"Welcome to the Black Parade" | ||||
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Single by My Chemical Romance | ||||
from the album The Black Parade | ||||
B-side | "Heaven Help Us" | |||
Released | September 12, 2006 | |||
Studio | Big Blue Meenie (Jersey City) | |||
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Label | Reprise | |||
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"Welcome to the Black Parade" on YouTube "Welcome to the Black Parade (Outtake Version) on YouTube |
"Welcome to the Black Parade" is a song by American rock band My Chemical Romance, from their third studio album The Black Parade (2006). It was released on September 12, 2006, as the album's lead single, with the studio version available on the band's Myspace on September 2, 2006. The music video for the single was recognized as MTV's "Greatest Music Video of the Century" in 2017.[1] The song topped the UK Singles Chart, reached number nine on the US Billboard Hot 100 and was named one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll.[2]
A demo of the song entitled "The Five of Us Are Dying" was included on their 2016 reissue album The Black Parade/Living with Ghosts.[3]