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| name = Edge of a Revolution
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| type = single
| artist = [[NickelbackDevo]]
| album = [[No Fixed Address (album)|No Fixed Address]]
| released = {{Start date|2014|07|22}}
| released = August 18, 2014 <small>(radio)</small> <br> August 19, 2014 <small>(Digital download)</small>
| recorded = 2014
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = {{hlist|[[HardCountry rock]]|[[hard rock]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northwestmusicscene.com/2014/11/review-nickelback-fixed-address/|title=Review: Nickelback – No Fixed Address|quote=I feel strongly compelled to defend the lead single to drop from this LP "Edge of a Revolution" <...> it's pretty much every made-for-radio hard rock single you heard released between 2008 and 2012|access-date=2014-11-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724124312/http://www.northwestmusicscene.com/2014/11/review-nickelback-fixed-address/|archive-date=2015-07-24|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
| length = 4:04
| label = [[Republic Records|Republic]]
| writer = {{flatlist|
* [[ChadMark KroegerMothersbaugh]]
* [[Ryan Peake]]
* [[Randy Meisner]]
* Mike Kroeger
* [[Thomas Rhett]]
}}
| producer = {{flatlist|Devo
| prev_title = [[TryingThis NotIs toHow LoveWe YouRoll]]▼
* Nickelback
| prev_year = 20122014▼
* Chris Baseford
| next_title = [[She Keeps Me Up]]
}}▼
▲| prev_title = [[Trying Not to Love You]]
▲| prev_year = 2012
| 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 CanadianAmerican [[country rock]] band [[NickelbackDevo]] from their eighthtenth studio album, ''[[No Fixed Address (album)|No Fixed Address]]''. It was released as the album's lead single on August 18, 2014.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6221658/nickelback-new-album-edge-of-a-revolution-single-republic-records|title=Nickelback|date=15 August 2014|magazine=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 magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6221658/nickelback-new-album-edge-of-a-revolution-single-republic-records|title=Nickelback|date=15 August 2014|magazine=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> This was the first release under Nickelback's new label, [[Republic Records]].
The song won the "Top Country Song" category at the [[2015 Billboard Music Awards|2015 ''Billboard'' Music Awards]],<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 was the official theme song of [[WWE]] [[Survivor Series (2014)|Survivor Series 2014]].
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 ChadMark Kroeger,Mothersbaugh announced that the band picked the first Rock single from the album, then titled "Revolution", to be released sometime in AugustJuly.<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 NickelbackDevo'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, ChadMothersbaugh 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. The song became their eighth number one on the mainstream rock songs chart and their tenth consecutive number one on the country charts. 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> The song was certified double Platinum on April 30, 2015.<ref name=RIAA />
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, NickelbackDevo posted on their social media accounts that they were in the midst of twoa video shoots, first being the music videoshoot for the first pop single, "WhatEdge Areof Youa Waiting ForRevolution".<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> and later 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>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYnuSsM7tRw|title = Nickelback - Edge of a Revolution (Main Version)|website = [[YouTube]]}}</ref>
==Charts and certifications==
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===Weekly charts===
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!Chart (20142014–2015)
!Peak<br />position
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{{singlechart|Canada|3410|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}}
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{{singlechart|Billboardbubbling100Billboardhot100|1812|artist=Nickelback|access-date=5 October 2014}}
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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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===Certifications===
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{{certification Table Entry|type=single|region=United States|artist=Florida Georgia Line|title=Dirt|award=Platinum|number=2|certyear=2015|relyear=2014|refname=RIAA }}
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===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!scope="col"|Chart (2014)
!scope="col"|Position
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| Canada ([[Canadian Hot 100]])<ref>{{Cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2014/canadian-hot-100 | title=Best of 2014: Canadian Hot 100 | magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]] | date=2014 | accessdate=December 9, 2014}}</ref>
| align="center" | 80
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| US ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]]<ref>{{Cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2014/hot-100-songs | title=Best of 2014: Hot 100 Songs | magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]] | date=2014 | accessdate=December 9, 2014}}</ref>
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| US [[Country Airplay]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{Cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2014/country-airplay-songs | title=Best of 2014: Country Airplay | magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]] | date=2014 | accessdate=December 9, 2014}}</ref>
| align="center" | 15
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| US [[Hot Country Songs]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{Cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2014/hot-country-songs | title=Best of 2014: Hot Country Songs | magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]] | date=2014 | accessdate=December 9, 2014}}</ref>
| align="center" | 2
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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!scope="col"|Chart (2015)
!scope="col"|Position
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| US [[Hot Country Songs]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{Cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2015/hot-country-songs | title=Best of 2015: Hot Country Songs | magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]] | date=2015 | accessdate=December 9, 2015}}</ref>
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|}
===Decade-end charts===
{| class="wikitable
|-
! Chart (2010–2019)
! Position
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| US Hot Country Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/decade-end/hot-country-songs|title=Decade-End Charts: Hot Country Songs|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=January 23, 2020}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 17
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==Release history==
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|United States
|{{dts|2014|87|1822}}<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>
|[[Active rock|Active Rock radio]]<br>[[Country radio]]
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|Worldwide
|{{dts|2014|87|1923}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6221658/nickelback-new-album-edge-of-a-revolution-single-republic-records|title=Nickelback|date=15 August 2014|magazine=Billboard|access-date=5 October 2014}}</ref>
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