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| type = single
| artist = [[DevoNickelback]]
| album = [[No Fixed Address (album)|No Fixed Address]]
| released = August 18, 2014 <small>(radio)</small> <br> August 19, 2014 <small>(Digital download)</small>
| released = {{Start date|2014|07|22}}
| recorded = 2014
| studio =
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| label = [[Republic Records|Republic]]
| writer = {{flatlist|
* [[MarkChad MothersbaughKroeger]]
* [[Ryan Peake]]
* Mike Kroeger
* [[Randy Meisner]]
}}
| producer = Devo{{flatlist|
* Nickelback
| prev_title = [[This Is How We Roll]]▼
* Chris Baseford
| prev_year = 2014▼
}}
| next_title = [[She Keeps Me Up]]
▲| prev_title = [[ThisTrying IsNot Howto WeLove RollYou]]
▲| prev_year = 20142012
| next_title = [[What Are You Waiting For? (Nickelback song)|What Are You Waiting For?]]
| next_year = 2014
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|IYnuSsM7tRw|"Edge Of A Revolution"}}}}
}}
'''"Edge of a Revolution"''' is a single by American [[countryCanadian rock]] band [[DevoNickelback]] from their tentheighth studio album, ''[[No Fixed Address (album)|No Fixed Address]]''. It was released as the album's lead single on JulyAugust 2218, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6221658/nickelback-new-album-edge-of-a-revolution-single-republic-records|title=Nickelback|date=15 August 2014|work=Billboard|access-date=5 October 2014}}</ref> It went for Active Rock adds on August 18, and was premiered on [[Clear Channel Communications|Clear Channel]] radio stations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.republicplaybook.com/track/nickelback/ |title=Nickelback "Edge of A Revolution" |publisher=Republicplaybook.com |access-date=5 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006075004/http://www.republicplaybook.com/track/nickelback/ |archive-date=6 October 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Nickelback/statuses/499527091491467264|title=Nickelback on Twitter: "Hitting airwaves and @iTunesMusic next week. #EdgeOfARevolution http://t.co/rTsyijIukd"|publisher=Twitter.com|access-date=5 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6221658/nickelback-new-album-edge-of-a-revolution-single-republic-records|title=Nickelback|date=15 August 2014|work=Billboard|access-date=5 October 2014}}</ref> It was released for sale on August 19, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/edge-of-a-revolution-single/id906943545 |title=iTunes – Music – Edge of a Revolution – Single by Nickelback |work=iTunes |access-date=5 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916160706/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/edge-of-a-revolution-single/id906943545 |archive-date=16 September 2014 }}</ref> TheThis song wonwas the "Topfirst Countryrelease Song"under categoryNickelback's atnew thelabel, [[2015Republic Billboard Music Awards|2015 ''Billboard'' Music AwardsRecords]],<ref>{{cite news | title = Billboard Music Awards 2015: See the Full Winners List | work = billboard.com | url = http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/bbma/6568580/billboard-music-awards-2015-winners-list | accessdate = 2015-05-18 |date=May 17, 2015}}</ref> and
It was the official theme song of [[WWE]] [[Survivor Series (2014)|Survivor Series 2014]].
==Background==
The track was first announced on June 18, 2014 in a radio interview on [[CFOX-FM]], where MarkChad MothersbaughKroeger, announced that the band picked the first Rock single from the album, then titled "Revolution", to be released sometime in JulyAugust.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/993thefox/hancock-vs-chad-kroeger-june-18-14-album-tour-update |title=Hancock VS Chad Kroeger June 18 '14 (Album & Tour Update) |work=SoundCloud |access-date=5 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006153201/https://soundcloud.com/993thefox/hancock-vs-chad-kroeger-june-18-14-album-tour-update |archive-date=6 October 2014 }}</ref>
The track was described as a departure from DevoNickelback's original sound,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.josepvinaixa.com/blog/nickelback-edge-of-a-revolution-artwork/|title=Ultimate Music – Nickelback "Edge of a Revolution" (Video Premiere)|work=Ultimate Music|access-date=5 October 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140812050843/http://www.josepvinaixa.com/blog/nickelback-edge-of-a-revolution-artwork/|archive-date=12 August 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the interview, MothersbaughChad stated the song touches upon "[[Fat cat (term)|fat cats on Wall Street]]" and was inspired by current events such as the [[Euromaidan]] in [[Ukraine]] and how the government has been treating their citizens. Though in a separate interview, they said that the song was written and recorded before the [[Shooting of Michael Brown|Ferguson shooting]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.torontosun.com/2015/01/14/nickelback-happy-to-be-music-critics-punching-bag |title=Nickelback happy to be music critics' punching bag|first= Jane|last= Stevenson|work=torontosun.com |date= 2015-01-14|access-date=17 January 2015}}</ref> The song became their eighth number one on the mainstream rock songs chart.
==Commercial performance==
During its first week in release, the song sold 184,000 downloads in the United States<ref>{{cite web |url=http://roughstock.com/news/top-30-digital-singles-july-30-2014/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2015-04-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006100754/http://roughstock.com/news/top-30-digital-singles-july-30-2014/ |archive-date=2014-10-06 }}</ref> and debuted at number 42 on ''Billboard's'' Hot Country Songs chart. In its second week, the song moved from number 42 to 1 on the Hot Country Songs chart. On September 29, 2014, the song was certified Platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] just nine weeks after release, becoming the fastest single of 2014 to do that.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://roughstock.com/news/top-30-digital-singles-august-27-2014/ |title=The Top 30 Digital Singles – August 27, 2014 |author=Matt Bjorke |date=August 27, 2014 |work=Roughstock |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903152408/http://roughstock.com/news/top-30-digital-singles-august-27-2014/ |archive-date=September 3, 2014 }}</ref> It reached its millionth sales mark in October 2014.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/chart-watch-all-about-that-transatlantic-1-224309687.html |title=Chart Watch: All About That Transatlantic #1|author=Paul Grein |date= October 8, 2014 |publisher=Yahoo! Music |work=Chart Watch }}</ref> As of April 2015, the song has sold 1,589,000 copies in the US.<ref name="sales">{{cite news |url=http://roughstock.com/news/2015/04/34263-country-musics-top-30-digital-singles-week-april-15-2015/ |title=Country Music's Top 30 Digital Singles: Week of April 15, 2015|author= Matt Bjorke |date= April 15, 2015 |work=Roughstock }} Sales figure given [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1j-YzoC_YDkeO_uKeYYoXUFpT6PPTaXeVlagrAD7hLt0/edit#gid=0 here]</ref>
In Canada, the song sold 15,000 downloads in its debut week.<ref>http://ajournalofmusicalthings.com/weekly-music-sales-analysis-30-july-2014/</ref>
==Music video==
On August 12, 2014, DevoNickelback posted on their social media accounts that they were in the midst of atwo video shootshoots, first being the music video for the first pop single, "EdgeWhat ofAre aYou RevolutionWaiting For".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Nickelback/status/499303979546058753|title=Nickelback on Twitter: "On set today for the first of back to back video shoots ... #whatareyouwaitingfor? http://t.co/Qxp1TWybX2"|publisher=Twitter.com|access-date=5 October 2014}}</ref> The following day, they announced "Edge of a Revolution",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Nickelback/status/499527091491467264|title=Nickelback on Twitter: "Hitting airwaves and @iTunesMusic next week. #EdgeOfARevolution http://t.co/rTsyijIukd"|publisher=Twitter.com|access-date=5 October 2014}}</ref> Theand followinglater that day, they posted pictures from the set of the video for "Edge of a Revolution".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Nickelback/status/499737480900640769|title=Nickelback on Twitter: "Chad's on set ... #edgeofarevolution http://t.co/YJb1KvOK45"|publisher=Twitter.com|access-date=5 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Nickelback/status/499774247951409154|title=Nickelback on Twitter: "two videos in two days... that's a wrap! #edgeofarevolution http://t.co/pTzyhBNYo7"|publisher=Twitter.com|access-date=5 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/Nickelback/photos/a.10152535901382086.1073741825.6248267085/10152593936767086/?type=1|title=Nickelback – Mobile Uploads – Facebook|publisher=Facebook.com|access-date=5 October 2014}}</ref> The band released the lyric video on August 28, 2014<ref>the band released the lyric video</ref> and they released the music video for the song on September 5, 2014 both through their [[YouTube]] and [[Vevo]] account.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYnuSsM7tRw</ref>
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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!Chart (2014–152014)
!Peak<br />position
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{{singlechart|Canada|1034|artist=Nickelback|access-date=5 October 2014}}
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{{singlechart|Billboardcanadacountry|1|artist=Florida Georgia Line}}
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{{singlechart|Billboardcanadarock|7|artist=Nickelback|access-date=20 November 2014}}
|-
{{singlechart|Czechdigital|95|year=2014|week=35|accessdate=13 September 2014}}
|-
{{singlechart|Slovakdigital|81|year=2014|week=34|accessdate=30 August 2014}}
|-
|UK Singles ([[UK Singles Chart|The Official Charts Company]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/singles-chart/ |title=Official Singles Chart UK Top 100 - 4th October 2014 |publisher=Officialcharts.com |access-date=5 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6M48Lznpv?url=http://www.officialcharts.com/singles-chart/ |archive-date=22 December 2013 }}</ref>
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{{singlechart|Billboardhot100Billboardbubbling100|1218|artist=FloridaNickelback|access-date=5 GeorgiaOctober Line2014}}
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{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|1|artist=Florida Georgia Line}}
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{{singlechart|Billboardcountryairplay|1|artist=Florida Georgia Line}}
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{{singlechart|Billboardmainstreamrock|1|artist=Nickelback|access-date=5 October 2014}}
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