001, in the US and on February 19, 2001, in the UK.[2][3][4] "The Fight Song Pt.1" was also released as a 12" picture disc vinyl LP on February 19, 2001 in the UK.[5] Both feature a remix by Joey Jordison of the nu metal band Slipknot.[3][6] The second, titled "The Fight Song Pt.2", was released on February 2, 2001, in the US and on March 6, 2001, in the UK.[7][8]

The title is a pun on high school and college football team anthems known as fight songs as the song is partly a post-Columbine statement disparaging mainstream America's own glorification of violence among its youth; football is simultaneously one of the most violent sports and one of America's greatest obsessions.[3]

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  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference NME See Stills From New Manson Video was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b c "Manson Comes Out Fighting". NME. January 11, 2001. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved March 31, 2011.
  4. ^ "The Fight Song Pt.1". MTV. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
  5. ^ "The Fight Song Pt.1 Vinyl". Rate Your Music. Archived from the original on July 15, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
  6. ^ "Manson Gets 'Knotted". NME. January 9, 2001. Archived from the original on June 11, 2007. Retrieved March 31, 2011.
  7. ^ "The Fight Song Pt.2". Rate Your Music. Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
  8. ^ "The Fight Song Pt.2 (Import, Single)". Amazon. Retrieved April 1, 2011.