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The track was first announced on June 18, 2014, in a radio interview on [[CFOX-FM]], where Chad Kroeger, announced that the band picked the first Rock single from the album, then titled "Revolution", to be released sometime in August.<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 Nickelback'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=deadcn}}</ref> In the interview, Chad 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.

==Music video==